Dogen

‘Realization is reality right now. Even shocks, doubts, fears, and frights are none other than reality right now. However, with buddha knowledge it is different; seeing a speck of dust is different from sitting within a speck of dust. Even when you sit in the world of phenomena, it is not broad. Even when you sit in a speck of dust, it is not narrow. If you are not fully present, you do not fully sit. If you are fully present, you are free of how large or narrow it is where you are. Thus, you have thoroughly experienced the essential unfolding of dharma blossoms.’ (Shobogenzo Hokke Ten Hokke)

The Dogen study group is currently looking at this fascicle. What is not quite so clear in the Tanahashi translation is that many of the phrases are direct quotes from the Lotus Sutra – the “dharma blossom” itself.