Being-Time (Uji)

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An ancient Buddha said, "For the time being, I stand on the highest mountain peak. For the time being, I move along the deepest ocean floor." 'For the time being' here means time itself is being, and all being is time. Each moment is all being, is the entire world. Reflect now whether any being or any world is left out of the present moment. Being-time has the quality of flowing. Today flows into tomorrow, today flows into yesterday. This flowing does not mean that time moves from today to tomorrow. Today is the time of today; yesterday is the time of yesterday. They are not separate, and yet they do not merge.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Dōgen

Lineage: Sōtō

By Dōgen

• How to Sit (Fukanzazengi, opening)practice-instruction
• Not Aware of Enlightenmentproverb
• Continuous Practiceproverb
• Flowers Fall, Weeds Springproverb
• Firewood and Ash (Genjokoan)sermon

From Shobogenzo

• Not Aware of Enlightenment
• Continuous Practice
• Firewood and Ash (Genjokoan)
• Enlightenment Is Like the Moon Reflected in Water (Genjokoan)
• To Study the Self
• Spring Does Not Become Summer
• Shōbōgenzō (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye)

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Shobogenzo, Uji (Being-Time)

  Shobogenzo: Being-Time (Uji)