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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
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
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Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
Dogen
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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.
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Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
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People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.
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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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Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. This means that you practice continuously, without wasting a single day of your life, without using it for your own sake. Why is it so? Your life is a fortunate outcome of the continuous practice of the past. You should express your gratitude immediately.
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There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
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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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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.
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I haven't got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
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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 we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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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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Just study Buddhism. Don't follow the sentiments of the world.
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Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.
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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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Does a dragon still sing from within a withered tree?
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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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Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth sun, moon, and stars.
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