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… — 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
Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken.… — 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
You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child. — 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
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
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
