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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.

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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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Attach Buddha Flower Mountain Water Way
Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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Come Go Leave Path Trace Waterbird
Students, 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.
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Before Responsibility Say Student Thinking Three Time Want
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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Awakened Enlightenment Self Set Spiritual Start Thing Understand
In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.
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Delusive Drink Eat Forsake Idea Quite Relationship Room Temepearte Thing
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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Become Born Buddhist Child Mother Spiritual Study
I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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Buddhism Letting Live Things Happen
Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.
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Activity Breathing Epron Extension Individual People Universe
Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.
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Ideas Learn Listen Unity Voice Within Yourself
If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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Discipline Finding Life Mind Peace Profit Seek Stop
If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person, you will not care anymore about doing that certain thing.
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Care Certain Person Something Spiritual Thing Want
IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
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Behind Egotism Excercise Exercise First Free Greed Relinquish
No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
DOGEN

Clouds Hold Into Keep Out Strong Wind
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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Destroy Drop Individual Moon Realization Reflection Sky Water
Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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Appear Doubt Human May Mountain Walk
If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
DOGEN

Just Practice See Thing Want

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