In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
DOGENStudents today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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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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Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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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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Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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