Buddha Quote by Dogen

The color of the mountains is Buddha's body; the sound of running water is his great speech.

— Dogen

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

— Dogen

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

— Dogen

What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget…

— Dogen

Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it…

— Dogen

Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected in a puddle one inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky…

— Dogen

There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate…

— Dogen

Do not practice buddha-dharma with the thought that it is to benefit others.

— Dogen

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

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

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

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

— Dogen