Dogen Quotes

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• Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.
• If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
• To escape from the world means that one's mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
• Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
• 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…
• The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of totally culminated enlightenment.…
• Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains; the inconceivable power of soaring in the…
• Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
• 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…
• Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
• To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be…
• In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
• Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
• To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.
• The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.
• 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…
• Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the…
• Inside the treasury of the dharma eye a single grain of dust.
• 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.
• When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

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