There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
DOGENI haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
More Dogen Quotes
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I asked, “What are words?” The tenzo said, “One, two, three, four, five.” I asked again, “What is practice?” “Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.”
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If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person, you will not care anymore about doing that certain thing.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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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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To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
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The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.
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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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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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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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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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