To what shall I liken the world? Moonlight, reflected In dewdrops, Shaken from a crane's bill. — Dogen Copy Share Image
To escape from the world means that one's mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world. — Dogen Copy Share Image
But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is… — Dogen Copy Share Image
In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection. — 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
Mountains and oceans have whole worlds of innumerable wondrous features. We should understand that it is not only our distant surroundings that… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Mountains and rivers at this very moment are the actualization of the world of the ancient Buddhas. Each, abiding in its phenomenal… — 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
The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere… — 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
