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.
DOGENIf you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
More Dogen Quotes
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Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
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If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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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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IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
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No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
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Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire.
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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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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To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
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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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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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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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