"When buddhas are truly buddhas they don't need to perceive they are buddhas; they are enlightened buddhas and they continue actualizing buddha."-- from Genjokoan, by Eihei Dogen, translated by Shohaku Okumura
Okumura's definition of "genjokoan" is "to answer the question from true reality through the practice of our everyday activity." (From Realizing Genjokoan, Wisdom Publications, 2010.) The word buddha, of course, means "one who is awake."
When we look at everyday reality with the eyes of awakening, buddhas appear everywhere.
(photo by Myozen, rock and snow sculpture by Dae An.)
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