The seed contains it all. Nevertheless it is only the flower that realizes that the seed lacks nothing. And that realization adds nothing. But it still makes a difference. Manifest in every action that stems from good practice.
Self-seed action-flower illustrates yet another important truth. Once there is a flower there is no longer a seed. Once there is right action there is not longer a self.
This brings us back to the words of Dogen.
To study the Buddha Way is to study the self.
To study the self is to forget the self.
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