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Dogen Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time is three eyes and eight elbows. — Dogen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things. — Dogen

When you walk in the mist, you get wet. — Dogen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A zen master's life is one continuous mistake. — Dogen

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

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

What is reality? An icicle forming in fire. — Dogen

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

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

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

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

Does a dragon still sing from within a withered tree? — Dogen

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

Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation. — Dogen

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

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

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

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

Forgetting oneself is opening oneself — Dogen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We must always be disturbed by the truth. — Dogen

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

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

Practice and enlightenment are not two. — Dogen

Do not be amazed by the true dragon. — Dogen

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

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

It's too late to be ready. — Dogen

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

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

Do not view mountains from the scale of human thought — Dogen