Dogen Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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- Buddhism,
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- Earth,
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- Mind And Body,
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- Students,
- Study,
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“Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.”
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“Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life.”
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“To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of realization remains, and this no trace continues endlessly.”
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“To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.”
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“There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward all sentient beings, respectful to seniors and kind to juniors, not excluding or desiring anything, with no designing thoughts or worries, you will be called a buddha. Do not seek anything else.”
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“You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.”
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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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“A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.”
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“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.”
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“Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly.”
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“The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.”
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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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“Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.”
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“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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“Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.”
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“If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
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“Through one word, or seven words, or three times five, even if you investigate thoroughly myriad forms, nothing can be depended upon. Night advances, the moon glows and falls into the ocean. The black dragon jewel you have been searching for, is everywhere.”
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“A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love 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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“Mountains and oceans have whole worlds of innumerable wondrous features. We should understand that it is not only our distant surroundings that are like this, but even what is right here, even a single drop of water.”
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“I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden."”
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“Does a dragon still sing from within a withered tree?”
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“Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.”
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“Be mindful of the passing of time, and engage yourself in zazen as though you are saving your head from fire.”
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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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“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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“Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup.”
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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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