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
If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are. — Dogen Copy Share Image
Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or… — 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
Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The Buddhadharma is not to be sought outside of this. — 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
“Focus your mind on one thing, absorb the old examples, study the actions of the masters- penetrate deeply into a single form… — Dōgen Copy Share Image
Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech. — Dogen Copy Share Image
You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of… — Dogen Copy Share Image
If we look at the world with a deluded body and mind, we will think that our self is permanent. But if… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit… — 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
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
A fish swims in the ocean, and no matter how far it swims there is no end to the water. A bird… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. This means that you practice continuously, without wasting a… — Dogen Copy Share Image
When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep… — 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
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. — Dogen Copy Share Image
The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice. — Dogen Copy Share Image
I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the… — Dogen Copy Share Image
When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point. — 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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