practice and experience
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Summary
In the chapter Bendōwa, Dogen writes that practice and experience are one: because practice is just experience, experience is endless, and no experience is to be expected outside practice. Even in the state of attaining the truth we should practise; learning intellectual ideas is not the right path.
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In the Buddha-Dharma practice and experience are completely the same
Bendōwa Shobogenzo
The most important text
- Bendōwa ●●● Shobogenzointellectual ideas and practice · oneness of practice and experience · practice after attaining the truth · student of medicine forgetting medications
In the Buddha-Dharma practice and experience are completely the same
Other texts
- Fukan-zazengi ●●● Shobogenzooneness of practice and experience · truth originally all around
It is the practice-and-experience which perfectly realizes the state of bodhi.
- How To Pursue the Truth ●●● Shobogenzo · Bendōwagenuine practice versus doctrinal debate · student of medicine forgetting medications · will to practice
There is no value in Buddhists arguing among themselves over which philosophy is better and which is worse
- Gaku do yo jin shu - Practical Advice on Pursuing the Buddhist Truth ●●●oneness of practice and experience · rejection of easy practice
Experience is a result of practice. Our own treasure does not come from outside ourselves. And practice is a function of experience.
- Bussho 1: Fully Manifesting Existence ●●● Summer 2004 — Busshoability accumulated day by day
“ability accumulated day by day” simply means that to fully manifest our existence is not a result of building up our ability
- Escape and Refuge in Zazen ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenecforgetting Buddhism in difficult circumstances
When I have a difficult circumstance, I forget all about Buddhism
- One Real Teacher and Simplicity ●●● August 2014 — Banský Studenecpractice gives mental simplicity
practice gives us mental simplicity. Not working on the mind to make the mind simple.
- Dojo and Home, Sacred and Ordinary ●●● September 2015 — Banský Studenecnot making practice special
This is the reason, personally, I don't like when we make things too sacred.
- Not Making Practice Special ●●● July 2021 — Skalní faranot making practice special
So there's nothing special. So don't make it special. And the way not to make it special is to sit every day.
- Introduction to Master Dogen’s Thought ●●● May 1987 — Gudo Wafu Nishijimadaily life as Buddhist practice
all behaviors in our day-to-day life can be Buddhist practice
- Shoaku Makusa 5: The Child and the Old Man ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku MakusaBuddhism as lifelong training
to actually act in a balanced way is lifelong training. So Buddhism is lifelong training.
- Just to Be Alive Is Enough ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavanahell as training
Once in a lecture, Suzuki Roshi said, Hell is not punishment, it's training.
- Intuition Covered by Thinking ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavanastopping thinking by thinking
it is not possible to stop thinking only by thinking. It's very important to sit now, to have some practice.
Keywords
Ideas (9) oneness of practice and experience3 not making practice special2 ability accumulated day by day daily life as Buddhist practice practice after attaining the truth practice gives mental simplicity stopping thinking by thinking truth originally all around will to practice
Themes (5) Buddhism as lifelong training forgetting Buddhism in difficult circumstances genuine practice versus doctrinal debate intellectual ideas and practice rejection of easy practice
Images and stories (2) student of medicine forgetting medications2 hell as training