“Buddhas and Ancestors continuously maintain ocean mudra samadhi. While swimming in this samadhi, they expound, realize, practice.”

— Dogen

Ocean Mudra Samadhi (1242)

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Japanese Zen buddhist teacher 1200–1253

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