“Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken.”

— Dogen · Calm quote

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. — Dogen quote card
Zen master · 1200 – 1253

Founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan and author of the Shōbōgenzō, a landmark of Buddhist philosophy.

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