Flowers Fall, Weeds Spring

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Flowers fall amid our longing; weeds spring up amid our aversion. Both belong to the same garden, and the garden does not consult us about its arrangement.

tr. Zen Lineage editorial

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Dōgen

Lineage: Sōtō

By Dōgen

• How to Sit (Fukanzazengi, opening)practice-instruction
• Not Aware of Enlightenmentproverb
• Continuous Practiceproverb
• Firewood and Ash (Genjokoan)sermon
• Enlightenment Is Like the Moon Reflected in Water (Genjokoan)sermon

From Shobogenzo, Genjokoan

• Practice Is Realization
• Firewood Does Not Become Ash
• Fish in Water, Bird in Sky

Sources

• contentEihei Dogen: Mystical Realist

  Hee-Jin Kim