Zazen is not learning to do concentration. It is the dharma… - Dōgen

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Zazen is not learning to do concentration. It is the dharma gate of great ease and joy. It is undivided practice-realization.

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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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That the self advances and confirms the myriad things is called delusion. That the myriad things advance and confirm the self is enlightenment.

"[Question:] Should zazen be practiced by laymen and lay-women, or should it be practiced by home leavers alone?

[Dogen's answer:] The ancestors say, "In understanding buddha dharma, men and women, noble and common people are not distinguished.

When you let go, the dharma fills your hands;

Zazen is not learning to do concentration. It is the dharma gate of great ease and joy. It is undivided practice-realization. - Dōgen

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