I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
DOGENYou should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
More Dogen Quotes
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
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That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.
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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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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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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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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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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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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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