Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
DOGENThe true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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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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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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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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