buddha

• if we think of the word buddha as meaning someone who is awake, and awake means not asleep

  Uji 2: An Alternative to Linear Time Winter 2004 — Uji

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1. Bussho 4: Hearing and Understanding ●●● Winter 2005 — Bussho

   His physical body appeared full, like the round moon, showing them the fullness of a buddha

   manifesting ourselves as we are · Nagarjuna as the full moon · real buddhas in this room

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2. How To Pursue the Truth ●●● Shobogenzo · Bendōwa

   In reality, practicing Zazen IS being enlightened. When we practice now, the state we sit in is the enlightened state.

   child of fire · knowing we are buddha · zazen as the state of buddha
3. Shoji ●●● Shobogenzo

   There is a very easy way to become buddha. Not committing wrongs; being without attachment to life-and-death

   buddha in life-and-death · easy way to become buddha
4. Shoaku Makusa 2: Not Doing Wrong as a State ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

   a buddha is an ordinary person, or a buddha has the character of an ordinary person

   buddha as an ordinary person · a state we already have · buddha as an image out there
5. Genjo-koan: Being Awake Is Being Here ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenec

   to Dogen simply means being awake, being here. Not lost in our thoughts, or trapped by our emotions, but just being here

   being awake is being here · buddhas without knowing it
6. Zazen Is Not Meditation ●●● July 2021 — Skalní fara

   Dogen kind of destroys that understanding, as usual, and he says: When you sit in zazen, you are buddha.

   zazen as the state of buddha · receiving affirmation
7. Uji 3: The Changing State of Zazen ●●● Winter 2004 — Uji

   When we practise zazen, we sit in our state, whatever it is. And that state is buddha.

   broken wooden dipper · zazen as the state of buddha
8. Shoaku Makusa 5: The Child and the Old Man ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

   Master Dogen is saying that a child is a buddha

   child as buddha · seven legendary buddhas
9. Maka-hannya-haramitsu ●●● Shobogenzo

   The realization of this prajñā-pāramitā is the realization of buddha-bhagavats

   prajñā-pāramitā as the buddhas
10. Genjo-koan 3: Action Only Here and Now ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan

    there's no enlightenment outside of Zazen, there's no realisation outside of Zazen, or outside of action

    zazen as the state of buddha
11. Introductions 1: Rules and Reality ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters

    Master Dogen’s truth is not something that you know, it’s something in the practice of zazen

    zazen as the state of buddha
12. Bussho 4: Real Present Time ●●● Summer 2004 — Bussho

    If we know we’re buddha in the sense that we think “oh, I’m a buddha now”, that’s a thought

    knowing we are buddha
13. Zazen According to Sawaki ●●● Summer 2004 — Yoko Luetchford

    Master Dogen said that the state of sitting in Zazen is satori itself

    zazen as the state of buddha
14. Dropping Off Heart, Mind and Body ●●● June 2007 — Padmafarma

    this state is always in our zazen, even the first time we practise

    everybody practising zazen is Buddha
15. MMK 5: Relinquishing All Views ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

    ‘thus come’, in other words, ‘arriving in the present as you are’ is much easier to understand

    Hotokesama · Tathagata as thus come
16. No Hierarchy of Enlightenment ●●● July 2009 — Dibbavana

    everybody who practises zazen is a Buddha, and new or old is not important

    everybody practising zazen is Buddha
17. The Sutra of the Heart of the Great Practice of Zazen ●●●

    The Buddha was about to finish the practice of Zazen, the practice that is wisdom itself

    zazen as the state of buddha
18. Time-Present ●●● Shobogenzo · Uji

    the state of a buddha is not time-present, but a state that they must make efforts to attain

    state of buddha as a goal
19. Bussho ●●● Shobogenzo

    This body is just the roundness of the moon manifesting itself.

    Nagarjuna as the full moon
20. Buddha-nature ●●● Shobogenzo · Bussho

    My body manifests the fullness of the moon to show you what a buddha is.

