Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
DOGENPrefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of the simplicity of the method. If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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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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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
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Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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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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An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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