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Originally Posted by Still_Waters
What inspired you to post that quote?
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Hi Still Waters, what a beautiful quote ? I suppose in short, the quote alludes
to the fact, that nothing is needed in this world for Awakening. Although we strive for nice conditions in this life, to meditate etc., and that is ok,
a realisation is not necessarily contingent upon these things. After a certain time or no time trying to transform Lead into Gold you are brought
to realise that it is neither Lead nor Gold. I could write several pages more I'm sure but will leave it at that.
Just to say the thread on the Poems of Dogen posted recently has been very inspirational.
I find the spirit of Dogen inside this quote of Suzuki Roshi,
there is a pure iron clad certainty in the Soto Zen School, albeit an Iron Clad Certainty as soft as the Clouds.
So, "Even if the Sun were to rise in the West, the Bodhisattva has only one way."
Thanks.
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