Quotes of Master Dogen #2
January 24, 2021•113 words
Right then. I have got it this time.
Great Master Gensho of Sozan mountain on one occasion is asked by a monk, "I have heard it said in the teachings that 'the Great Sea does not accommodate dead bodies.'What is meant by 'the Sea'?"
The Master says, "It includes myriad existence."
The monk says, "Then how can it not accommodate dead bodies?"
The Master says, "What has stopped breathing does not belong."
The monk says, "Given that [the Sea] includes myriad existence, how can what has stopped...
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