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.
More Quotes from 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
Those who see worldly live as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions they have not discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
Dogen Zenji
Mountains and rivers at this very moment are the actualization of the world of the ancient Buddhas. Each, abiding in its phenomenal expression, realizes completeness.
Dogen Zenji
Sitting is the gateway of truth to total liberation.
Dogen Zenji
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
Dogen Zenji
Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.
Dogen Zenji
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