Ritual is an interface of connection,
Thus, posture, sitting, is the ultimate ritual.
By sitting, there is no difference between ritual and practice,
between ritual, practice and awakening (Dogen).
In our sitting posture, ritual, practice and awakening are one,
From this posture, bring this unity everywhere.
Be everywhere,
Ritual, practice, awakening
In each activity, be one.
Notes & Silence 
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Maybe. Or, maybe, Dogen emphasised that ritual and practice are subsumed into irrelevance through awakening. Of itself, ritual may prove an effective barrier to connection. Another mere illusion.
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