Dogen Zenji Quotes

A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

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. Do not seek anything else.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

Buddhism teaches you to embrace change.

One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.

The Buddha is in me, the Buddha is in you. Live up to it.

Love, peace and soul.

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

I think Buddhism is a wonderful philosophy. I've had the good fortune to meet many wonderful teachers from that society.

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.

How many Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb? Many in body, one in mind.

The great thing about gurus is not that they make you feel everybody's love. It's that they make you feel that you can love everybody.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.

When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

For me, in Buddhism there is a plethora of specific teachings that one can seek out and find for the individual dilemmas you may have.