I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
DOGENEnlightenment is intimacy with all things.
More Dogen Quotes
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
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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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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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Meditation 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.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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