life-and-death
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also living-and-dying · birth and death · shoji · žitie-a-umieranie
Summary
In these texts life-and-death is the real, momentary state at the present moment. In the chapter Shoji (Life-and-Death) Dogen writes that when life comes it is just life, and when death comes it is just death; life-and-death itself is nirvana, the sacred life of buddha.
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In this chapter he explains life-and-death as the real momentary state at the present moment
Shoji Shobogenzo
The most important text
- Shoji ●●● Shobogenzolife-and-death · buddha in life-and-death · cart pointed north · easy way to become buddha · getting free from life and death · house of buddha · just life, just death · living-and-dying as nirvana · sacred life of buddha · serving life and death · without dislike and longing
In this chapter he explains life-and-death as the real momentary state at the present moment
Other texts
- The Heart Sutra: Labels and Reality ●●● September 2013 — Banský Studenecreal death and the word death
So he's saying real death is different from the word death
- Bendōwa ●●● Shobogenzoliving-and-dying as nirvana
we should realize that living-and-dying is just nirvāṇa
- How To Pursue the Truth ●●● Shobogenzo · Bendōwaliving-and-dying as nirvana
nirvana exists right here in the middle of our living-and-dying
- Genjō-kōan ●●● Shobogenzoinstantaneousness of life and death
Life is an instantaneous situation, and death is also an instantaneous situation
- Bussho 2: This World, Not Heaven ●●● Summer 2005 — Bussholoving life, fearing death
Do not love life too much and do not fear death too much, for buddha-nature exists in them
- Just to Be Alive Is Enough ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavanapractising like someone who is dying
We should practise zazen like someone who is dying. For someone who is dying, there's nothing to rely on.
- The Truth as a Cup of Tea ●●● September 2013 — Banský Studeneccup of tea
having a cup of tea is a real act in the present moment. Something real, not abstract
- Doshin ●●● Shobogenzonamu-kie-Butsu at death
knowing already that it is the end of our life, we should strive to chant “namu-kie-Butsu.”
- Genjo-koan 1: Four Viewpoints ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koancup of tea
you can carry on talking all day, but I'm alive now, so I'll have a cup of tea
Keywords
Ideas (12) living-and-dying as nirvana3 buddha in life-and-death easy way to become buddha instantaneousness of life and death just life, just death loving life, fearing death namu-kie-Butsu at death practising like someone who is dying real death and the word death sacred life of buddha serving life and death without dislike and longing
Themes (1) getting free from life and death
Images and stories (3) cup of tea2 cart pointed north house of buddha