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Ol’ Jundo’s tired! I am sitting at a retreat this weekend that continues very early in the morning, so please excuse just a silent sitting today. I barely can keep my eyes open! .Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

Realization keeps on realizing. Light shines wherever pointed. Ignorance feeds ignorance. Darkness spirals into darkness. __________________________ To carry the self forward and illuminate myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and illuminate the self is awakening. Those who have great realization of delusion are buddhas; those who are greatly deluded about realization are…

For Master Dogen, actualizing true ‘enlightenment‘ cannot be separate from delusion, much as ‘breathing’ is not separate from air to breathe. __________________________ To carry the self forward and illuminate myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and illuminate the self is awakening. Those who have great realization of delusion are buddhas; those who…

In this section of Genjo Koan, Master Dogen offers a most subtle ‘how to‘ and ‘how not to’ practice Buddhism. The first sentences outline the gap between seeking to understand and master the world by forcing our separate ‘self’ upon it, resisting and judging it by the thoughts and standards of the self … versus…
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