Do not practice buddha-dharma with the thought that it is to benefit others. — Dogen Copy Share Image
Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions. — Dogen Copy Share Image
People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists. — Dogen Copy Share Image
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves. — Dogen Copy Share Image
There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice. — Dogen Copy Share Image
An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. — Dogen Copy Share Image
“If you attain unsurpassable, complete enlightenment, all sentient beings also attain it. The reason is that all sentient beings are aspects of… — Dōgen Copy Share Image
“Only those who have the great capacity of genuine trust can enter this realm [the realm of the buddhas]. Those who have… — Dōgen Copy Share Image
The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the… — Dogen Copy Share Image
All that's visible springs from causes intimate to you. While walking, sitting, lying down, the body itself is complete truth. If someone… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Students of the Way must not study Buddhism for the sake of themselves. They must study Buddhism only for the sake of… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements… — Dogen Copy Share Image
In the assemblies of the enlightened ones there have been many cases of mastering the Way bringing forth the heart of plants… — Dogen Copy Share Image
To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self… — Dogen Copy Share Image
As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by… — Dogen Copy Share Image
To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Set aside all involvements and let the myriad things rest. Zazen is not thinking of good, not thinking of bad. It is… — 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
Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened… — Dogen Copy Share Image
In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive… — Dogen Copy Share Image
The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of… — 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
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