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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.

Dogen

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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Ancient Buddha Mean Mountain Water Word
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.
DOGEN

Abandon Another Eye Home Land Region Seat Wander
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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Inch Life Light Moon Puddle Reflect Wide
A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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Continue Life Master Mistake People
I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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Buddhism Letting Live Things Happen
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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Activity Breathing Epron Extension Individual People Universe
To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
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Forget Self Study Way
There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of the simplicity of the method. If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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Doubt Meditation Possibility Simplicity Student Thousand Truth
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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Buddha Forget Oneself Self Study Way World
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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Buddhism Buddhist Life Ourselves Space Study
In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
DOGEN

Break Buddhist Clear Light Mind Reflect Wave
One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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Aware Deeply Impermanence World
Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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Forget Oneself Opening Yourself
Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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Amazed Dragon Reality True
If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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Just Practice See Thing Want
IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
DOGEN

Behind Egotism Excercise Exercise First Free Greed Relinquish

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