[Buddha-l] a question to Shobogenzo

[Dan Lusthaus]

Bernhard asks about 海印三昧 and Dogen:

sāgara-mudrā-samādhi is an attested Skt term (even appears in
Monier-Williams Skt-Eng Dictionary). It's used in the Prajnaparamita Sutras
and elsewhere.

For Dogen's sources and his usage, see
http://scbs.stanford.edu/sztp3/translations/shobogenzo/translations/kaiin_zanmai/title.html

including the intro, notes and supplemental notes.

Note that Kaiin zanmai is the 13th, not 11th Shobogenzo text.

There are texts that discuss "ocean mirror samadhi" and texts that discuss
"ocean seal samadhi," as well as 寶鏡三昧 Baojing sanmei, "jewel mirror
samadhi" -- East Asian sources sometimes conflate them. Each is interpreted
in a variety of ways. For Dogen's understanding, it's best to read Dogen
himself.

Dan