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Mind and body dropped off;
dropped off mind and body!
This state should be experienced by everyone;
it is like piling fruit into a basket without a bottom,
like pouring water into a bowl With a pierced hole;
However much you may pile or pour you cannot fill it up.
When this is realized the pail bottom is broken through.
But while there is still a trace of conceptualizations
which makes you say ‘I have this understanding’
or ‘I have that realization’,
you are still playing with unrealities.
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~ Dogen Zenji
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Dogen was born about 1200 in Kyoto, Japan,
he was drawn to the teachings of silent meditation.
He established his own school of zen.
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