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Dogen
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
Bhikkhu
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Philosopher
Teacher
Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
Dogen
Dougen
Opening
Oneself
Forget
Forgetting
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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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Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.
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Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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People like what is not true and they don't like what is true.
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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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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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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - just paint Spring.
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Consider that nirvana is itself no other than our life.
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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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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.
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To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
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Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it's the universe that's breathing.
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Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person, you will not care anymore about doing that certain thing.
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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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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