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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
Dogen
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
Bhikkhu
Leader
Philosopher
Teacher
Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
Dogen
Dougen
Dragon
Dragons
Amazed
True
Reality
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Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.
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Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly.
Dogen
As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by birth. If this is the case, why did the Buddhas of all ages - undoubtedly in possession of enlightenment - find it necessary to seek enlightenment and engage in spiritual practice?
Dogen
Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The Buddhadharma is not to be sought outside of this.
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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
Dogen
In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
Dogen
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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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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Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.
Dogen
IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
Dogen
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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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
Dogen
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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If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil.
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
Dogen
Mountains and oceans have whole worlds of innumerable wondrous features. We should understand that it is not only our distant surroundings that are like this, but even what is right here, even a single drop of water.
Dogen
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.
Dogen
Coming, going, the waterbirds, don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.
Dogen
Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
Dogen
Forgetting oneself is opening oneself
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