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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
Dougen
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Doubt
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Mountains
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Mountain
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil.
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
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Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
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The color of the mountains is Buddha's body the sound of running water is his great speech.
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