There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way. — Dogen Copy Share Image
The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech. — Dogen Copy Share Image
Do not practice buddha-dharma with the thought that it is to benefit others. — Dogen Copy Share Image
What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“To enter the Buddha Way is to stop discriminating between good and evil and to cast aside the mind that says this… — Dōgen Copy Share Image
Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you… — Dogen Copy Share Image
There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and… — Dogen Copy Share Image
The one and only thing required is to free oneself from the bondage of mind and body alike, putting the Buddha's own… — Dogen Copy Share Image
When a buddha is painted, not only a clay altar or lump of earth is used, but the thirty-two marks, a blade of grass,… — Dogen Copy Share
Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe. — Dogen Copy Share
Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them,… — Dogen Copy Share
Set aside all involvements and let the myriad things rest. Zazen is not thinking of good, not thinking of bad. It is not conscious… — Dogen Copy Share
Though it has no thought of keeping watch, it's not for naught that the scarecrow stands in the grain field. — Dogen Copy Share
Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. This means that you practice continuously, without wasting a single day… — Dogen Copy Share
Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements and five… — Dogen Copy Share
“If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?” — Dogen Copy Share
Realization doesn't destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect… — Dogen Copy Share
“If you attain unsurpassable, complete enlightenment, all sentient beings also attain it. The reason is that all sentient beings are aspects of enlightenment.” — Dōgen Copy Share
Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains; the inconceivable power of soaring in… — Dogen Copy Share
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. — Dogen Copy Share
