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Dogen Quotes: "I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.""

I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden."



Dogen Quotes: "Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma."

Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.




Dogen Quotes: "Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe."

Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.



Dogen Quotes: "In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light."

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.




Dogen Quotes: "Be moderate in eating and drinking. Mindful of the passing of time, engage yourself in zazen as though saving your head from fire."

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



Dogen Quotes: "Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end."

Since it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.



Dogen Quotes: "The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world."

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




Dogen Quotes: "When you walk in the mist, you get wet."

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.



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

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



Dogen Quotes: "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 is lost in a moment."

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 is lost in a moment.



Dogen Quotes: "Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation."

Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.



Dogen Quotes: "Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans."

Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans.




Dogen Quotes: "If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?"

If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?



Dogen Quotes: "Do not be amazed by the true dragon."

Do not be amazed by the true dragon.



Dogen Quotes: "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden."

Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.



Dogen Quotes: "The object of Zen is not to kill all feelings and become anesthetized to pain and fear. The object of Zen is to free us to scream loudly and fully when it is time to scream."

The object of Zen is not to kill all feelings and become anesthetized to pain and fear. The object of Zen is to free us to scream loudly and fully when it is time to scream.



Dogen Quotes: "There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding."

There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.



Dogen Quotes: "When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - just paint Spring."

When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - just paint Spring.



Dogen Quotes: "Forgetting oneself is opening oneself"

Forgetting oneself is opening oneself



Dogen Quotes: "Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest."

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



Dogen Quotes: "You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child."

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.



Dogen Quotes: "Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup."

Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses; do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup.



Dogen Quotes: "When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it."

When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.



Dogen Quotes: "Time is three eyes and eight elbows."

Time is three eyes and eight elbows.



Dogen Quotes: "Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes."

Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.



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

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



Dogen Quotes: "The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting."

The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting.



Dogen Quotes: "An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains."

An ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.



Dogen Quotes: "Handle even a single leaf of green in such a way that it manifests the body of the Buddha. This in turn allows the Buddha to manifest through the leaf."

Handle even a single leaf of green in such a way that it manifests the body of the Buddha. This in turn allows the Buddha to manifest through the leaf.



Dogen Quotes: "Do not view mountains from the scale of human thought."

Do not view mountains from the scale of human thought.



Dogen Quotes: "Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity."

Do not miss the opportunity of offering even a single drop into the ocean of merit or a grain atop the mountain of the roots of beneficial activity.



Dogen Quotes: "Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth; sun, moon, and stars."

Clearly I know, the mind is mountains, rivers, and the great earth; sun, moon, and stars.



Dogen Quotes: "To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self."

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.



Dogen Quotes: "Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment."

Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.



Dogen Quotes: "Consider that nirvana is itself no other than our life."

Consider that nirvana is itself no other than our life.



Dogen Quotes: "If we look at the world with a deluded body and mind, we will think that our self is permanent. But if we practice correctly and return to our true self, we will realize that nothing is permanent"

If we look at the world with a deluded body and mind, we will think that our self is permanent. But if we practice correctly and return to our true self, we will realize that nothing is permanent



Dogen Quotes: "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 the whole sky."

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 the whole sky.



Dogen Quotes: "To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things."

To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.



Dogen Quotes: "Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy."

Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.



Dogen Quotes: "If we seek the Buddha outside the mind, the Buddha changes into a devil."

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



Dogen Quotes: "Mountains and rivers at this very moment are the actualization of the world of the ancient Buddhas. Each, abiding in its phenomenal expression, realizes completeness."

Mountains and rivers at this very moment are the actualization of the world of the ancient Buddhas. Each, abiding in its phenomenal expression, realizes completeness.



Dogen Quotes: "When other sects speak well of Zen, the first thing that they praise is its poverty."

When other sects speak well of Zen, the first thing that they praise is its poverty.



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

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



Dogen Quotes: "That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment."

That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things is called delusion; that the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self is called enlightenment.



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

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



Dogen Quotes: "Does a dragon still sing from within a withered tree?"

Does a dragon still sing from within a withered tree?



Dogen Quotes: "There are myriads of forms and hundreds of grasses throughout the entire earth, yet each grass and each form itself is the entire earth."

There are myriads of forms and hundreds of grasses throughout the entire earth, yet each grass and each form itself is the entire earth.



Dogen Quotes: "Inside the treasury of the dharma eye a single grain of dust."

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



Dogen Quotes: "What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world."

What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.