Episode 16: On Dogen Zenji's 'Genjokoan'
Weird Studies
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The Paradox of Practice
Dogen asked himself why he should practice if everything is already enlightenment. He couldn't find the answer to this question in Japan so went to China and found his true teacher. In other words, it's Zazen. It's practice. How does the wind permeate everywhere? You know, that's the thing about Zen: at a certain point we leave off theological disputation and we just hit the cushion again, you just sit. She come Toto! Just sitting for no purpose but purity of action.
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