Short analysis of Dogen's Genjo Koan from Shobogenzo
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... is only one "top" at which the ladder leads the climber. To describe different points of ascent on the ladder can be useful in judging an individuals #progress, but the evaluation should not be viewed as ultimate truth. The last section reads: (4) However, though this is the way it is, it is only this: flowers scatter in our longing, and weeds spring up in our loathing. (2:46) This section attempts to explain the self-sufficiency of each previous viewpoint. The "springing up" represents form (or samsara). The "scattering" alludes #to emptiness (or nirvana). Therefore, "The Buddha-way is thus neither plenitude (samsara) nor dearth (nirvana), and yet, i ...
