Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
DOGENIF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
More Dogen Quotes
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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