Dogen Quotes About Universe

Quotes about: Universe

• 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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  Breathing, Individual, Activity

• Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.

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  Universe

• 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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  Sky, Enlightenment, Painting

• I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden."

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  Practice, Two, Cooking

• Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.

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  Children, Parent, Mind

• To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe. To be enlightened by all things of the universe is to cast off the body and mind of the self as well as those of others. Even the traces of enlightenment are wiped out, and life with traceless enlightenment goes on forever and ever

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  Self, Forever, Mind

• The one and only thing required is to free oneself from the bondage of mind and body alike, putting the Buddha's own seal upon yourself. If you do this as you sit in ecstatic meditation, the whole universe itself scattered through the infinity of space turns into enlightenment. This is what I mean by the Buddha's seal.

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  Mean, Space, Meditation

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