"On This Night, the Tathagata Attained True Enlightenment"

A Dōgen Verse Each Day of Rōhatsu to Commemorate Buddha's Enlightenment

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“On this night, the Tathagata attained true enlightenment.

Through the effort of casting off [body-mind], his eyeballs became bright.

All the various living beings in the three thousand worlds,

Smiled gently altogether, just as he did.”¹

1. Heine, Steven. Wisdom Within Words. Oxford University Press, 2022. (Verse 145, p. 214)