From Dogen: “To be in harmony with the hardship of the world is enlightenment.”
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Quote of the day 05/11/24
From Dogen: “When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep your eyes closely on the boat, you can see that the boat moves. Similarly, if you examine many things with a confused mind, you might suppose that your mind and natureContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/11/24”
Quote of the day 05/10/24
From 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 not yet painting Spring.”
Quote of the day 05/09/24
From Dogen: “No 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.”
Quote of the day 05/07/24
From Dogen: “Although we say mountains belong to the country, actually, they belong to those that love them.”
05/06/24
From Dogen: “Beings, things, and events do not exist in time: beings, things, and events are times.”
Quote of the day 05/05/24
From Dogen: “Each moment is all being, each moment is the entire world. Reflect now whether any being or any world is left out of the present moment.”
Quote of the day 05/03/24
From Dogen: “So our practice is not to eliminate our delusion, but to see or to become aware of the fact that we are deluded. Just become aware of it and let go of it. Do not be pulled by the delusions.”
Quote of the day 05/02/24
From Dogen: “Uchiyama Rōshi used to say again and again that loss is enlightenment, gain is illusion.”
Quote of the day 05/01/24
From Dogen: “Forgetting oneself is opening oneself.”
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