Mountains and rivers at this very moment are the actualization of the world of the ancient Buddhas. Each, abiding in its phenomenal expression, realizes completeness.
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Handle even a single leaf of green in such a way that it manifests the body of the Buddha. This in turn allows the Buddha to manifest through the leaf.Dogen Zenji
Those who see worldly live as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions they have not discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.
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Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.
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Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddhanature. Working with the four elements and five clusters, if they practice sincerely they attain enlightenment. Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. This is because the four elements and five clusters and plants, trees, fences and walls are fellow students because they are of the same essence, because they are the same mind and the same life, because they are the same body and the same mechanism.
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
Dogen Zenji
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