Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
DOGENDo not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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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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An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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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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Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation – this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
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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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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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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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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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