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.”
DOGENIn the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
More Dogen Quotes
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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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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Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.
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Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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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Do not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now, you will never find it.
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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