Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
DOGENIn the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
More Dogen Quotes
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
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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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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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There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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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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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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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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Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
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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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Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.
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