Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
DOGENIF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
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Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation – this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.
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Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
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There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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I asked, “What are words?” The tenzo said, “One, two, three, four, five.” I asked again, “What is practice?” “Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.”
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That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.
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