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Buddhist : Zen / Chan 13th Century	About Dogen Timeline (1200 - 1253)
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English version by Steven Heine Original Language Japanese	In the stream,
Commentary by Ivan Granger Themes   Water           Recommended Books The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhalla Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace, by Steven Heine Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto	In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection.     -- from The Zen Poetry of Dogen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace, by Steven Heine Amazon.com
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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

In the ecstatic state, the psychic tension that you normally call yourself disappears. Any action you engage in is not personal, it is just a part of the flow of movement you witness. Your form is "fleeting," ghostlike, a mere idea. It has no lasting stamp upon the flow of being; it "casts no reflection."

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