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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
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Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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Consider that nirvana is itself no other than our life.
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Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
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Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.
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Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.
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Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
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Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth sun, moon, and stars.
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Mountains and oceans have whole worlds of innumerable wondrous features. We should understand that it is not only our distant surroundings that are like this, but even what is right here, even a single drop of water.
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Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains the inconceivable power of soaring in the wind comes freely from the mountains
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Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
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Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation - this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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