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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.

Dogen

Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.
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Activity Breathing Epron Extension Individual People Universe
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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Discover Inspirational Life Original Selves War
If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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Just Practice See Thing Want
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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Backward Inward Light Mind Self Turn
If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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Buddha Expect Nothing Grasp Want Way
To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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Anxiety Harmony Imperfection Wholeness
Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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Forget Oneself Opening Yourself
If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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Discipline Finding Life Mind Peace Profit Seek Stop
There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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Beginning End Enlightenment No Practice
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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Ancient Buddha Mean Mountain Water Word
Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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Abide Heart Return Speech Thing
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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Care Certain Person Something Spiritual Thing Want
Realization doesn’t destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky.
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Destroy Drop Individual Moon Realization Reflection Sky Water
People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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Buddhist Conceal Follow People Way
Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Bear Children Mind Parents Universe Whole
To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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Concentrate Mean Mind Opinion World

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