If there are fish that would swim or birds that would fly o… - Dōgen

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If there are fish that would swim or birds that would fly only after investigating the entire ocean or sky, they would find neither path nor place.

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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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Alternative Names: Dōgen Zenji • Dōgen Kigen • Eihei Dōgen • Dougen

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If there are fish that would swim or birds that would fly only after investigating the entire ocean or sky, they would find neither path nor place. - Dōgen

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