Hokke

Even though His practice from
the start has been as continuous and unvarying as an iron rail extending over ten
thousand miles, yet, at the same time, it is His letting go of things for hundreds of
years and His letting things be what they are, wherever they
Shobogenzo, Mestre Dogen

“If we live alone and there is no one to reflect our energy back to us, our negative energy can grow stronger…Without a mindful community, a holy person can one day become a monster. The only way to help ourselves keep and strengthen our positive energy is to be with a Sangha.” 🙏
Thich Nhat Hanh

“When we think we have the right to do anything we want, and that other animals, plants, and minerals are only the means for us to get what we want, then we have a very wrong notion about what it is to be a human being”

The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion
Thich Nhat Hanh

“The beautiful lotus grows out of the mud. Without afflictions and suffering, we cannot make a Buddha.”

The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion
Thich Nhat Hanh

“We should be able to sow the seeds of awakening right here on Earth and not just in empty space”
🙏
The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion
Thich Nhat Hanh

A vida é cheia de oportunidades e conhecer o budismo é uma rara oportunidade, pois nem todas as pessoas se sentem atraídas por algo desse tipo
🙏　Monge Genshō, Daissen, Brasil 🙏

As a consequence,
grasses and trees, as well as thickets and forests, are impermanent and, accordingly,
they are Buddha Nature
🙏
Master Dogen Zenji 🙏

‘Not yet
undergone change’ means that, even though we may shift our perspective to our subjective self or shift it to the objective, outer world, in both cases there are no
signs of change to be found. In that sense, it is constant.

“What seems constant has simply not yet undergone change”
Master Dogen Zenji 🙏

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“to read Scriptures’ means that we collect together every
single, solitary Ancestor of the Buddha and read a Scripture through their Eye. At this very moment, in a twinkling, the Ancestors of the Buddha become Buddhas,
give voice to the Dharma, give voice to Buddha, and do what a Buddha does”.🙏Dogen

🙏 Whoever would preserve and accept
responsibility for ‘Body and Mind in the Way of the Buddhas’ needs to learn how
to function from the spiritually wise discernment of the Buddha’s Way 🙏 #MasterDogen #Shobogenzo

Shakyamuni once inspired Ananda to ask, “Pray, whose disciples are the
various Buddhas of the past?” Shakyamuni Buddha responded, “The various
Buddhas of the past are My disciples.” All the various Buddhas behave in a similar
Buddhist way - Shobogenzo, Master Dogen

Shōbōgenzō: On the Transmission of the Kesa

“From ancient times, when the kesa has been spoken of, it has been called
‘the garment that protects us from overheating our brains’ and ‘the garment of
liberation” Master Dogen 🙏

Beings of all sorts, who are visible or invisible for
the time being, are all making every effort to manifest, making every effort to flow
on. If they did not make every effort to flow on, not even a single thought or thing
would ever manifest. You would do well to consider
this point. Master Dogen

“To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe. To be enlightened by all things of the universe is to cast off the body and mind of the self as well as those of others” 🙏Dogen Zenji