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To study the way is to study the self. to study the self is to forget the self. to forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe. to be enlightened by all things of the universe is to cast off the body and mind of the self as well as those of others. even the traces of enlightenment are wiped out, and life with traceless enlightenment goes on forever and ever

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To Study The Way Is To Study

Dogen

To study the way is to study the self. to study the self is to forget the self. to forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe. to be enlightened by all things of the universe is to cast off the body and mind of the self as well as those of others. even the traces of enlightenment are wiped out, and life with traceless enlightenment goes on forever and ever

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Studying the buddha way is studying oneself. studying oneself is forgetting oneself. forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. no trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly.

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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 actualized by myriad things. when actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. no trace of realization remains, and this no trace continues endlessly.

How can the mind be so imperfect?" she says with a smile. i look at my hands. bathed in the moonlight, they seem like statues, proportioned to no purpose. "it may well be imperfect," i say, "but it leaves traces. and we can follow those traces, like footsteps in the snow." "where do the lead?" "to oneself," i answer. "that's where the mind is. without the mind, nothing leads anywhere." i look up. the winter moon is brilliant, over the town, above the wall. "not one thing is your fault," i comfort her.

If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. there might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. if all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.

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