Sunday, April 20, 2014

Dogen and the Art of Teaching


For Dogen the most crucial criterion for teaching, including his own, is authenticity, which consists of the direct experience of reality passed from an awakened one to another, supported by scriptural teachings. Ironically, this experience is also described as "realization without teacher and scripture." This phrase may be understood to mean no separation between the self and the teacher or scripture.

---Peter Levitt---

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