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.
DOGENI asked, “What are words?” The tenzo said, “One, two, three, four, five.” I asked again, “What is practice?” “Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.”
More Dogen Quotes
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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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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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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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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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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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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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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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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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