But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
DogenWorking with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
DogenTruth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
DogenStudying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly.
Dogen