Dharma Ratios, In Proportion
Buddha Ratio
Ordinary Being
Nirvana, Nothingness
An Infinite Singularity
Zen Ratio
Ordinary Being
True Nature
Is < 1, Less than One
Zazen Ratio
Disappearing in the Sitting
Just Sitting, Being Nothing
Is Indeterminate
Actuality, Reality
= Always One
Zen, Ordinarily
= Not One, Not Two
Other Significant Ratios
Humanism is to Buddhism
as Buddhism is to Zen
as Zen is to Zazen
as Zazen is to Shikantaza
as Shikantaza is to Sesshin
as Sesshin is to Sammadhi
Dogen Zengi wrote that Zazen is
The Dharma Gate of Great Joy and Ease
Undefiled Practice Enlightenment
(albeit way out of context)
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