Activity Quote by Dogen

“Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.”

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“If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”

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“If you attain unsurpassable, complete enlightenment, all sentient beings also attain it. The reason is that all sentient beings are aspects of enlightenment.”

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To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.

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