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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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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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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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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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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The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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