In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive relationships. Setting everything aside, think of neither good nor evil, right nor wrong. Thus having stopped the various functions of your mind, five up even the idea of becoming a Buddha.
DogenDogen The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
DogenDogen Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.
DogenDogen But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
DogenDogen A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
DogenDogen Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
DogenDogen Life 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.
DogenDogen Coming, going, the waterbirds, don’t leave a trace, don’t follow a path.
DogenDogen What is the way of the Buddha? It is to study the self. What is the study of the self? It is to forget oneself. To forget oneself is to enlightened by everything in the world.
DogenDogen The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.
DogenDogen Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
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Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
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