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Studying ourselves ~ Dogen Zenji

Studying ourselves ~ Dogen Zenji was last modified: August 31st, 2016 by dorjeduck

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.


Dogen Zenji

quoted in the book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

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Further quotes from the book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind:

  • Empty and ready mind
  • The awareness that you are here
  • Nothing outside yourself can cause any trouble
  • Do not be bothered by anything
  • The weeds you have in your mind
  • Little by little
  • Belief based on a self-centered idea
  • Opening up our small mind
  • Your last moment
  • The posture itself
  • Just to live
  • Open to all the possibilities
  • Wisdom seeking wisdom
  • Beginner’s mind
  • Spacious control
  • The true bow
  • Calmness in Activity
  • No trace
  • Your own enlightenment
  • The purpose of studying buddhism


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