As a young monk, Master Dogen Kigen was plagued by the question of why, with true nature being inherently perfect and complete, it should be necessary to undergo any training. Since no one in Japan could answer that question for him, he traveled all the way to China to find out. After enlightenment he understood that "Even though one is originally Buddha, without training this cannot come into awareness for it does not reveal itself without enlightenment." This "letting Buddha reveal himself" is the full realization of emptiness.
---Soko Morinaga Roshi, in his commentary on The Ceasing of Notions---
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