If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
DOGENSince it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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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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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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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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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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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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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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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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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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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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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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