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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.
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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If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil.
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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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