Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
DOGENThat 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.
More Dogen Quotes
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Time is three eyes and eight elbows.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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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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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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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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IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
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An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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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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