What does the genjo-koan means? Especially:
> To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to
> forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad
> things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well
> as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of realization
> remains, and this no-trace continues endlessly.
and
> A fish swims in the ocean, and no matter how far it swims there is no
> end to the water. A bird flies in the sky, and no matter how far it
> flies there is no end to the air. However, the fish and the bird have
> never left their elements. When their activity is large their field is
> large. When their need is small their field is small. Thus, each of
> them totally covers its full range, and each of them totally
> experiences its realm. If the bird leaves the air it will die at once.
> If the fish leaves the water it will die at once.
>
> Know that water is life and air is life. The bird is life and the fish
> is life. Life must be the bird and life must be the fish.
>
> It is possible to illustrate this with more analogies. Practice, enlightenment, and people are like thi
What does it mean to say that these are life and that there's no realisation?
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Aug 28, 2016, 10:37 PM
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