In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.
DOGENSitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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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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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 you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person, you will not care anymore about doing that certain thing.
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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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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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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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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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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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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true 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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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