Everything is revealed through everything, revealing itself and fluently
speaking about the First Principle. So Dogen understood enlightenment in this way.
But it does not mean that there is no need to attain enlightenment. If you
understand in that way, it is already the Second Principle, not the First
Principle. If it is necessary or not necessary, this is the Second Principle.
So if it is necessary to say something, you must say, "Sometimes
necessary, sometimes not necessary." Whatever you say, that is right. That
is more like Dogen Zenji's understanding. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-02-00-E as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC
