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.
DOGENTo study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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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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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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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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There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.
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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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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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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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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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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
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