If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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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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Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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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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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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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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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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In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.
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