Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.
DOGEN
When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
More Dogen Quotes
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Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.
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Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
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In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.
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To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
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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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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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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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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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You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
DOGEN