Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
DOGENPeople like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
More Dogen Quotes
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions 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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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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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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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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Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
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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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That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening
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Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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