Forgetting the Self, Dropping Away of Body and Mind

By: Eihei Dogen

To study the buddha way is to study the self.  To study the self is to forget the self.  To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things.  When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away.  No trace of realization remains, and this no trace continues endlessly.

From "Actualizing the Fundamental Point (Genjokoan), Moon in a Dewdrop, translated by Kaz Tanahashi and Robert Aitken.

Note: Other translations of this passage from the Genjokoan can be found on the blog page of this site.