Zazen Dogenists are Chasing After Illusion

Mingben said,

Know that there is neither holy nor ordinary; illusion is not one thing or another. Within this terrible illusion there is no meeting with wisdom and liberation, no meeting with birth and life and change and death.

Nanquan said “Ordinary mind is the way” and “to seek for it is to deviate from it”

This is where religions fails and adherants reveal themselves to be chasing after an illusion—namely, a doctrine they can call Zen. Zazen Dogenists are by and large illiterate folks who believe that by sitting on their butts they can “experience” the same insight that Zen Masters have.

But how is it when there is no meeting with false dualities?

Submitted April 17, 2023 at 11:24PM by ThatKir https://ift.tt/sJZNu9B