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.
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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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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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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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire.
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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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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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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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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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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
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I asked, “What are words?” The tenzo said, “One, two, three, four, five.” I asked again, “What is practice?” “Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.”
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