{"id":535,"date":"2008-07-29T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2008\/07\/why-did-dogen-sit\/"},"modified":"2008-07-29T12:12:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T12:12:00","slug":"why-did-dogen-sit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2008\/07\/why-did-dogen-sit.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Dogen Sit?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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As he put it in <\/span>\u201cBringing Forth the Mind of Bodhi (Enlightenment),\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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\u201c[To] do a sitting buddha and do a making buddha, are called \u2018bringing forth the mind of enlightenment.\u2019 Generally speaking, in cases of bringing forth the mind of enlightenment, rather than taking up the mind of enlightenment from elsewhere, they take up the mind of enlightenment by bringing forth the mind.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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Or \u2026 as Katagiri-roshi used to say, \u201cThe truth to live is <\/span>just<\/span><\/span> to live.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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