Emily, from Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”, asks a great question: Do any human beings ever really pay attention to life while they live it? Wilder’s answer: No. not really. Saints and poets maybe; they do some.
Eihei Dogen was a monk concerned with developing the Chan (Zen) school of Buddhism in Japan in the 13th century. Zen is a practice on how to become a Buddha, or as Wilder would said, a Saint or a poet.

These are my thoughts on studying the work of Eihei Dogen, Wilder, and being alive.