"To study the Way is to study the Self."

"To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe. To be enlightened by all things of the universe is to cast off the body and mind of the self as well as those of others. Even the traces of enlightenment are wiped out, and life with traceless enlightenment goes on forever and ever."

- Dogen Zenji (attributed)

Even from a guy who doesn't really give a shit about an obscure 13th century monk who's only popular now due to woke culture and 18th century Eiheiji's need to assert legitimacy in lineage and founder worship culture over Sojiji's ....

This always gets me.

Commentary:

No southern,

No northern,

Sudden or gradual....

This Way we all know when we know it?

"Ambrosia."

Submitted February 09, 2020 at 05:41AM by barren_vox https://ift.tt/31AwKFB