168 Quotes by Dōgen

Let your heart go out and abide in things. Let things return and abide in your heart.

Something 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.

If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.

Inside the treasury of the dharma eye a single grain of dust.

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point.

In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.

When other sects speak well of Zen, the first thing that they praise is its poverty.

There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.