Fukan zazengi, Part 3
We must state clearly that in zazen the goal, the practical method and the actual action while sitting completely merged into a single unit and thus are identical. It is very important that we practice zazen easy and without tension as the first enlightenment, and we do not have to worry about at all, will come when the second enlightenment.
The first enlightenment is to practice zazen in the present moment that we drop the body and mind. The second Enlightenment is the complete understanding of the Buddhist teaching on the basis of honest everyday life as a man who practices Buddhism. This is the essence of the practice of zazen itself, as it is described here and which we in this Master Dogen clarity thanks.
Master Dogen's homecoming
Dogen returned in 1227, aged 27, returned to Japan. asked after his return he felt something, "What have you brought back from China," he replied, "Nothing," and then added: "If I may say something, it must be the moving and gentle spirit (which I brought with me ). "his words, we can today understand that our body and mind, so as they are, in zazen in a state of balance and it appears to us as if we have dropped them.
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