That the self advances and confirms the myriad things is ca… - Dōgen

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That the self advances and confirms the myriad things is called delusion. That the myriad things advance and confirm the self is enlightenment.

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Dōgen (道元; also Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, Eihei Dōgen 永平道元, titled as Dōgen Zenji [Zen Master Dōgen] 道元禅師) (19 January 1200 – 22 September 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher born in Kyōto, and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan.

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Alternative Names: Dōgen Zenji • Dōgen Kigen • Eihei Dōgen • Dougen

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As long as you try to figure out buddha dharma with mind, you can never attain it even for myriad eons or thousands of lifetimes. It is attained by letting go of the mind and abandoning views and interpretations.

I am respected by others not because of my virtue but because of my clothing.' Foolish people respect others in this way.

Before one studies Zen, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; after a first glimpse into the truth of Zen, mountains are no longer mountains and waters are no longer waters; after enlightenment, mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters.

That the self advances and confirms the myriad things is called delusion. That the myriad things advance and confirm the self is enlightenment. - Dōgen

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