The Zen Studies Podcast
The Zen Studies Podcast
Domyo Burk
168 - Is This IT? Dogen's Everyday Activity (Kajo) - Part 1
39 minutes Posted May 13, 2021 at 5:56 pm.
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In Zen we say practice is nothing other than your everyday activity. If we view the Dharma as something special – a particular activity we treat as more sacred, or a state we hope to attain that will be of an entirely different nature than the mundane existence we currently endure – we’re missing the point. At the same time, if we think practice is nothing other than just continuing our half-awake, habitual way of living, we’re also missing the point! What is the nature of our life and practice?