What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
DOGENThose 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.
More Dogen Quotes
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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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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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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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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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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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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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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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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