Dogen Zenji Quotes

Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation - this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.

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

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

The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion's roar, like a great rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance.

Buddhism teaches you to embrace change.

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

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

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

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

If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance.

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

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

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.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind.

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.

Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.

The sharpest sword is a word spoken in wrath; the deadliest poison is covetousness ;, the fiercest fire is hatred, ;, the darkest night is ignorance. The greatest gain is to give to others ;, the greatest loss is to greedily receive without gratitude ;, an invulnerable armor is patience ;, the best weapon is wisdom.

My feeling or philosophy is closer to Taoism and Zen Buddhism, 'cause it's the most practical.

If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.

When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf.

Buhhdism is wisdom. As long as we have wisdom, we can put all things to the best use, we can turn everything in the direction of happiness.

The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.