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One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
Dogen
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
Bhikkhu
Leader
Philosopher
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Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
Dogen
Dougen
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World
Impermanence
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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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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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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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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