Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
DOGENDo not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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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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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening
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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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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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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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Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
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