Practice Is Realization

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To study the Buddha Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be verified by the ten thousand dharmas.

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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
• Firewood Does Not Become Ash
• Fish in Water, Bird in Sky

Sources

• contentEditorial Teachings

  Genjokoan §4