Zen water quotes12/24/2023 ![]() #29 “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.” Eyes are slightly open, and breathing is quiet through the nostrils.” Keep the tongue at the roof of the mouth and close your lips. Your ears should be in a line with your shoulders, and nose in a straight line with your navel. Hold your body straight without leaning to the left or the right, forward or backward. #28 ”Sit on a cushion in a manner as comfortable as possible, wearing loose clothing. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.” Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. #27 “Life and death are of supreme importance. Open your mind while you have the opportunity, thereby gaining the treasures of wisdom, which in turn you can share abundantly with others, bringing them happiness.” #26 ”Life is short and no one knows what the next moment will bring. #25 “If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.” Beneficial action is an act of oneness, benefiting self and others together.” #24 ”Foolish people think that if they help others first, their own benefit will be lost, but this is not so. #23 “To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.” It is not something to be attained since not one of your steps leads away from it.” Truth is not far away it is ever-present. It is not something newly discovered it has always existed. #22 ”Truth is perfect and complete in itself. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment.” #21 “Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. But you ride in the boat, and your riding makes the boat what it is.” Although you maneuver the sail and the pole, the boat gives you a ride, and without the boat you couldn’t ride. #20 ”Birth is just like riding in a boat. #19 “If you study a lot because you are worried that others will think badly of you for being ignorant and you’ll feel stupid, this is a serious mistake.” At the moment of going there, you go there at the moment of coming here, you come here. #18 ”All-inclusive study is just single-minded sitting, dropping away body and mind. #17 “In a snowfall that covers the winter grass a white heron uses his own whiteness to disappear.” Once body and mind have turned over, There is only this to say: Past mind cannot be grasped, Present mind cannot be grasped, Future mind cannot be grasped.” In the great death There is no heaven, no earth. #16 ”The whole universe Shatters into a hundred pieces. ![]() #15 “Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of dharma.” #14 ”Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. #13 “What you think in your own mind to be good, or what people of the world think is good, is not necessarily good.” ![]() #12 ”Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. #11 “One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.” #10 ”Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.” #9 “Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. #8 ”Above all, don’t wish to become a future Buddha your only concern should be, as thought follows thought, to avoid clinging to any of them.” #7 “There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward all sentient beings, respectful to seniors and kind to juniors, not excluding or desiring anything, with no designing thoughts or worries, you will be called a Buddha.” #6 ”Cause is not before and effect is not after.” #5 “Forgetting oneself is opening oneself” #4 ”But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.” The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.” Although its light is wide and great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. ![]() #3 ”Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. #2 ”Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.” #1 ”In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.” List Of 40 Dōgen Zenji Quotes That Will Alter Your Perception of Everything: He is known for his extensive writing including his most famous work – Shōbōgenzō, but also Eihei Shingi, the first Zen monastic code written in Japan. Dōgen Zenji was a Japanese Buddhist priest, poet, philosopher, writer, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. ![]()
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