"Our own picture of the world is a kind of a fantasy made of our memory in our brain. Each person has this limitation. That is why we have problems, troubles, fighting, arguments. The angles we see the world from are different, and anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, the supreme awareness, is to see that we cannot see the whole world, to understand that we are deluded and limited. This means we have to let go of our viewpoints."

– Dōgen

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"So our practice is not to eliminate our delusion, but to see or to become aware of the fact that we are deluded. Just become aware of it and let go of it. Do not be pulled by the delusions."

– Dōgen

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"Although we say mountains belong to the country, actually, they belong to those that love them."

– Dōgen

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"The most intimate thing we can do is to allow the world to live in us."

– Dōgen

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"#Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing."

– Dōgen

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"To escape from the world means that one’s mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world."

– Dōgen

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"Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm, Without looking for the traces I may have left; A cuckoo's song beckons me to return home; Hearing this, I tilt my head to see Who has told me to turn back. But do not ask me where I am going,
As I travel in this limitless world,
Where every step I take is my home."

– Dōgen

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Dans ma hutte de paille
Que je sois assis ou debout
Je ne cesse d'invoquer
la miséricorde des Bouddhas :
Qu'ils fassent passer tous les autres
Avant moi.

--
in Poèmes zen de maître Dôgen - Calligraphies de Hachiro Kanno, coll. Les carnets du calligraphe, Albin Michel, 2003

(poèmes tirés des Chants de la Voie du Pin parasol, Sanshô Dôei)

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Sans utiliser de caractères

Impossible de définir
Ce qui est par-delà les mots
Dans le pinceau ne doit même pas rester
Une goutte d'encre.

Dôgen Zenji

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in Poèmes zen de maître Dôgen - Calligraphies de Hachiro Kanno, coll. Les carnets du calligraphe, Albin Michel, 2003

(les poèmes sont tirés des Chants de la Voie du Pin parasol, Sanshô Dôei -
je découvre aussi le travail de Hachiro Kanno, c'est très riche, étonnant)

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"In spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you."

– Dōgen

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