(BENDOWA XLI)
Today, a message for so-called “armchair Buddhists” … hesitant to get their feet wet …
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[Someone]asks, "The masters who spread the teachings through our country in previous ageshad all entered Tang
I [Dogen] say:The reason that past teachers of human beings did not transmit this method wasthat the time had not come.
[Someone]asks, "Did those masters of former ages understand method?"
I say: If they had understood it,they would have made it known to all.
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From: Talk on the Wholehearted Practice of the Way -Kosho Uchiyama (with Shohaku Okumura, Taigen Daniel Leighton)
(remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells;
a sitting time of 20 to 35 minutes is recommended)
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