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.
DOGENAlthough 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.
More Dogen Quotes
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Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation – this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
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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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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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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.
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To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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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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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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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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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
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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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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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