Frases de Dōgen
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Eihei Dōgen también Dōgen Zenji o Dōgen Kigen o Koso Joyo Daishi fue un maestro budista japonés fundador de la escuela Sōtō del Zen en este país. Wikipedia

✵ 19. enero 1200 – 22. septiembre 1253

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Dōgen: Frases en inglés

“Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.”

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III, 3
Shobogenzo Zuimonki (1238)

“Students of the Way must not study Buddhism for the sake of themselves. They must study Buddhism only for the sake of Buddhism. The key to this is to renounce both body and mind without holding anything back and to offer them to the great sea of Buddhism.”

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Shobogenzo Zuimonki (1238)

“As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by birth. If this is the case, why did the Buddhas of all ages — undoubtedly in possession of enlightenment — find it necessary to seek enlightenment and engage in spiritual practice?”

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As quoted in Eihei Dogen, Mystical Realist (2004) by Hee-jin Kim

“Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.”

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Shobogenzo Zuimonki (1238)