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.
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.Dogen Zenji
Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddhanature. Working with the four elements and five clusters, if they practice sincerely they attain enlightenment. Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. This is because the four elements and five clusters and plants, trees, fences and walls are fellow students because they are of the same essence, because they are the same mind and the same life, because they are the same body and the same mechanism.
Dogen Zenji
Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.
Dogen Zenji
To study the Buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Dogen Zenji
Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
Dogen Zenji
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