If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
DOGENPractice and enlightenment are not two.
More Dogen Quotes
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
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Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.
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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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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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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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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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