When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
DOGENCease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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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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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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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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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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