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Genjo Koan: A Life Worth Living

  • Jun 9, 2023
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Updated: Jan 12, 2025

Seido talks about the existential question driving the Genjo Koan and the lines that respond to the inquiry as to what is a life worth living. These lines are simple that Dogen puts forth: to carry the self forward is delusion, that myriad things come forth and illuminate the self is awakening.




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