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Dogen’s Genjo Koan: To Study the Self

Oct 1
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Updated: Oct 9

Like a bird learns to fly, studying the self leads to freedom. In the search for permanence, continuity, and safety, we often fashion a two-dimensional, static map of the boundaries between ourselves and the world. Bit by bit, we can let go of the map, beholding the world, and letting the world behold us. See what arises in that dynamic, flowing, ungraspable space.


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