Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.
DOGENWhen you walk in the mist, you get wet.
More Dogen Quotes
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Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.
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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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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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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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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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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.
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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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People like what is not true and they don’t like what is true.
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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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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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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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