Dogen Zenji

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

To study Buddhism is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be awakened by all things.

Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.

I come to realize that mind is no other than mountains and rivers and the great wide earth, the sun and the moon and stars.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

Do not learn how to react learn how to respond.

Each step along the Buddha’s path to happiness requires practising mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

Great morning!! Dear God, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for EVERYTHING! Especially my healthy baby girl!

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would solve most the worlds problems.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

When one person suffers from a delusion It is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion It is called Religion.

I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

The concept known as bal tashchit – ‘Do no destroy’ – has a special significance in Jewish tradition…We are constantly being warned in our faith that the capricious, thoughtless, wasteful destruction of the elements and creatures of the earth is wrong…We should remind ourselves daily of our responsibility to all aspects of creation.