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These quotes are from the great Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji. What do you think? True? Untrue?
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.
Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup.
Carrying the self forward to confirm the myriad dharmas is delusion. The myriad dharmas advancing and confirming the self is realization.
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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.
Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.
Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup.
Carrying the self forward to confirm the myriad dharmas is delusion. The myriad dharmas advancing and confirming the self is realization.
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?