Dogen

To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections.

— Dogen

The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere…

— Dogen

To what shall I liken the world? Moonlight, reflected In dewdrops, Shaken from a crane's bill.

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That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is…

— Dogen

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

— Dogen

Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and…

— Dogen

Understand clearly that when a great need appears a great use appears also; when there is small need there is small use;…

— Dogen

Do not be amazed by the true dragon.

— Dogen

Life and death are nothing but the mind. Years, months, days, and hours are nothing but the mind. Dreams, illusions, and mirages…

— Dogen

Time is three eyes and eight elbows.

— Dogen

A zen master's life is one continuous mistake.

— Dogen

When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.

— Dogen

If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person,…

— Dogen

Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you…

— Dogen

You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of…

— Dogen

People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.

— Dogen

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become…

— Dogen

The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.

— Dogen

The one and only thing required is to free oneself from the bondage of mind and body alike, putting the Buddha's own…

— Dogen

When the old plum tree blooms, the entire world blooms.

— Dogen

Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from…

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If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil.

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I haven't got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.

— Dogen

Coming, going, the waterbirds don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.

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Inside the treasury of the dharma eye a single grain of dust.

— Dogen