"To escape from the world means that one's……" — Dogen
"To escape from the world means that one's mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world."
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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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As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
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Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.
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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily…
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What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!
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There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial…
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Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
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