Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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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 travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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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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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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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 seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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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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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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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