The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing

second ancestor of zen

Article by Ted Biringer

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Bodhicitta – Enlightened Thinking, Bodhi (enlightenment) Citta (thinking mind)

Dogen on Bodhicitta (the mind, or thought of enlightenment). In general there are three kinds of mind. “The first, citta, is here called thinking mind. The second, hrdaya, is here called the mind of grass and trees. The third, vrddha, is here called experienced and concentrated mind.” Among these, the bodhi-mind is inevitably established relying [...]