What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
DOGEN
To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
More Dogen Quotes
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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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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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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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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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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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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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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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Realization doesn’t destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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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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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
DOGEN