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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
Dogen
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
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Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation - this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
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Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.
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Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth sun, moon, and stars.
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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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What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.
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I haven't got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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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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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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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
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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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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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Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.
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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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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
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In autumn even though I may see it again, how can I sleep with the moon this evening?
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Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.
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Inside the treasury of the dharma eye a single grain of dust.
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