"The whole moon and the entire sky are……" — Dogen
"The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass."
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83 Quotes by Dogen
Dogen has 83 quotes on this site.
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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet…
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Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive…
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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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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by…
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If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that…
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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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Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short…
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
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More Dewdrop Quotes
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Buddhas have a strength which is not of this world. Their strength is totally of love... Like a rose flower…
— Rajneesh
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The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.
— William Wordsworth
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Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, starlight and dewdrop are waiting for thee.
— Stephen Foster
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Be aware of your own worth, use all of your power to achieve it. Create an ocean from a dewdrop.…
— Muhammad Iqbal
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The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a…
— Paul Claudel
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I discovered the secret of the sea in meditation upon a dewdrop.
— Khalil Gibran
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I've travelled all around the world to see the rivers and the mountains, and I've spent a lot of money.…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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Happiness is threatening and misery is safe - safe for the ego. Ego can exist only in misery and through…
— Rajneesh
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The faintness of the stars, the freshness of the morning, the dewdrop on the flower, speaks to me.
— Chief Dan George
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Everywhere I find the signature, the autograph of God, and he will never deny his own handwriting. God has set…
— Joseph Parker
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The beauty of the trees, the softness of the air, the fragrance of the grass, they speak to me. The…
— Chief Dan George
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This Dewdrop World is a beautiful, courageous, intimate film about love and loss. It may also be the deepest meditation…
— Jeff Goodell
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