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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
Dogen
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
Bhikkhu
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Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
Dogen
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In a snowfall that covers the winter grass a white heron uses his own whiteness to disappear.
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To what shall I liken the world? Moonlight, reflected In dewdrops, Shaken from a crane's bill.
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