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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
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Eihei Dōgen
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If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil.
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.
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In autumn even though I may see it again, how can I sleep with the moon this evening?
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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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The color of the mountains is Buddha's body the sound of running water is his great speech.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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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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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An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains they mean mountains are mountains.
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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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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring. To paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots is to paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - it is not yet painting Spring.
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