" Even as bad as it often gets, we are further along than Dogen could probably have envisioned in his day. I don’t know how long it will take to finally get there, but, like Dogen, I believe it is possible. "

― Brad Warner , It Came from Beyond Zen!: More Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master -- Vol. 2 of a Radical But Reverent Paraphrasing of Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye