Dōgen Zenji - “Forgetting oneself is opening oneself”

Pure Love, the little girl protecting the Buddha from rain, with all the purity of her compassionate heart.

Clip from the film "Zen (2009) : A movie on the Life of Master Dogen Zenji"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156470/

Eihei Dogen Quotes :

"To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe. To be enlightened by all things of the universe is to cast off the body and mind of the self as well as those of others. Even the traces of enlightenment are wiped out."

“No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.”

“Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment. ”

“If you study a lot because you are worried that others will think badly of you for being ignorant and you'll feel stupid, this is a serious mistake.”

“A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.”