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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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Do not view mountains from the scale of human thought.
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Through one word, or seven words, or three times five, even if you investigate thoroughly myriad forms, nothing can be depended upon. Night advances, the moon glows and falls into the ocean. The black dragon jewel you have been searching for, is everywhere.
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You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.
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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 you walk in the mist, you get wet.
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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - just paint Spring.
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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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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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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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Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. This means that you practice continuously, without wasting a single day of your life, without using it for your own sake. Why is it so? Your life is a fortunate outcome of the continuous practice of the past. You should express your gratitude immediately.
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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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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Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.
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