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.”
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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.”
Quote of the day 04/30/24
From Dogen: “Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.”
Quote of the day 04/29/24
From Dogen: “As long as there is a hope or expectation of some result to be derived from zazen, then zazen is tainted.”
Quote of the day 04/28/24
From Dogen: “If there were fish that would swim or birds that would fly only after investigating the entire ocean or sky, they would find neither path nor place.”
Quote of the day 04/27/24
From 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.”
Quote of the day 04/26/24
From Dogen: “If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.”
Quote of the day 04/25/24
From Dogen: “If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
Quote of the day 04/24/24
From William Faulkner: “It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.”
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