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What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.

Dogen

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There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of the simplicity of the method. If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

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There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of the simplicity of the method. If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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Doubt Possibility Thousand
In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.

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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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Mundane Nothing Sacred Sacredness
There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.

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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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To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.

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To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
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Enlight Self Sell Thing
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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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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Awakening Delusion Forward Thing
Forgetting oneself is opening oneself

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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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Oneself Opening
Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire.

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Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire.
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Engage Moderate Pass Saving
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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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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Confirm Delusion Self Ten Thousand
A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.

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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.

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An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
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Buddha Mean Word
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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Buddhist Weed
In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.

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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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Cast
When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.

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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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First Oneself
People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.

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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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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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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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What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.

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