doubt
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Summary
In these texts, doubt belongs to the search: the young Dogen could not get rid of the question why we need to study so hard if we are all perfect. Just doubting in the present moment is buddha-nature, and in the chapter Uji (Existence-Time) Dogen writes that doubt is nothing other than time.
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if we are all perfect, why do we need to study so hard? But nobody could answer him
The Life of Master Dogen June 2005 — Lotus Centre
Texts
- The Life of Master Dogen ●●● June 2005 — Lotus CentreDogen's doubt about original nature
if we are all perfect, why do we need to study so hard? But nobody could answer him
- Introduction to Master Dogen’s Thought ●●● May 1987 — Gudo Wafu NishijimaDogen's doubt about original nature
if human beings have this pure natural nature, why should human beings study Buddhism
- Bussho 4: Real Present Time ●●● Summer 2004 — Busshodoubting as buddha-nature
If I doubt whether buddha-nature is present, just my doubting in the present moment is buddha-nature.
- Not Making Practice Special ●●● July 2021 — Skalní farafaith and doubt in Zen
what does it actually mean for me, in my life, in my experience? For me it's trust and curiosity.
- Uji ●●● Shobogenzodoubt as time
We can say for the present, however, that doubt is nothing other than Time
- Kuge 2: Coolness in the Centre of Fire ●●● Winter 2007 — Kugedoubting a stable physical world
all the solid things that we don’t doubt are in fact some kind of belief
- Yunmen’s Lantern Without Mystery ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spiritball of doubt
having to swallow this iron ball of doubt and to descend into a complete frenzy of self-doubt at your own intellectual processes
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Ideas (3) doubt as time doubting as buddha-nature faith and doubt in Zen
Themes (2) Dogen's doubt about original nature2 doubting a stable physical world
Images and stories (1) ball of doubt