Sokushin zebutsu
Sokushin zebutsu (
Transmission of the Lamp. In addition to this book of the Shōbōgenzō, Dōgen also discusses the phrase Sokushin zebutsu in several of his formal Dharma Hall Discourses, namely numbers 8, 75, 319, and 370, all of which are recorded in the Eihei Kōroku.[3]
Dōgen's book Sokushin zebutsu lays out his understanding of this phrase, rendered in English as mind is itself Buddha. He quickly notes that he views as incorrect the interpretation that the "ordinary thoughts and awareness of sentient beings" are already Buddha. He states that instead, "Sokushin zebutsu is buddhas of aspiration, practice, awakening, and nirvana. Those who have not actualized aspiration, practice, awakening, and nirvana are not sokushin zebutsu.” While aspiration, practice, awakening, and nirvana are a version of the
nondualism.[4]
References
- ISBN 1-4196-3820-3
- ISBN 978-0-19-975447-2
- ISBN 978-086171-670-8
- ^ Tsunoda, Tairyu; Fujita, Issho, Sokushin Zebutsu: The Mind Itself is Buddha (PDF), Sōto School
