When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
DOGENWhat is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest.
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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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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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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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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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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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
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No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
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Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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