Firewood Does Not Become Ash

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Firewood does not become ash. Firewood is firewood completely; ash is ash completely. To say one becomes the other is to step over the moment in which each one stands alone.

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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, Genjokoan

• Flowers Fall, Weeds Spring
• Practice Is Realization
• Fish in Water, Bird in Sky

Sources

• contentEihei Dogen: Mystical Realist

  Hee-Jin Kim