No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you … - Dōgen

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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.

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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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This dew-like life will fade away; avoid involvement in superfluous things.

Such a practice requires exerting all your energies.5 If a man entrusted with this work lacks such a spirit, then he will only endure unnecessary hardships and suffering that will have no value in his pursuit of the Way.

In the great way of going beyond, no endeavor is complete without being one with myriad things. This is ocean mudra samadhi.

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 win… - Dōgen

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