Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way. Dogen More Quotes by Dogen More Quotes From Dogen Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things. Dogen unityvoiceideas Life and death are nothing but the mind. Years, months, days, and hours are nothing but the mind. Dreams, illusions, and mirages are nothing but the mind. The bubbles of water and the flames of fire are nothing but the mind. The flowers of the spring and the moon of the autumn are nothing but the mind. Confusions and dangers are nothing but the mind. Dogen flowerdreamspring If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? Dogen truthspiritualart Enlightenment is intimacy with all things. Dogen enlightenmentbuddhistcompassion The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. Dogen moonskyrelaxation Continuous practice, day after day, is the most appropriate way of expressing gratitude. This means that you practice continuously, without wasting a single day of your life, without using it for your own sake. Why is it so? Your life is a fortunate outcome of the continuous practice of the past. You should express your gratitude immediately. Dogen gratitudemeanpast Meditation is not a way to enlightenment, Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all. It is peace itself. It is the actualization of wisdom, The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things. Dogen enlightenmentonenessmeditation To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections. Dogen harmonyimperfectionanxiety If you want to see things just as they are, then you yourself must practice just as you are. Dogen ifspracticewant Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly. Dogen enlightenmentselfmind But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home. Dogen homeworldtravel A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it. Dogen buddhistweedwar When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing. Dogen bodyperfectmind There is no beginning to practice nor end to enlightenment; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice. Dogen enlightenmentendspractice We must always be disturbed by the truth. Dogen disturbed Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do not squander your life. Dogen buddhistopportunitylife A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself. Dogen foolwisemen 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 activitybreathingindividual Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit. Dogen threeresponsibilitythinking That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening Dogen delusionawakening
