What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
DOGENSitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
More Dogen Quotes
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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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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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.
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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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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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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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Do not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now, you will never find it.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
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Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.
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Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest.
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