Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
DOGENJust as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
More Dogen Quotes
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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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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Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.
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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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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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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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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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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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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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