rebirth
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Summary
Rebirth, or reincarnation, is the idea that something carries on after death into another body. The talks deny it: with no soul separate from the body, nothing can be reborn. Yet the chapter Doshin speaks of being born in a next life, with a "middle existence" said to come between.
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All the masters in Master Dogen’s lineage who have written, deny reincarnation
Introductions 5: Clear Explanation for Zazen Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters
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- Genjo-koan 3: Action Only Here and Now ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koandenial of rebirth
I don't believe in rebirth. And Master Dogen didn't believe in rebirth
- Introductions 5: Clear Explanation for Zazen ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chaptersdenial of rebirth
All the masters in Master Dogen’s lineage who have written, deny reincarnation
- Doshin ●●● Shobogenzomiddle existence
After seven days we [are said to] die in the middle existence, and then to receive another body in the middle existence
- Bussho 1: Names and Reality ●●● Winter 2005 — Busshoold man planting pine trees
the story suggests the little boy is the same as the old man planting pine trees
- MMK 4: Constructs and the Present Moment ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarikadenial of rebirth
Belief in life and after-life was quite natural, but Nagarjuna denies it, because, he says, body and mind are one
- Karma, Cause and Effect ●●● July 2009 — Brnokarma from past lives
Karma is often taken to mean some kind of destiny, which is the result of our past lives
- Bussho ●●● Shobogenzoold man planting pine trees
the one who practices the truth by planting pine trees
- Buddha-nature ●●● Shobogenzo · Busshoold man planting pine trees
you are already too old. If you return to this world again, I will wait for you
- Introductions 1: Rules and Reality ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chaptersdenial of rebirth
He denies for example that there’s any life before this one, and he denies that there’s any life after this one
- Enlightenment as a Normal State ●●● July 2009 — Dibbavanareincarnation as irrelevant
Many sincere people believe in reincarnation, but I feel that it's irrelevant, because I believe in this world
Keywords
Ideas (3) denial of rebirth4 karma from past lives middle existence
Themes (1) reincarnation as irrelevant
Images and stories (1) old man planting pine trees3