perception

• Sometimes our sense perception is reliable, but sometimes our sense perception is not reliable

  Introduction to Master Dogen’s Thought May 1987 — Gudo Wafu Nishijima

Texts

1. Kuge 3: The Whole World in Each Flower ●●● Winter 2007 — Kuge

   the Buddha’s words that clouded eyes see flowers in space

   clouded eyes seeing flowers · Dogen’s different reading of the poem
2. Genjo-koan 2: Delusion and Self-Image ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan

   So our senses are one-sided, when we focus on our senses then we are blind to the other side

   dance as one thing · filling in the visual field · one-sided perception
3. Genjo-koan 4: Realisation as Wholeness ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan

   what we call movement is not what movement really is

   illusion of movement · ocean that looks round
4. Kuge 4: Nothing to Get Rid Of ●●● Winter 2007 — Kuge

   he seems to say that clouded eyes and flowers in space are OK

   clouded eyes seeing flowers · flowers in space causing clouded eyes
5. Shoaku Makusa 4: Doing Right Without a Doer ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

   the unclouded perception of Buddhists is like looking at the sun or the moon

   seeing with ears, hearing with eyes · unclouded perception
6. MMK 2: Non-Separation ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

   But he says quite clearly that what we see and experience as movement, is not movement

   illusion of movement · tasting chocolate
7. Genjō-kōan ●●● Shobogenzo

   Nevertheless, this great ocean is not round, and it is not square

   ocean that looks round
8. The Universe Made Real ●●● Shobogenzo · Genjō-kōan

   if we sail out in a boat far from land, when we look around us, the ocean looks round

   ocean that looks round
9. Introduction to Master Dogen’s Thought ●●● May 1987 — Gudo Wafu Nishijima

   Sometimes our sense perception is reliable, but sometimes our sense perception is not reliable

   unreliable sense perception
10. Kuge 1: Ripening Fruit ●●● Winter 2007 — Kuge

    The poem seems to suggest that flowers in space are delusions

    clouded eyes seeing flowers
11. The Map in Our Head ●●● May 2012 — Nová Dedinka

    I don't like Russians. So you meet a Russian person and you don't see the person.

    seeing a picture, not the person
12. Uji 4: Contradictory Explanations ●●● Winter 2004 — Uji

    what we see as a continuum is filled in by our brain or our memory

    filling in the visual field
13. Intuition Covered by Thinking ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavana

    We both looked at the same thing, but we both chose something else from the reality.

    seeing different things in one scene

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