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Dogen...

...forget even that you have

achieved enlightenment.

Yes.

Just as enlightenment is infinite...

...practice is also infinite.

Enlightenment and practice...

...are inextricably linked.

The Record of the Lineage.

The Record of the Transmission.

By the time that moon

is full, Dogen...

...you will be seeing it from Japan.

Wherever each of us is...

...you and I will always

see the same moon.

Dogen returns to Japan, 1227

Hey, wait!

Run!

Stop!

Move!

I'm cheap, c'mon.

Get moving!

I hear you've been seeing

an awful lot of that whore.

Dogen.

Surely that is beneath you.

Is it peculiar?

No...

This is the greatest form

of true practice.

Where are the others?

Most have gone into town.

On Promoting Zen Meditation.

"The Zazen I speak of is not

learning meditation.

"It is simply the Dharma gate

of repose and bliss...

...the practice-realization of

absolute enlightenment"

"On July 17th...

...of this year, 1227...

...Zen master Ju-ching...

...entered Nirvana at

the Tien-tung-shan temple. "

I am Koun Ejo...

...disciple of Bucchi Kakuan

of the Dharma sect.

I apologize for

my sudden rudeness...

...but can you tell me...

...what exactly are the teachings.

...of the new, true Buddhism

you speak of.

Before I discuss that with you,

there is something I want you to read.

Recently, I wrote

On Promoting Zen Meditation...

...so that many people

may learn about Zen.

Would you, too,

like to sit in meditation?

I hear Dogen of Kennin Temple

shamelessly says...

...that he's brought the true teachings

of Buddha back from China.

This means that he is

maliciously slandering...

...our precious Buddhist tradition.

Just like the Nenbutsu and

the Dharma sects...

...it is a threat to our Buddhism.

We cannot ignore him.

Kennin Temple, Kennin Temple.

I can't read or write.

You're getting in the way

of my business.

Kennin Temple,

Kennin Temple.

Kennin Temple?

Don't you even know

where Kennin Temple is?

Japanese words difficult...

So you're a foreign monk.

Kennin Temple, where?

I'll take you there,

but won't you buy me first?

I'm cheap.

Dogen is in Kennin Temple.

Dogen...

You thief!

Help me!

No! Kugyo, stop!

Dogen, move.

Kugyo, kill me!

What?

It is not your place to judge her.

As ruler it will be your job

to create a world, where...

...children like her do not

have to go hungry.

I am but a poor monk,

I regret...

...that I have no more to offer you.

Off you go, now.

Dogen...

Is there a Dogen here?

I am Dogen.

Huh.

May I help you?

Excuse me...

Ji-uen.

Why are you here?

I have come to fulfill

Kugyo's promise.

Kugyo's promise?

The words Kugyo said...

"If you can establish a new Buddhism,

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