When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
DOGENA zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
More Dogen Quotes
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
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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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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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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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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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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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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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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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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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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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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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