Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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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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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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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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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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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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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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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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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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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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