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Do not view mountains from the scale of human thought.
Dogen
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
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Greater Manchester
Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
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Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.
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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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Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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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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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
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Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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