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Dogen zenji Quote
    #7548932 - 10/22/07 08:51 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

In part of my study, I came across this quote by Dogen zenji.  It is from an essay in the Shobogenzo called "Shinjin Gakudo".  I really enjoyed it, and thought I would share it with you all . 

"Enter directly into the mud and water and find the pearl of mind in this muck.  Finding it, melt it, crush it, grind this pearl to a fine dust."

The beauty of Zen literature is the many facets in which it can be viewed and interpreted.  All views express the essence, and no
view is The view.    What does this quote mean to you?

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Re: Dogen zenji Quote [Re: Quoiyaien]
    #7548955 - 10/22/07 08:56 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

a homeless man stands on the corner
directing the grand symphany
and grinding people with his pearly whites

he never touched a thing!


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Re: Dogen zenji Quote [Re: Quoiyaien]
    #7549003 - 10/22/07 09:03 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

It means "if you meet the Buddha on the road, don't kill him as that would be a crime, but do pass him by.;)


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC


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Re: Dogen zenji Quote [Re: Quoiyaien]
    #7549010 - 10/22/07 09:03 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

i get frustrated reading stuff like that
cause he says this muck
as if he can't make pretty statements about the earth without first ruining it
and like we're supposed to know this muck
what muck, fuck

i think buddhism will change a lot soon
cause what was right thousands of years ago
is still right, but in a different context
they're just twisting knots these days
renounce everything


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Re: Dogen zenji Quote [Re: Icelander]
    #7549106 - 10/22/07 09:17 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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Icelander said:
It means "if you meet the Buddha on the road, don't kill him as that would be a crime, but do pass him by.;)




And don't forget to wave :smile:


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Re: Dogen zenji Quote [Re: Quoiyaien]
    #7550240 - 10/23/07 08:39 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Let it be. Do not resist what is. Sink deeper and find the essence of your mind without pushing or pulling, without rejection nor clinging. Let the center of self you seem to find melt away and melt again to dissolve your sense of self. All that was, is. You were never.


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