"Sitting is the gateway of truth to total…" — Dogen

"Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation."

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83 Quotes by Dogen

Dogen has 83 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet…
Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive…
In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by…
If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that…
If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short…
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.

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More Gateway Quotes

This quote is filed under Gateway Quotes, one of 117 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Immigration is a gateway basically. It's a check-off point for Latino voters. — Jeb Bush
For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search… — Hillary Clinton
Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God. — Harold J. Warner
I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind:… — Douglas MacArthur
Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce.… — Sivananda
If I have put the case of science at all correctly, the reader will have recognised that modern science does… — Karl Pearson
The examination system, and the fact that instruction is treated mainly as a training for a livelihood, leads the young… — Bertrand Russell
The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT. Read its preamble, consider it purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at… — Frederick Douglass
Baptism into this Church is a serious thing. It represents a covenant made with our Heavenly Father. It is much… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I think death is a tremendous adventure- a gateway into a new life, in which you have further powers, deeper… — Leslie Weatherhead
God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to… — Bill Hybels
Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge enters the mind." — Helen Keller

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