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
Be mindful of the passing of time, and engage yourself in zazen as though you are saving your head from fire. — Dogen Copy Share Image
Mountains and rivers at this very moment are the actualization of the world of the ancient Buddhas. Each, abiding in its phenomenal… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Understand clearly that when a great need appears a great use appears also; when there is small need there is small use;… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“Each moment of zazen is equally wholeness of practice, equally wholeness of realization. This is not only practice while sitting, it is… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Through one word, or seven words, or three times five, even if you investigate thoroughly myriad forms, nothing can be depended upon.… — 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
