Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
DOGENA flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
More Dogen Quotes
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Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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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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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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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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Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation – this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
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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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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.
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