As translated in The Zen Poetry of Dōgen : Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace (1997) by Steven Heine, p. 61
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But do not ask me where I am going,
As I travel in this limitless world,
Where every step I take is my home.
— Dōgen
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "But do not ask me where I am going,
As I travel in this limitless world,
Where every step I take is my home." in the context of "As translated in The Zen Poetry of Dōgen : Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace (1997) by Steven Heine, p. 61" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Dōgen
Dōgen (道元; also Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, Eihei Dōgen 永平道元, titled as Dōgen Zenji Zen Master Dōgen 道元禅師) (19 January 1200 – 22 September 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher born in Kyōto, and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan.
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