Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one… — 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
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
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
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
The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice. — 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
