Good evening!
We are going to read Dogen’s Inmo, Such(ness), a Sino-Japanese word. Its equivalent in Sanskrit or Pali is Tathatâ, Thusness. Both are expressions for the reality beyond description and discrimination.
Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for True Zazen tells us “If you wish to attain suchness, devote yourself to suchness at once….Practice in such a way constantly, and you will never fail to realize suchness. The treasure house opens by itself, and …”
We must constantly practice in such a way to realize suchness every day and every second, attaining thusness and becoming thus-being (Tathâ-gata, being in thusness). The treasure house opens by itself for us to use at will.
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