Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately. - Dōgen

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Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately.

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Dōgen (道元; also Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, Eihei Dōgen 永平道元, titled as Dōgen Zenji [Zen Master Dōgen] 道元禅師) (19 January 1200 – 22 September 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher born in Kyōto, and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan.

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Pen Names: 高祖
Alternative Names: Dōgen Zenji • Dōgen Kigen • Eihei Dōgen • Dougen
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"Living out life is different from the art of competition for survival. If you go through the world with the attitude "I care for livelihood, money, and nothing more, but anyway let's have a baby," you will fall into a pit in the final stage of your life, just like him."
The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa, With Commentary by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi · December 20, 2011 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance
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