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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
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
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Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil.
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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
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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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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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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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