An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
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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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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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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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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We must always be disturbed by the truth.
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That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.
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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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There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of the simplicity of the method. If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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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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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
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Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
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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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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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I haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – just paint Spring.
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