To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things. — Dogen Copy Share Image
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves. — Dogen Copy Share Image
“Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately.” — 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
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
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
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
“Focus your mind on one thing, absorb the old examples, study the actions of the masters- penetrate deeply into a single form… — Dōgen 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
As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by… — 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
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
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
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
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
