Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
DOGENIn a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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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Look for Buddha outside your own mind, and Buddha becomes the devil.
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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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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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Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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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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Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.
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I asked, “What are words?” The tenzo said, “One, two, three, four, five.” I asked again, “What is practice?” “Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.”
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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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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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Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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