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Dogen quotes: Although we say mountains belong to the country, actually, they belong to those that love them.

Although we say mountains belong to the country, actually, they belong to those that love them.

Dogen quotes: Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.

Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.

Dogen quotes: When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.

When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.

Dogen quotes: If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it?

If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it?

Dogen quotes: Look for Buddha outside your own mind,and Buddha becomes the devil.

Look for Buddha outside your own mind,
and Buddha becomes the devil.

Dogen quotes: Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it's the universe that's breathing.

Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it's the universe that's breathing.

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

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

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: Time is three eyes and eight elbows.

Time is three eyes and eight elbows.

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

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

Dogen quotes: A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.

A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.

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

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

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: In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.

In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.

Dogen quotes: Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

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

When you walk in the mist, you get wet.

Dogen quotes: To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dogen quotes: When the old plum tree blooms, the entire world blooms.

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

Dogen quotes: One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

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: If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.

If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are.

Dogen quotes: People like what is not true and they don't like what is true.

People like what is not true and they don't like what is true.

Dogen quotes: Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.

Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.

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

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

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: If you study a lot because you are worried that others will think badly of you for being ignorant and you'll feel stupid, this is a serious mistake.

If you study a lot because you are worried that others will think badly of you for being ignorant and you'll feel stupid, this is a serious mistake.

Dogen quotes: Though it has no thought of keeping watch, it's not for naught that the scarecrow stands in the grain field.

Though it has no thought of keeping watch, it's not for naught that the scarecrow stands in the grain field.

Dogen quotes: What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.

What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.

Dogen quotes: Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.

Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.

Dogen quotes: Do not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now, you will never find it.

Do not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now, you will never find it.

Dogen quotes: Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.

Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.

Dogen quotes: To what shallI liken the world?Moonlight, reflectedIn 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: 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: 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: A zen master's life is one continuous mistake.

A zen master's life is one continuous mistake.

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

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

Dogen quotes: To escape from the world means that one's mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.

To escape from the world means that one's mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.

Dogen quotes: What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.

What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.

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

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

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: 59. "This dew-like life will fade away; avoid involvement in superfluous things." ~

59. "This dew-like life will fade away; avoid involvement in superfluous things." ~

Dogen quotes: Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

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

Does a dragon still sing from within a withered tree?

Dogen quotes: Each moment is all being, each moment is the entire world. Reflect now whether any being or any world is left out of the present moment.

Each moment is all being, each moment is the entire world. Reflect now whether any being or any world is left out of the present moment.

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

Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.

Dogen quotes: To enter the Buddha Way is to stop discriminating between good and evil and to cast aside the mind that says this is good and that is bad.

To enter the Buddha Way is to stop discriminating between good and evil and to cast aside the mind that says this is good and that is bad.

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: In a snowfall that covers the winter grass a white heron uses his own whiteness to disappear.

In a snowfall that covers the winter grass a white heron uses his own whiteness to disappear.

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: Forgetting oneself is opening oneself

Forgetting oneself is opening oneself

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: Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.

Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.

Dogen quotes: Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.

Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.

Dogen quotes: Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold

Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold

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: 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: 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: Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.

Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.

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: There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.

There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice.

Dogen quotes: There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.

There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.

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

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

Dogen quotes: Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately.

Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately.

Dogen quotes: In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.

In the stream,
Rushing past
To the dusty world,
My fleeting form
Casts no reflection.

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: To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.

To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.

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

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

Dogen quotes: If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.

If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.

Dogen quotes: We must always be disturbed by the truth.

We must always be disturbed by the truth.

Dogen quotes: If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.

If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.

Dogen quotes: Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.

Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.

Dogen quotes: Practice and enlightenment are not two.

Practice and enlightenment are not two.

Dogen quotes: Do not be amazed by the true dragon.

Do not be amazed by the true dragon.

Dogen quotes: 184. "Focus your mind on one thing, absorb the old examples, study the actions of the masters- penetrate deeply into a single form of practice." ~

184. "Focus your mind on one thing, absorb the old examples, study the actions of the masters- penetrate deeply into a single form of practice." ~

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

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

Dogen quotes: It's too late to be ready.

It's too late to be ready.

Dogen quotes: If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?

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

Consider that nirvana is itself no other than our life.

Dogen quotes: Do not view mountains from the scale of human thought

Do not view mountains from the scale of human thought