Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
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Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
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Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
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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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What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
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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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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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When you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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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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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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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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