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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
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
Bounds
Grass
Grasses
Like
Blossoming
Bloom
Openness
Hundreds
Emptiness
Bound
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Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
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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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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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Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
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The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.
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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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Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth sun, moon, and stars.
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Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire.
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