Dogen Zenji

Dōgen Zenji was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. He is also known as Dōgen Kigen, Eihei Dōgen, Kōso Jōyō Daishi, and Busshō Dentō Kokushi. - Wikipedia

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In stillness, mind and object merge in realization and go beyond enlightenment. - Dogen Zenji

Waterbirds come and go, their traces disappear — yet they never forget their path. - Dogen Zenji

As long as you try to figure out buddha dharma with mind, you can never attain it even for myriad eons or thousands of lifetimes. It is attained by letting go of the mind and abandoning views and interpretations. - Dogen Zenji

So each moment we can see only part of the world, not the whole world. That is the source of delusion. - Dogen Zenji

If you practice with genuine trust, you will attain the way, regardless of being sharp or dull. - Dogen Zenji

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things. - Dogen Zenji

What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good. - Dogen Zenji

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. 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. - Dogen Zenji

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