Vic Carpenter > Vic's Quotes

“Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others' faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others' faults, then naturally seniors and venerated and juniors are revered. Do not imitate others' faults; just cultivate virtue. Buddha prohibited unwholesome actions, but did not tell us to hate those who practice unwholesome actions.”
― Zen Master Dogen

“If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
― Dogen

“Forgetting oneself is opening oneself”
― Dogen