I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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.
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Students 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.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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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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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.
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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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I asked, “What are words?” The tenzo said, “One, two, three, four, five.” I asked again, “What is practice?” “Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.”
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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