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...
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.
thinking benefits want
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.
truth yoga meditation
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
awakening delusion
That you carry yourself forward and experience the myriad things is delusion. That the myriad things come forward and experience themselves is awakening
mean mind world
To escape from the world means that one's mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.
wise men fool
A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.