Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
DOGENComing, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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Do 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.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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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.
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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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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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