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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.
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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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.
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You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.
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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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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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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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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward all sentient beings, respectful to seniors and kind to juniors, not excluding or desiring anything, with no designing thoughts or worries, you will be called a buddha. Do not seek anything else.
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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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Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
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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.
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If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
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Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.
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