Part 1
Dogen is only the positive counterpart of the hundreds of biblical and Koranic verses, of all the texts that seem to brandish the threat of fire for anyone who does not follow the recommendations.
Dogen’s « practice-realization » is offered as a perfect corollary, a positive mirror of « disbelief-punishment ».
Not two –stroke
two stroke is an illusion,
temporality is an illusion
He who sits in silence is a realized being.
He who believes in the divine signs, sees God, is at the heart of the Garden of Eden,
He who does not sit
Is in the wheel of illusion
He who does not see the signs
is prey to the most « vile torments »
©FJ OCT 2024
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Well, Dogen is pretty impenetrable, but I suppose that amounts to requiring us to « see for ourselves ».
The texts are tools of control. Dogen of freedom, perhaps.
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There is a movie on his life available on YT
..it is worth watching.
I forgot whether it was on English or on French…
Or Japanese with English subtitles.
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What on earth is YT?
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YouTube…
Who on earth doesn’t know this ?
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Me, it seems…
Some people do question whether I am on another planet 🤣
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this is a link to the YT movie.
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Thanks – though it’s odd. I can see in my notifications that there is a link, but, when I go to your reply, it seems not to be there. Don’t worry. I’ll find it.
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I’m sending it via e-mail.
Do not expect a blockbuster movie…
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Got it, thanks. I will expect my block to remain unbusted.
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