" We think we’re doing our jobs for the paycheck, but Dogen says that’s an illusion. The underlying, original reason we work is to give to others. The payment you receive is a kind of karmic payback for the service you give. "

― 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