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Above is a copy of the first part of Dogen\u2019s Universal Recommendations for Zazen (Fukanzazengi)<\/i> reputed to be in Dogen\u2019s own hand. If you\u2019re a Dogen-ophile like me, that\u2019ll make your heart go titter-patter. Really.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is from Mike Cross\u2019 website, The Middle Way<\/a>. He provides a very clear and concise character study of this very important text and the opportunity to see the meaning inside the words.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
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I got into this last night while preparing for Saturday\u2019s webinar and really got quite distracted by it \u2013 wonderful stuff.\u00a0 Goes to show what a big difference a translation can make. The connection with the Fukanzazengi <\/i>is Dogen\u2019s comment in the Genjokoan<\/i> (next up for the 100 days) that when the dharma<\/a> hasn\u2019t penetrated into one\u2019s body and mind, we think we\u2019re full of it and when it has, we feel there\u2019s some lack.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Below is the Soto Translation Committee\u2019s rendition followed by Mike\u2019s. I especially like Mike\u2019s \u201cgetting the body out\u201d because it points to the importance of manifesting through the body rather than just soaring in emotional intoxication with our \u201cprofound\u201d spiritual states.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
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Suppose you are confident in your understanding and rich in enlightenment, gaining the wisdom that knows at a glance, attaining the way and clarifying the mind, arousing an aspiration to reach for the heavens. You are playing in the entranceway, but are still short of the vital path of emancipation.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Even if, proud of our understanding and richly endowed with enlightenment, we obtain special states of insight, attain the truth, clarify the mind, manifest a zeal that pierces the sky, and ramble through those remote spheres that are entered with the head; we have almost completely lost the vigorous path of getting the body out.
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