In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
DOGENThere 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?
More Dogen Quotes
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No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
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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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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from 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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That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.
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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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Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.
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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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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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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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