“ If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? Dogen
“ When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring. To paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots is to paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - it is… Dogen
“ 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. Dogen
“ 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… Dogen
“ Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment. (From 'Fukan zazengi') Dogen
“ To escape from the world means that one's mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world. Dogen
“ To enter the Buddha Way is to stop discriminating between good and evil and to cast aside the mind that says this is good and that is bad. Dogen
“ Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others' faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others' faults, then naturally seniors and venerated… Dogen
“ Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions. Dogen
“ Only those who have the great capacity of genuine trust can enter this realm [the realm of the buddhas]. Those who have no trust are unable to accept it, however much they hear it. Dogen
“ Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm,Without looking for the traces I may have left;A cuckoo's song beckons me to return home;Hearing this, I tilt my head to seeWho has told me to turn bac… Dogen
