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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.

Dogen

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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Backward Inward Light Mind Self Turn
Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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Gateway Liberation Sit Sitting Truth
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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Discover Inspirational Life Original Selves War
If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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Buddha Expect Nothing Grasp Want Way
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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Before Responsibility Say Student Thinking Three Time Want
Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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Appear Doubt Human May Mountain Walk
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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Care Certain Person Something Spiritual Thing Want
There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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Complete Hiddenness Mountain Understanding
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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Ask Go Home Travel World
Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
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Alert Believe Either Events Right Sage Word
Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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Cease Follow Intellectual Practice Speech Understanding Word
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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Earth Enlight Religion Self Sell Study Thing
Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Bear Children Mind Parents Universe Whole
Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
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Beginning End Enlightenment Practice Realization Since
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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Buddhism Buddhist Life Ourselves Space Study
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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Dew Discipline Every Fully Life Moment Short Student Time

In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.

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