Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe. — 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
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 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
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
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
In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light. — 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
If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace. — 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
Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Life and death are nothing but the mind. Years, months, days, and hours are nothing but the mind. Dreams, illusions, and mirages… — 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
Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become… — 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
Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth; sun, moon, and stars. — 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
When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing. — Dogen Copy Share Image
Since we are provided with both a body and a mind, we grasp onto the physical forms we see. Since we are… — 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
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
Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a… — Dogen Copy Share Image
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. — 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 Image
Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe. — Dogen Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Though it has no thought of keeping watch, it's not for naught that the scarecrow stands in the grain field. — 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 single day… — 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 and five… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?” — Dogen Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. — Dogen Copy Share Image
