Dōgen asked the cook of Tiantong Monastery, ‘What is wholehearted practice?’ The cook replied, ‘Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.’
Shohaku Okumura
Dōgen asked the cook of Tiantong Monastery, ‘What is wholehearted practice?’ The cook replied, ‘Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.’
Shohaku Okumura
‘The way is completely present where you are.
The Supreme Teaching is Free.’
Dôgen Zenji
‘Dogen is again questioning: What is moving and not-moving?’
Shohaku Okumura
‘Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.’
Dôgen Zenji
Think of not Thinking. How? By leaving thinking as-it-is. Dogen Zenji
Our practice is not so simple that when we sit in zazen, we automatically have fantastic experiences.
If you say there is not enough, there is nothing lacking. This is the mind which neither increases nor decreases and which is completely free and unrestricted. To really study and investigate this mind is the Dharma vehicle of the ancient Buddhas; it is the gate to the Dharma…
Baso came to a realisation and his mind was transcendent. After this encounter, he became Nangaku’s student and practised with him for ten years.