Dogen · Theology
Dōgen’s doctrine of <em>shushō-ittō</em>: enlightenment is not a prize won after long practice, but is fully present <em>within</em> practice itself. To sit is not a means to become a buddha later; it is the buddha’s own realization, enacted now.
You learned Dōgen’s shushō-ittō : practice (shushō) and realization (satori) are not two separate stages, one a means to the other, but a single reality - to practice sincerely is to actualize enlightenment. Explain why he called the opposite view (practice now, enlightenment later) a mistake, and how this disso…
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