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Day: January 30, 2023

January 30, 2023

TOZAN’S NOT BUDDHA

Wherever you are
you are there,
but if you
arrive there
and there is
no there,
despite you
being there,
where are you?

A Reflection on Case 72 of Dogen’s Shobogenzo Koans (True Dharma Eye)

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