# This Mind Here Now is Buddha

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Podcast: [Zen Mind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/zen-mind-898115)
Published: 2026-04-16T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This talk was offered on Day 3 of the Spring Sesshin at the Boulder Zen Center, continuing the investigation of mind begun the previous day (published two weeks ago). The inquiry turns to the koan exchange between Damei and Matsu: "What is Buddha?" – "This very mind is Buddha." Dogen warns that students have misunderstood this teaching in two ways. The first error is to equate Buddha with the ordinary functioning of mind—thinking, feeling, perceiving—which leads to complacency: if I'm already...

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