Dogen - The Nature of being Human

Manifesting sympathy means not making differences, not treating yourself as different and not treating others as different. For instance, the Tathagata was a human being just like other human beings.

Shobogenzo, Bodaisatta Shishobo, Hubert Nearman

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You and I, right now, are human beings who are the real Body of the whole universe in all ten quarters.

Shobogenzo, Shinjin Gakudo, Hubert Nearman
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To meet my former Master face-to-face was to encounter an ordinary human being.

Shobogenzo, Gyoji, Hubert Nearman

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The present statement of the Great Master that all human beings, without exception, have the Light within themselves is not saying that It is something that will manifest at some time in the future, or that It was something that existed in some past generation, or that It is something that is fully manifesting Itself in front of some onlooker now. We need to clearly hear and remember his statement that all human beings, without exception, have the Light within themselves...
The Brightness is what all human beings are. Taking hold of this Brightness, they turn It into external conditions and internal tendencies.

Shobogenzo, Komyo, Hubert Nearman

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Peace,

Ted Biringer