What is the original Japanese?

花は愛惜にちり、草は棄嫌におふるのみなり。. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.

花は愛惜にちり、草は棄嫌におふる

Flowers fall though we love them. Weeds grow though we hate them.

Dogen, Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan

What it means

Our preferences do not run the world. What we cling to slips away and what we resist keeps coming. Seeing that plainly takes a lot of the fight out of life.

The source

"Flowers fall though we love them. Weeds grow though we hate them." Dogen said it in Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.

"花は愛惜にちり、草は棄嫌におふるのみなり。"

Original Japanese, Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan. Text read at sotozen.com.

Who said it

The Zen masters (6th–13th century). Bodhidharma, Huineng, Linji, Zhaozhou, Yunmen, Wumen and Dogen: the Chan and Zen teachers whose sayings, koans and records shaped the school of sudden awakening. Our lines are translated from the Chinese and Japanese originals.

Questions

What does "Flowers fall though we love them. Weeds grow though we hate them." mean?: Our preferences do not run the world. What we cling to slips away and what we resist keeps coming. Seeing that plainly takes a lot of the fight out of life.
Who said "Flowers fall though we love them. Weeds grow though we hate them."?: Dogen (6th–13th century). Source: Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan.
What is the original Japanese?: 花は愛惜にちり、草は棄嫌におふるのみなり。. Translated from the original Japanese by Spartan Surfers.
Is "Flowers fall though we love them. Weeds grow though we hate them." on a shirt?: Yes. We print it to order on our tees in 7 illustrated looks, from $44, with free US shipping.

Cite this line

"Flowers fall though we love them. Weeds grow though we hate them." (Dogen, Shōbōgenzō, Genjōkōan, translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/flowers-fall-though-we-love-them-weeds-grow