Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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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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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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.
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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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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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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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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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