It does not matter whether you are a layperson or a home le… - Dōgen

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It does not matter whether you are a layperson or a home leaver. Those who can discern excellence invariably come to trust in this practice.

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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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Like the sun illuminating and refreshing the world, this sitting removes obscurities from the mind and lightens the body so that exhaustion is set aside.

No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.

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.

It does not matter whether you are a layperson or a home leaver. Those who can discern excellence invariably come to trust in this practice. - Dōgen

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