Eihei Dogan on Buddha in a dew-drop

Clearly, buddha-dharma is not practiced for one’s own sake, and even less for the sake of fame and profit. Just for the sake of buddha-dharma you should practice it.

All buddhas’ compassion and sympathy for sentient beings are neither for their own sake nor for the sake of others. It is just the nature of buddha-dharma.

-Dogen, “Moon in a Dewdrop”

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