From Dogen: “Forgetting oneself is opening oneself.”
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Quote of the day 04/30/24
From Dogen: “Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.”
Quote of the day 04/29/24
From Dogen: “As long as there is a hope or expectation of some result to be derived from zazen, then zazen is tainted.”
Born Again: Enlightenment and Understanding
My hypothesis has two parts. 1. Enlightenment is not a destination but a path. It relies on developing understanding, rather than acquiring knowledge, and it manifests itself in moments of realization; that is, sudden instances of understanding or “eureka” moments. This journey has no end point and relies on continues effort throughout life to achieveContinue reading “Born Again: Enlightenment and Understanding”