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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.

Dogen

When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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Discover Inspirational Life Original Selves War
When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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Appear Body Complete Mind Peace Perfect Thing
What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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Fire Form Reality
One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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Aware Deeply Impermanence World
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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Dewdrop Moon Reflect Relaxation Sky
There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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Beginning End Enlightenment No Practice
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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Activity Breathing Epron Extension Individual People Universe
Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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Abide Heart Return Speech Thing
When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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First Oneself Path Seek Separate Truth
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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Buddhism Buddhist Life Ourselves Space Study
Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.
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Inch Life Light Moon Puddle Reflect Wide
Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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Appear Doubt Human May Mountain Walk
To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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Anxiety Harmony Imperfection Wholeness
In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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Break Buddhist Clear Light Mind Reflect Wave
There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of the simplicity of the method. If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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Doubt Meditation Possibility Simplicity Student Thousand Truth
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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Begin Birth Cling Compassion Death Deep Evil Over Refrain Respect Sentiment Work Worry

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