Dogen Quotes

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The Buddhadharma is not to be sought outside of this.

In autumn even though I may see it again, how can I sleep with the moon this evening?

Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.

Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains; the inconceivable power of soaring in the wind comes freely from the mountains

The prospect of future lives in remote heavens as a compensation for the inadequacy of our present lives is a bad tradeoff for losing out on the present.

Just study Buddhism. Don't follow the sentiments of the world.

Can the water in the valleys ever stop and rest?When the water finally reaches the sea, it becomes great waves.

At the moment of giving birth to a child, is the mother separate from the child? You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

A flower falls even though we love it. A weed grows even though we don't love it.