Dogen · Theology
Dōgen’s phrase <em>shinjin datsuraku</em> - ‘body and mind dropped away’ - the words from his awakening under Rujing, and what it means for the whole grasping self, the very division of body from mind, to fall off like a shed skin.
You learned shinjin datsuraku , ‘body and mind dropped off’ - the phrase from Dōgen’s awakening under Rujing, which points to the falling-away of the grasping self and the body-mind dualism, and even the ‘dropping off of the dropping off’ so that no self clutches the attainment. Explain w…
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