Dōgen Zenji's Bendowa ~ JIJUYU ZANMAI ~ The Way of Receiving and Using the Self - Zen Buddhism

Bendōwa is Dogen's earliest known writing in Japanese and one of his most important and influential works. Ji juyū zanmai can be translated loosely as "samādhi of self-fulfillment and enjoyment" or literally as the "samādhi of receiving and using the self." Kosho Uchiyama comments, ". . . we can understand this samādhi of self-fulfillment and enjoyment as the samādhi or concentration on the self when it simply receives and accepts its function, or its spiritual position in the world."

Translated by Brad Warner from:
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