Practice-realization

Concept · 2 readings

For Dōgen, practice expresses awakening; it is not merely an external means of acquiring a finished inner state.

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Guided course · Module 7 · Lesson 35
Buddhist arguments in new languages and practices
Fazang asks in what sense a rafter is the house, and Dōgen tells of a master who goes on fanning himself. Why do dependence and awakening make neither distinct things nor continued practice dispensable?
Guided course · Module 7 · Lesson 40
Devotion, equality and religious practice
Kabir and Guru Nanak criticize words and signs that stand in for devotion. How can communal practice express equality without proving that inequality has disappeared?