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Dogen
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
Bhikkhu
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Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
Dogen
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Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth sun, moon, and stars.
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When mountains and waters are painted, blue, green, and red paints are used, strange rocks and wondrous stones are used, the four jewels and the seven treasures are used. Rice-cakes are painted in the same manner. When a person is painted, the four great elements and five skandhas are used.
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Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains the inconceivable power of soaring in the wind comes freely from the mountains
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Consider that nirvana is itself no other than our life.
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When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.
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Just study Buddhism. Don't follow the sentiments of the world.
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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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When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - just paint Spring.
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Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky is reflected in one dew drop on the grass.
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If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil.
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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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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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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.
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Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.
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Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.
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In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.
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Coming, going, the waterbirds, don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.
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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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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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