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> [“Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment. (From 'Fukan zazengi')”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen-zenji/your-body-is-like-a-dew-drop-on-the-morning-grass-your-life-is-as-2/)

[Dōgen Zenji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen-zenji/)

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## More by Dogen Zenji

> [“At the moment of giving birth to a child, is the mother separate from the child? You should study not only that you become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen-zenji/at-the-moment-of-giving-birth-to-a-child-is-the-mother-separate-from/)

[Dogen Zenji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen-zenji/)

> [“It's too late to be ready.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen-zenji/it-s-too-late-to-be-ready/)

[Dogen Zenji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen-zenji/)

> [“The longness and shortness of the present moment can be recognized by utilizing a big image of the moon, which is reflecting on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen-zenji/the-longness-and-shortness-of-the-present-moment-can-be-recognized-by/)

[Dogen Zenji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen-zenji/)

> [“You should not be esteemed by others if you have no real inner virtue. People here in Japan esteem others on the basis of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen-zenji/you-should-not-be-esteemed-by-others-if-you-have-no-real-inner-virtue/)

[Dogen Zenji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen-zenji/)

> [“If you study a lot because you are worried that others will think badly of you for being ignorant and you'll feel stupid, this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen-zenji/if-you-study-a-lot-because-you-are-worried-that-others-will-think/)

[Dogen Zenji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen-zenji/)

> [“If you have compassion and are imbued with the spirit of the Way, it is of no consequence to be criticized, even reviled, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen-zenji/if-you-have-compassion-and-are-imbued-with-the-spirit-of-the-way-it/)

[Dogen Zenji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen-zenji/)

> [“If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen-zenji/if-you-can-not-find-the-truth-right-where-you-are-where-else-do-you/)

[Dogen Zenji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen-zenji/)

> [“Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen-zenji/your-body-is-like-a-dew-drop-on-the-morning-grass-your-life-is-as-2/)

[Dōgen Zenji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen-zenji/)

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