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In autumn even though I may see it again, how can I sleep with the moon this evening?
Dogen
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
Bhikkhu
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Philosopher
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Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
Dogen
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In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.
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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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Through one word, or seven words, or three times five, even if you investigate thoroughly myriad forms, nothing can be depended upon. Night advances, the moon glows and falls into the ocean. The black dragon jewel you have been searching for, is everywhere.
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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
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