Teachings of Dogen

Dogen -Buddhas carry forth the whole earth, and hide it in the earth

from “Eihei Koroku (Universal Book of Eternal Peace) by Zen Master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), trans. Thomas Cleary

The Buddhas of all times and the Zen masters throughout history carry forth the whole earth and hide it in the earth; they smash open the world and take out the world.

When you grasp this essential key, you can practice what you preach. Your body is not a mass of flesh, your mind is a wall. Your eyebrows are low on the spring mountains, your eyes are blue in the autumn sea. Hundreds of thousands of meditations appear in every practice of matter; innumerable teachings emerge from myriad forms.

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