Dōgen

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Dōgen
Dōgen

Sit down. Shut up. That is the whole of the teaching.

Dōgen
·1240·Kyoto, Japan

The green mountains are always walking. If you doubt mountains' walking, you do not know your own walking.

Dōgen
·1242

Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.

Dōgen
·1997

But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.

Dōgen
·1238

Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.

Dōgen
·1242

Furthermore, form and substance are like dew on a blade of grass, and fleeting life is as a flash of lightning, instantly emptied and immediately lost.

Dōgen
·1989

Coming, going, the waterbirds don't leave a trace don't follow a path.

Dōgen
·1240

Mountains do not lack the qualities of mountains. Therefore they always abide in ease and always walk. Do not doubt mountains' walking.