"Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor……" — Dogen
"Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things."
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83 Quotes by Dogen
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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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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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
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