Birth is a state at one moment; it already has a past and will have a future - Dōgen, Shoji (Life and Death), unknown year

Swallowing is three or four; this moment is the realization of "the time when the moon is not yet round" - Dōgen, Tsuki (The Moon), 1243

There are six further instances of prajñā. They are earth, water, fire, wind, - Dōgen, Maka-hannya-haramitsu (Mahāprajñāpāramitā), 1244

It would be as if the body did not exist - Dōgen, Sanjūshichi-bon-bodai-bunpō (37 Elements of Bodhi), 1244

We ourselves who are groping for the mark are mindfulness - Dōgen, Sanjūshichi-bon-bodai-bunpō (37 Elements of Bodhi), 1244

Singlemindedly make effort - Dōgen, Jū-undō-shiki (Rules for the Hall of Accumulated Cloud), 1239

Do not allow wind and smoke to enter - Dōgen, Zazengi (The Standard Method of Zazen), 1243

On a day of the summer retreat in the second year of Ninji I have written this and presented it to Zen person Etatsu - Dōgen, Hokke-ten-hokke (The Flower of Dharma Turns the Flower of Dharma), 1241

They are eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind; sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensations, and properties; - Dōgen, Maka-hannya-haramitsu (Mahāprajñāpāramitā), 1244

So should we think that our own “form” and “nature” now are “originally practicing” in this world of Dharma, or should we think that they are “originally practicing” in atoms - Dōgen, Hokke-ten-hokke (The Flower of Dharma Turns the Flower of Dharma), 1241

When he heard the Diamond Sutra and was influenced by the lingering fragrance of the Buddha-Dharma, he threw down his heavy burden and left family life - Dōgen, Sanjūshichi-bon-bodai-bunpō (37 Elements of Bodhi), 1244

Matter is matter, the immaterial is the immaterial. - Dōgen, Maka-hannya-haramitsu (Mahāprajñāpāramitā), 1244

When this principle is preached and realized, it is said that “matter is just the immaterial” and the immaterial is just matter. - Dōgen, Maka-hannya-haramitsu (Mahāprajñāpāramitā), 1244

Love sitting in zazen as if putting out a fire on your head - Dōgen, Zazengi (The Standard Method of Zazen), 1243

Because we sweep the ground unaware "what number moon" it is, and sweep the ground and sweep the floor aware that "this is just the second moon", the whole earth is as it is - Dōgen, Sanjūshichi-bon-bodai-bunpō (37 Elements of Bodhi), 1244

This state is described as being without. - Dōgen, Maka-hannya-haramitsu (Mahāprajñāpāramitā), 1244

There are a further six instances of prajñā. They are giving, pure precepts, patience, diligence, meditation, and prajñā . - Dōgen, Maka-hannya-haramitsu (Mahāprajñāpāramitā), 1244

“The content of the buddha lands of the ten directions” is the “sole existence” of the “Flower of Dharma” - Dōgen, Hokke-ten-hokke (The Flower of Dharma Turns the Flower of Dharma), 1241

The position itself is ableto preach Dharma to save the living, and to radiate brightness and manifest auspicious phenomena - Dōgen, Sanjūshichi-bon-bodai-bunpō (37 Elements of Bodhi), 1244

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