Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
DOGENSitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
More Dogen Quotes
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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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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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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Realization doesn’t destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky.
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IF 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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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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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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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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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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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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