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Dogen Quotes: If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
         

If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.


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But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.



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That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening

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