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Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it's the universe that's breathing.
Dogen
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Dogen
Age: 53 †
Born: 1200
Born: January 19
Died: 1253
Died: September 29
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Whitefield
Greater Manchester
Dōgen Zenji
Dōgen Kigen
Eihei Dōgen
Dogen
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Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.
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