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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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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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 fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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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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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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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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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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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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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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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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