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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
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Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
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To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
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When mountains and waters are painted, blue, green, and red paints are used, strange rocks and wondrous stones are used, the four jewels and the seven treasures are used. Rice-cakes are painted in the same manner. When a person is painted, the four great elements and five skandhas are used.
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Mountains and rivers at this very moment are the actualization of the world of the ancient Buddhas. Each, abiding in its phenomenal expression, realizes completeness.
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Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth sun, moon, and stars.
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Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly.
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The true person is Not anyone in particular But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
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There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of the simplicity of the method. If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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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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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire.
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
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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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If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil.
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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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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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Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The Buddhadharma is not to be sought outside of this.
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