[Edit: the title should read Fukan Zazengi]
Using the OBC translation of Fukan Zazengi, or Rules for Meditation, Dogen says, among other things, that:
I've a longstanding belief in this natural arising of our koan, but I’d welcome some Treeleaf guidance on how “one’s koan arises naturally in daily life”.
Gassho
Hosui
sat/lah today
Using the OBC translation of Fukan Zazengi, or Rules for Meditation, Dogen says, among other things, that:
“...To train and enlighten ourselves is to become thoroughly wise: the koan appears naturally in daily life. If you become thus utterly free you will be as the water wherein the dragon dwells or as the mountain whereon the tiger roams. Understand clearly that the Truth appears naturally and then your mind will be free from doubts and vacillation...”
I've a longstanding belief in this natural arising of our koan, but I’d welcome some Treeleaf guidance on how “one’s koan arises naturally in daily life”.
Gassho
Hosui
sat/lah today
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