here and now
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also present moment and this place · tady a teď CZ
Summary
There is only one moment that is real and only one place that is real, and that is here and now. Action is a fact at the moment of the present and at this place, so the here and now are very important concepts in Master Dogen’s philosophy of action.
Part of ↑ time
Includes ↓ action in the present moment ↓ blue lotus flowers in fire ↓ life underneath the picture ↓ non-separateness of here and now ↓ state here and now ↓ time and place of fire ↓ we can never escape the present
Main theme
there’s only one moment that’s real and only one place that’s real, and that’s here and now
1Uji 1: Time Is the Present Winter 2004 — Uji
the present moment and this place – the here and now – are very important concepts in Master Dogen's philosophy of action
2Preface Shobogenzo
Developed
action is a fact at the moment of the present, and action is a fact at this place
3Introduction to Master Dogen’s Thought May 1987 — Gudo Wafu Nishijima
Also in the narrower keywords
action in the present moment +6 texts
the stage for our action is always the present place and the present time
Genjo-koan 3: Action Only Here and Now Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan
When we act, in the present moment, there is a state where we and the world become something which is one
Genjo-koan 4: Realisation as Wholeness Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan
immediacy, or doing something now, acting in the present. And we can say that this acting in the present saves us
Ikka-no-myoju 5: The Four Views Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myoju
And just our action at this moment creates our future
Morality as Balanced Action February 2009 — Cholín
And action is always in the present moment. It is impossible to act in the past.
it’s gone whether I had it or not, the most important thing is to act now
Bussho 2: Balance in Action Summer 2004 — Bussho
blue lotus flowers in fire +1 text
In one single flame there are hundreds and thousands of blue lotus flowers
Kuge 2: Coolness in the Centre of Fire Winter 2007 — Kuge via time and place of fire we can never escape the present
life underneath the picture +1 text
It's a very strange way to talk. Underneath the picture, our life is only now.
The Map in Our Head May 2012 — Nová Dedinka
non-separateness of here and now +1 text
what is here and now is not separate
Uji 4: Contradictory Explanations Winter 2004 — Uji
state here and now +1 text
it’s the actual activity that we are actually doing here and now and that’s what it is: the state here and now
The Empty Trappings of Transmission September 2009 — Earth Spirit
we can never escape the present +4 texts
So reality seems to be that from which we cannot escape.
Uji 3: The Changing State of Zazen Winter 2004 — Uji
We can never escape the present is what Dogen is saying.
Uji 5: Words and Reality Winter 2004 — Uji
we can’t escape from reality, we can’t escape the perfection of reality, because we’re always in it
Ikka-no-myoju 3: Our Place in the Universe Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myoju
So Buddhism says we can never escape from being here and now
Koan Stories and Being Here and Now June 2007 — Padmafarma
catching a book in the present +1 text
Did you grab that in the past, in the present or in the future?
MMK 4: Constructs and the Present Moment Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika