When we break through the barrier and drop off all limitati… - Dōgen

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When we break through the barrier and drop off all limitations, we are no longer concerned with conceptual distinctions.

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Dōgen (道元; also Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, Eihei Dōgen 永平道元, titled as Dōgen Zenji [Zen Master Dōgen] 道元禅師) (19 January 1200 – 22 September 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher born in Kyōto, and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan.

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Pen Names: 高祖

Alternative Names: Dōgen Zenji • Dōgen Kigen • Eihei Dōgen • Dougen

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who can express the state of having already attained the ineffable?

When you let go, the dharma fills your hands;

Every man possesses the Buddha-nature. Do not demean yourselves.

When we break through the barrier and drop off all limitations, we are no longer concerned with conceptual distinctions. - Dōgen

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