Dogen
Dogen
Dōgen Zenji, also known as Dōgen Kigen, Eihei Dōgen, Koso Joyo Daishi, or Bussho Dento Kokushi, was a Japanese Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. Originally ordained as a monk in the Tendai School in Kyoto, he was ultimately dissatisfied with its teaching and traveled to China to seek out what he believed to be a more authentic Buddhism. He remained there for five years, finally training under Tiantong Rujing, an...
buddhist moon mirrors
Since we are provided with both a body and a mind, we grasp onto the physical forms we see. Since we are provided with both a body and a mind, we cling to the sounds we hear. As a consequence, we make ourselves inseparable from all things, yet we are not like some shadowy figure 'lodging' in a mirror or like the moon in water. Whenever we witness what is on the one side, its opposite side will be in darkness.
self enlightenment trying
To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment.
mind soup joyful
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.
thinking practice attachment
Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.
thinking people mind
What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.
wise fool defeated
Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools.
practice two cooking
I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is hidden."
way easy easy-way
Those who seek the easy way do not seek the true way.
heart return
Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
discipline mind finding-peace
If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
buddhist buddhism study
To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
sacred sacredness mundane
In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
senior simple worry
There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward all sentient beings, respectful to seniors and kind to juniors, not excluding or desiring anything, with no designing thoughts or worries, you will be called a buddha. Do not seek anything else.
flower water mountain
There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.