Dogen’s understanding of nonduality is subtle, nuanced and all-inclusive — so all-inclusive that it even includes duality: “The Buddha Way is leaping clear of the many and the one.” In this radical view, even the map is the territory: “Neither the dharma world nor empty space is anything other than the painting of a picture….The moon and the pointing finger are a single reality.” For Dogen, nothing exists independently of everything else. “There is nothing outside of mind,” he writes, “Blue, yellow, red, and white are mind. Long, short, square, and round are mind. The coming and going of birth and death are mind…Dream, phantom, and empty flower are mind. … Continue reading Joan Tollifson