Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
DOGENTo study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
More Dogen Quotes
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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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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.
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The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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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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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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
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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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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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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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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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