Dogen Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• Set aside all involvements and let the myriad things rest. Zazen is not thinking of good, not thinking of bad. It is not conscious endeavour. It is not introspection. Do not desire to become a buddha; let sitting or lying down drop away. Be moderate in eating and drinking. Be mindful of the passing of time, and engage yourself in zazen as though you are saving your head from fire.

  Dogen

  Lying, Drinking, Thinking

• Understand clearly that when a great need appears a great use appears also; when there is small need there is small use; it is obvious, then, that full use is made of all things at all times according to the necessity thereof.

  Dogen

  Desire, Needs, Use

• Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.

  Dogen

  People, Desire, Doe

  "Things Overheard at the Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma". Book by Dogen translated by Reiho Masunaga, June 1975.

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