If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
DOGENIf you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
DOGENOne must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.
DOGENDo not travel to other dusty lands, forsaking your own sitting place; if you cannot find the truth where you are now, you will never find it.
DOGENIf you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.
DOGENSomething you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
DOGENThere are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.
DOGENI haven’t got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.
DOGENAn ancient buddha said, “Mountains are mountains; waters are waters.” These words do not mean mountains are mountains; they mean mountains are mountains.
DOGENWhen we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
DOGENSince it is the practice of enlightenment, that practice has no beginning and since it is enlightenment within the practice, that realization has no end.
DOGENTo study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
DOGENLife 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.
DOGENNo matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
DOGENWhen you walk in the mist, you get wet.
DOGENLet your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.
DOGENRefraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation – this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
DOGEN