A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
DOGENIn 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.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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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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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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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.
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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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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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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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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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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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