When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
DOGENPractice and enlightenment are not two.
More Dogen Quotes
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You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.
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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
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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 do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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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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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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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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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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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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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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