Jiyu-Kennett, Rev. Master

The literal translation of “zenki” is “the activity of Zen” or “the activity of meditation,” and this chapter refers to That which is “ever functioning, never dormant” within that activity, namely Buddha Nature, True Nature, or what Dōgen calls True Self. To thoroughly explore this, says Dōgen, is to find the answer to the great problem of how to fully accept our life and our death.

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