Do not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now, you will never find it.
DOGENJust as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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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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Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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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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What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.
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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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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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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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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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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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