Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.
DOGENRefraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation – this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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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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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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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.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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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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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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