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I asked, What are words? The tenzo said, One, two, three, four, five. I asked again, What is practice? Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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
Dogen
Dougen
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Three
Cooking
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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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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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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A zen master's life is one continuous mistake.
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
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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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When a buddha is painted, not only a clay altar or lump of earth is used, but the thirty-two marks, a blade of grass, and the cultivation of wisdom for incalculable eons are used. As a Buddha has been painted on a single scroll in this way, all buddhas are painted buddhas, and all painted buddhas are actual buddhas.
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