“If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?” — Dogen Copy Share Image
Do not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now,… — Dogen Copy Share Image
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves. — Dogen Copy Share Image
Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your… — Dogen Copy Share Image
If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it? — Dogen Copy Share Image
There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of… — 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
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
