禅Keizan Jōkin

proverb

Ground of Being

Kamakura

Traditionally attributed

Text

The ground of being is not below your feet; it is what your feet are pressed into and out of, breath by breath. To practice is to learn how to step on it without forgetting.

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Attribution

Lineage: Sōtō

By Keizan Jōkin

Sources

  • contentSōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

    William M. Bodiford

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