    Nagarjuna as the full moon
21. Doshin ●●● Shobogenzo

    within our lifetime we should endeavor to make a buddha. Having made it, we should serve to it the three kinds of offerings

    making a buddha-image
22. Genjo-koan 2: Delusion and Self-Image ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan

    to be a buddha, you don’t need to know you’re a buddha

    buddhas without knowing it
23. Genjo-koan 4: Realisation as Wholeness ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan

    a koan story quoted in one chapter about a child of fire coming looking for fire

    child of fire
24. Uji 2: An Alternative to Linear Time ●●● Winter 2004 — Uji

    if we think of the word buddha as meaning someone who is awake, and awake means not asleep

    buddha as someone awake
25. Bussho 3: Acting in the Present Moment ●●● Winter 2005 — Bussho

    pictures were painted afterwards of Nagarjuna as though he were a full moon

    Nagarjuna as the full moon
26. Ikka-no-myoju 4: The Universe as Teacher ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myoju

    So we can say those things or people or beings that teach us reality are buddhas

    buddhas as teachers of reality
27. Shoaku Makusa 1: Not Doing Wrong Here and Now ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

    the truth existed before him in the Legendary Buddhas, they passed it on

    buddhas with a small b · seven legendary buddhas
28. Uji 5: Life Moment by Moment ●●● Summer 2007 — Uji

    the state of buddha is the state of somebody who's natural, naturally in this moment

    state of buddha
29. Old Writings and Our Own Life ●●● September 2013 — Banský Studenec

    in the sutras it says that before Gautama Buddha there were seven legendary Buddhas

    seven legendary buddhas
30. Maha Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra ●●●

    All buddhas of the three distinct times, having sought refuge in the prajna paramita, are fully awake to the supreme right perfect wisdom

    buddhas of the three times
31. Gaku do yo jin shu - Practical Advice on Pursuing the Buddhist Truth ●●●

    we can experience ourselves as Buddha directly. That is just a direct hit.

    direct hit here and now
32. Introduction to Buddhism and the Practice of Zazen ●●●

    we are sitting in the same state as Gautama Buddha, and this is true of beginners and experienced practitioners equally

    Buddha as a human being · everybody practising zazen is Buddha
33. Fueko – Extending Merit to All Beings ●●●

    All buddhas of the ten directions and the three times

    buddhas of the three times
34. Bendōwa ●●● Shobogenzo

    The children of fire come looking for fire

    child of fire
35. The Universe Made Real ●●● Shobogenzo · Genjō-kōan

    We are still buddhas, and we go on experiencing the state of buddha, whether we know it or not

    buddhas without knowing it
36. Introductions 5: Clear Explanation for Zazen ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters

    early Buddhism wanted to explain that the truth wasn’t invented by Gautama Buddha, it existed, and exists in all times

    seven legendary buddhas
37. Bussho 3: Beyond the Process View ●●● Summer 2004 — Bussho

    a stupid person can be as much of a great buddha as a clever person

    stupid person as a great buddha
38. Uji 4: Contradictory Explanations ●●● Winter 2004 — Uji

    when you got to the 6th century suddenly all these statues changed to seated buddhas

    seated buddhas of the sixth century
39. Zazen from Four Viewpoints ●●● June 2005 — Lotus Centre

    So little babies, we can say, are Buddhas. Of course, it's not true. They're devils.

    babies as Buddhas and devils
40. Bussho 2: Without a Concept of Buddha-Nature ●●● Winter 2005 — Bussho

    very great athletes, people who dedicate their lives to attaining a physical balance which they need to perfect their sport

    athletes as buddhas but not Buddhists
41. MMK 3: Cutting Through Categories ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

    Nagarjuna gave a talk about the Buddhist dharma and he changed into a full moon

    Nagarjuna as the full moon
42. Two Things, and the Rest Is Fashion ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavana

    it's easy to remember the word bud. You have the verb. And that's the meaning of bud. Wake up.

    bud as wake up
43. Zen Without Spirituality ●●● September 2015 — Banský Studenec

    if you feel balanced, this is the state of Buddha. What? No, no, no. Buddha is wonderful

    balance as the state of Buddha
44. Practice and Theory in Buddhism ●●●

    in modern Japanese society, a person becomes a buddha after they die

    becoming a buddha after death
45. Kaikyoge – Verse to Open the Sutras ●●●

    May we understand the true meaning of the Tathagata.

    understanding the Tathagata's true meaning

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