There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
DOGENThat you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening
More Dogen Quotes
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
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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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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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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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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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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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