universe
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also cosmos · the whole Universe
Summary
In these texts, the Universe is all things and phenomena, mental as well as physical. It is whole, not formed of parts, and there is no other world outside it: our daily life is the same thing as the Universe. When we do something, we make ourselves and the Universe real.
Part of ↑ reality and the universe
The keywords right under it✦ Show in the night sky
not only the physical universe, but the Universe of all things and phenomena, including everything, and nothing
Ikka-no-myoju 1: A Pearl in Ordinary Things Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myoju
Texts
- Kuge 2: Coolness in the Centre of Fire ●●● Winter 2007 — Kugeflower opening as world manifesting itself · speaking manifests the world · all evolution in our speaking
Only those in the line of the Buddha’s truth know that a flower opening is the world manifesting itself.
- Ikka-no-myoju 2: Undivided Reality ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myojudaily life as the universe itself · universe beyond description
the Universe is beyond our powers to express, in its totality. So he means what Master Gensa is trying to express is beyond categorisation
- Ikka-no-myoju 4: The Universe as Teacher ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myojuthe universe teaching us · universe rolling along
We're in the universe, and the universe and all the things in it teach us
- Three Philosophies and One Reality ●●●belief in the universe · universe as God · universe beyond description
But Buddhists consider that the Universe is ultimately ineffable; that is, beyond description.
- Uji 2: An Alternative to Linear Time ●●● Winter 2004 — Ujimaking the universe real · football making the universe real
there’s not separation between me and the Universe, so the Universe is making itself real
- Bussho 2: This World, Not Heaven ●●● Summer 2005 — Busshothis world as the only world · universe as interwoven container
they could see that this world is the only world, this place is the only place
- Ikka-no-myoju 3: Our Place in the Universe ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myojufulfilling our function · universe rolling along
So to fulfil our function means to fulfil our place in the Universe
- Bussho 2: Balance in Action ●●● Summer 2004 — Busshothis world as the only world
There can never exist another world outside of this Universe
- Zazen According to Sawaki ●●● Summer 2004 — Yoko Luetchfordhuman beings as mildew · wavelength of the universe
You have to tune in to the wavelength of the Universe
- Uji 3: The Changing State of Zazen ●●● Winter 2004 — Ujimaking the universe real
Doing something makes us real. When we do something we make ourselves and the Universe real.
- Kuge 3: The Whole World in Each Flower ●●● Winter 2007 — Kugecollection of immediate flowerings
instead of the Universe being some great, big, fully formed entity, as being a collection of these immediate flowerings
- Reading Dogen from Experience ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenecthis world as the only world
Dogen, in his writings, insisted that this world is the only real world
- The One Bright Pearl ●●● Shobogenzo · Ikka-no-myojuuniverse beyond description
the Universe which extends in all directions cannot actually be described with expressions like
- Uji 5: Words and Reality ●●● Winter 2004 — Ujibeginning of the Universe
the time line going back the beginning of the Universe only exists as a creation in all of our minds
- The Buddha’s Discovery ●●● June 2005 — Lotus Centreuniverse as a whole
But it is whole, not formed of parts. The universe is whole.
- Ikka-no-myoju 1: A Pearl in Ordinary Things ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myojuuniverse of all things and phenomena
not only the physical universe, but the Universe of all things and phenomena, including everything, and nothing
- Shoaku Makusa 4: Doing Right Without a Doer ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusamaking the universe real
In Master Dogen’s teaching, to act is to make the world and ourselves real.
- MMK 1: The Four Conditions ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarikauniverse as a whole
the universe as a whole is reality. There are a set of universal laws that govern reality and that reality includes the whole universe
- MMK 2: Non-Separation ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarikareal Big Bang at this moment · world without beginning or end
the world has no beginning and no end, and if there is no beginning and no end, there can’t be a middle either
- The Meaning of the Precepts ●●●order of the universe
As Buddhists we seek to follow the rule of the Universe; we seek to enter into the order of the Universe itself.
- The Universe Made Real ●●● Shobogenzo · Genjō-kōanworld not centred around me
when we act, we bring ourselves back to this concrete place, and it is then obvious that the world is not centred around me
- Genjo-koan 4: Realisation as Wholeness ●●● Summer 2002 — Genjo-koanhuman beings as mildew
little insects living on the surface of a large round ball. Mildew on the surface of a ball
- Bussho 4: Hearing and Understanding ●●● Winter 2005 — Busshoworld without beginning or end
Buddhism can’t agree with the Big Bang theory because Gautama Buddha says the world has no beginning and no end
- Uji 4: Coming into the Present ●●● Summer 2007 — Ujithe universe teaching us
some people like to keep a pet because the pet is always showing them how to be in the present moment
- Sadness Is a Change in Balance ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavanauniverse breathing into us
we breathe out and the universe breathes into us. So we can do our half, and the universe does the other half.
- Dogen and Modern Life ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavanawhole universe practising with us
when we practise zazen, the whole of the universe is practising with us, and the gods in heaven come and practise with us
- Genjo-koan: Being Awake Is Being Here ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenecworld not centred around me
we can see that the world is not centered on us. We're part of something large. You're not at the center of it.
- One Real Teacher and Simplicity ●●● August 2014 — Banský Studenecimpossible to die for this world
They can die for their belief, because they have another world. But how can you die for this world
- Gaku do yo jin shu - Practical Advice on Pursuing the Buddhist Truth ●●●turning the universe
the Universe turns us and we turn the Universe
Keywords
Ideas (16) making the universe real3 this world as the only world3 universe beyond description3 universe as a whole2 world not centred around me2 world without beginning or end2 belief in the universe collection of immediate flowerings flower opening as world manifesting itself fulfilling our function impossible to die for this world order of the universe speaking manifests the world turning the universe universe as God universe of all things and phenomena
Themes (3) the universe teaching us2 beginning of the Universe daily life as the universe itself
Images and stories (9) human beings as mildew2 universe rolling along2 all evolution in our speaking football making the universe real real Big Bang at this moment universe as interwoven container universe breathing into us wavelength of the universe whole universe practising with us