Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
DOGENEnlightenment is intimacy with all things.
DOGENSince it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
DOGENMeditation 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.
DOGENStudents, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.
DOGENTime is three eyes and eight elbows.
DOGENWhat you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
DOGENWe must always be disturbed by the truth.
DOGENCease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
DOGENIf you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
DOGENAn ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
DOGENIf he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
DOGENDo not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.
DOGENWhen both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
DOGENA fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
DOGENThere are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
DOGENIf you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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