禅Dōgen

proverb

The Time-Being

Shobogenzo, Uji

Kamakura

Traditionally attributed

Text

Time is the thing, and the thing is time. The pine is time; the bamboo is time. To say I am wasting time is to admit you are waiting for time to be elsewhere; it never is.

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Attribution

Lineage: Sōtō

By Dōgen

Sources

  • contentEihei Dogen: Mystical Realist

    Hee-Jin Kim

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