I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
DOGEN
When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
More Dogen Quotes
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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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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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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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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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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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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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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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To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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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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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
DOGEN