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“Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately.”

Study Zen Let Go Give Up Studying

Book:A Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki

Source: A Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki

“It is taught that all buddhas in the past, present, and future leave the household and attain the way. The twenty-eight ancestors in India and the six early ancestors in China who transmitted the Buddha's mind seal were all monks. They are distinguished in the three realms by strictly observing the precepts. Thus precepts are primary for practicing Zen in pursuit of the way. How can one become a buddha ancestor without becoming free from faults and preventing wrongdoing?”

Book:The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master

Source: The Essential Dogen: Writings of the Great Zen Master

“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.”

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“To enter the Buddha Way is to stop discriminating between good and evil and to cast aside the mind that says this is good and that is bad.”

Zen Good And Evil Let Go Buddha Way

Book:A Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki

Source: A Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki

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