Practice and enlightenment are not two.
DOGENTo be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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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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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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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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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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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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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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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
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