hasunoha

I have a question for the noble monk.

What is life?

Also, if there is anything you can talk about about the mysteries of the universe, I'd like you to say it.

4 Zen Responses

Everything is painful

I read it. I see, it's a question and answer. I'm not noble or lofty.
As I've told you before, the way people live, life is all painful.
Would it be good for you?

Everything around us, nature, and the universe is nothing but a changing event.

Things change and are not something that is certain and firm.

Therefore, Buddhism preaches impermanence first.

It's a constantly changing phenomenon, including me. We are not stable even for a moment.
That's why accepting the way it is is freeing us from suffering.

How about you?

I pray that you will learn the right things from now on.

What is nobility?

 Good evening. It's a working phrase similar to “boasting 99.9% (question series for Buddhists),” “a noble monk.”
I don't think you are unaware of the words yomo or nobility, but in Japanese Buddhism, almost every monk would say, “I'm not virtuous.”
There are various explanations in dictionaries, and there is some blur. “Having no desire,” “being clean and undirty,” and “having social common sense,” “honesty,” and “honesty” even if you just look at it on the internet...
If this were to be covered to the maximum, it would probably be “clean and undirty,” but regardless of “I'm aiming for it,” I don't think there are people in the Japanese Buddhist world who say “I am like that.” I don't think it's hard for them to have such expectations, but I think the best they can do is to hope “that is the case” and make the effort they can...

What is life? This is “what?” or “What?” I think it means, but as an actual feeling (click)
Sometimes things just go the way you want
It's a place called.

From my point of view, I have no words to talk about the “mystery of the universe.” I feel like it can only be described as “mysterious”... However, in my grandfather's time, I remember that “the great life in the universe seems to be telling me to live and nembutsu”... but “is he virtuous?” If asked, there is nothing better than answering, “Maybe not.”

Understood

Life - painful things = fun things

I love mountain climbing, and when I look at the night sky, there are amazing stars.
This is the universe.
I really feel that I'm alive.
This is the mystery.

Recommended book “Infinity in the Palm - When Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Science Meet”

Aisu-sama

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

I definitely have a book I'd like to recommend to Aisu-sama.

I think you'll be able to read it with great interest.

There are only old books, so if you buy them, they are expensive, so be sure to look for them at a library near you.

“Infinity in the Palm: When Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Science Meet” (New Commentary)

Also, if possible,

I think it would be interesting if “The Monk and the Philosopher: A Dialogue Surrounding Tibetan Buddhism” (New Commentary) was also read together.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho