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.
DOGENStudents, 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.
More Dogen Quotes
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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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What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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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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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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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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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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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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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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