Dogen: Quotes about studying

Dogen was Japanese Zen buddhist teacher. Explore interesting quotes on study.

Dogen: 68 quotes 24 likes

“Just study Buddhism. Don't follow the sentiments of the world.”

Dogen

V, 9
Shobogenzo Zuimonki (1238)

World , Study

“To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.”

Dogen

Source: As quoted in Exploring the Inner World : A Guidebook for Personal Growth and Renewal (1974) by Tolbert McCarroll, p. 6

Study , Forgetting

“Students today should begrudge every moment of time. This dewlike life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.”

Dogen

V, 8
Shobogenzo Zuimonki (1238)

Life , Way , Study , Time

“Students of the Way must not study Buddhism for the sake of themselves. They must study Buddhism only for the sake of Buddhism. The key to this is to renounce both body and mind without holding anything back and to offer them to the great sea of Buddhism.”

Dogen

V, 2
Shobogenzo Zuimonki (1238)

Way , Study , Sea

“As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by birth. If this is the case, why did the Buddhas of all ages — undoubtedly in possession of enlightenment — find it necessary to seek enlightenment and engage in spiritual practice?”

Dogen

As quoted in Eihei Dogen, Mystical Realist (2004) by Hee-jin Kim

Age , School , Birth , Nature