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"Just throw yourself into enlightenment and dissolve into it." - Dogen

[Dōgen (1200 - 1253) was a Japanese monk, writer, poet, philosopher and Zen master, and the founder of the Soto sect in Japan.]

“Shedding body-mind”

That way, you'll reach a state where the ego falls away.

So, what exactly is the shedding body-mind? It means casting off everything—both body and mind. In other words, it means completely letting go of the sense of self.

We all go through life with our sense of self. And so we hurt one another through the clash of our egos. When our egos are wounded, we either become disheartened or defiantly insist, ‘It’s not my fault,’ in an attempt to repair it. This in itself is not a bad thing, but the problem is that it leads to a sense of rivalry and competition with others. So why not simply cast aside such a ego? That is what “shedding body-mind” is all about.

If we were to liken the self to a sugar cube, your interactions with others are like sugar cubes colliding. That is why the sugar cubes get damaged and crumble to pieces. Even so, you strive to repair them and maintain your sense of self.

Dōgen's concept of "shedding mind-body" is an advice that instead of attempting such repairs, you should simply throw a sugar cube into hot water. The hot water represents the world of enlightenment. The world of truth, the universe itself. Throw your entire being into the world of enlightenment. That is "shedding mind-body."

The shedding of mind and body is not the annihilation of the self. When a sugar cube dissolves in hot water, the sugar cube doesn't disappear. It simply ceases to exist as a sugar cube; its total quantity remains unchanged. It’s simply dissolved there.

In the same way, you should throw yourself into enlightenment and dissolve into it. By doing so, you will be able to forget yourself and reach a state of liberation for both mind and body.

Enlightenment is not something to be sought and attained. Rather, it is the act of dissolving the very self that seeks it. And then dissolving into the world of enlightenment. That is none other than "enlightenment." 

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In a public announcement of responsibilities, made on the anniversary of ascending to the main hall, Rujing said, A light, spring breeze, spring sun, clear sky, green eyes of the willow and warbling yellow oriole, dense, vigorous, verdant, thick, life’s auspicious energy, old men above the earth, stars above the heavens. What do you see? Sakyamuni sighs in admiration. Maitreya testifies. The celestial laughs, presenting the peach of immortality. Even so, it is also said, “Descending into the forests, what rewards are offered by patch-robed monks?” A wisteria vine, held for a thousand ages.

Rujing’s Sixth Sermon : zen

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Rujing on Different Schools

Rujing denied the espoused view that each of the “Five Schools of Zen” had its own teaching. He called his teaching “the great way of all buddhas” and even disagreed with it being called a Zen School.  Rujing also denied the definition of Zen teaching as “a separate transmission outside the scriptures.” Responding that “the great way is not concerned with inside or outside.”

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