In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
DOGENIf you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
More Dogen Quotes
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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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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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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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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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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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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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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Refraining 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.
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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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