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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.

Dogen

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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Doubt Meditation Possibility Simplicity Student Thousand Truth
The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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Coem First Go Practice Recognition Step Training
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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Begin Birth Cling Compassion Death Deep Evil Over Refrain Respect Sentiment Work Worry
In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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Mundane Nothing Sacred Sacredness
A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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Continue Life Master Mistake People
That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening
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Awakening Carry Delusion Forward Thing Yourself
In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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Cast Past People Reflection Rush Stream World
If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.
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Just Practice See Thing Want
There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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Complete Hiddenness Mountain Understanding
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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Ancient Buddha Mean Mountain Water Word
In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.
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Delusive Drink Eat Forsake Idea Quite Relationship Room Temepearte Thing
Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.
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Attachment Gain Make Practice Reward Self Thinking Yourself
Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest.
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Backward Inward Light Mind Self Turn
If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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Buddhist Go Yourself Zen Proverb
Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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Among Defeated Excel Fool Prefer Wise
Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
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Abide Heart Return Speech Thing

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