When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
DOGEN
You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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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 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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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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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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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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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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.
DOGEN