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When you attain enlightenment

Hello. My name is Shikai. Thank you for taking the time to look at my question.

I recently learned about the appeal of Buddhism, looked up Buddhism using the internet, etc., and tried meditating etc. Then, all of a sudden, I was struck by a violent shock. I felt like I and my surroundings breathed together and there was no boundary. Since then, even when I feel pain or hunger, I haven't been misled by them, and my heart is always calm and full of joy and gratitude. (It's a very difficult feeling to understand when verbalized, so please excuse the poor expression.) I was wondering if I had realized it by accident, but since changes were actually pointed out by people around me, it still seems like that is the case.

I would like to ask you one question here.
What should I do when I have attained enlightenment? There is a feeling that I want to help people who are suffering, but is there anything a 16-year-old can do?

I wasn't able to talk to my mother or father, so I asked them a question here. I'd like to borrow your wisdom.

6 Zen Responses

Let's first carefully examine whether it's enlightenment

Let's first carefully examine whether our current senses are truly enlightenment.

The question of what enlightenment is very difficult, but if you are trying to understand enlightenment by contrasting your own experiences, I think the following book will be helpful, for example.

Akira Fujimoto “4 Stages of Enlightenment” (Sanga 2015)
ISBN-10:4865640266
ISBN-13:978-4865640267

If you have no doubt about what you have realized no matter how you think about it, please serve the world with that Buddha virtue.
As you wrote yourself, there are still limited things you can do at age 16. Please study hard, graduate from school, go out to work, and treat people around you with Buddha's wisdom in that scene and help them.

enlightenment

Momome Onishi is right. Hasunoha also has past logs as shown below, so be sure to read them all.

“To the Enlightened Monk”
http://hasunoha.jp/questions/12194

“Is enlightenment just a concept?”
http://hasunoha.jp/questions/12241

“Are healing and enlightenment different things?”
http://hasunoha.jp/questions/12305

“Questions for Buddhists Part 9”
→About the dangers of meditation and the difference between ecstatic experiences and enlightenment (read Kozenshi's answers carefully)
http://hasunoha.jp/questions/13931

“Questions for monks who deny the existence of spirits”
http://hasunoha.jp/questions/13751
→Pay attention to Daiji's answer. Enlightenment explained by Daijishi ↓
http://hasunoha.jp/questions/12225

“I know how wonderful it is...”
→I mentioned the enlightenment I feel in my answer.
http://hasunoha.jp/questions/13953

“On enlightenment.”
http://hasunoha.jp/questions/1710

“Let me ask you a few questions about enlightenment”
http://hasunoha.jp/questions/953

Let's walk slowly and slowly.

That's great. Let's live by developing those good points.

Hello Shikai-san.

It's a great experience. Having your heart filled with joy is a good thing.
There are various levels and directions of enlightenment, and I think I understand that it is different from what is called the complete complete enlightenment of the Buddha, but I am sure that I first entered the entrance to faith. Enlightenment is not something that can be opened quickly and easily; it is about building up the mind through steady training and training, and enlightenment when crossing that line.

What Shikai-san now has a path to believing in Buddha is to work hard as a student and master his studies in order to become an adult who can practice enlightenment. Then, let's lay the foundation for learning enlightenment by working hard at clubs, hobbies, and relationships.
Also, every time you specialize in Buddhist knowledge, it's a good idea to study Buddhism at a university with a Buddhist department. Of course, I think it's a good idea to look for a monk's mentor and learn Buddhism from a temple while going to a regular university.

Now that you've come to know the joy of meditation, I want you to learn the Buddha's path of faith. I hope for female monks who are also active in the Tendai sect. So is the rakugo storyteller Danhime-chan. By all means, if you want to become a monk, please choose the Tendai sect too (laughs). I will support you too. Please contact us anytime if you have any questions. Gassho

Disruption of the two impediments

Shikai-sama

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

Recently, I think there are many people who misunderstand experiences such as “advisor” (non-duality) and “nonduality” (non-duality) as “enlightenment.”

I have also been involved in discussions surrounding “indiscretion” in Buddhism, and it is also one of the two materials necessary for enlightenment, understanding “emptiness” within “wisdom” out of “wisdom” and “good fortune,” and in most cases, one of the experiential understandings of “emptiness” is misunderstood as “enlightenment.”

It's also easy to misunderstand “sanmaji” and “equivalence” in Buddhist meditation, but in my humble opinion, I certainly recognize that such an “emptiness” experience is important at the stage before attaining enlightenment, but it is probably a reality that even if you return to your original world from such an experience, in the end, you are still lost and tormented due to ignorance and worry.

In order to reach enlightenment, I would be grateful if you could continue to work on Buddhist practice in the future, assuming that what is an obstacle to enlightenment, affliction disorder and intellectual disability are not firmly annihilated by the two resources of wisdom and good fortune.

Let's work hard together.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

What is enlightenment?

I often ask myself questions and can't come to a conclusion.
In other words, an embarrassing story for myself,
That's why I haven't gotten used to it.
The feeling of enlightenment.
What kind of state do you mean?
Monsters such as Rassha and Yasha appear, and even if they try to knock them off their necks with large cranes, they don't move slightly.
I don't want to be thankful at all when Amida is welcomed from Western Paradise and told me to take her to the Pure Land now.
Hey hey, enlightenment isn't something as ostentatious as it appears in Buddhist scriptures; if you want to eat food, you sleep; if you want to sleep, it's not a big deal, but when you're happy, you laugh out loud; if you have something sad, you cry and cry,
I don't hold a grudge against either myself, I'm not jealous,
People and themselves are quick to forgive, forgive, and forgive.
If I do something wrong or say something, I immediately reflect on it and apologize.
You might call me an ordinary person, but I love myself, my surroundings, and everyone else.
You've finally reached the entrance, so why don't you learn the Buddha's teachings while doing thankful work of any denomination, any sutra, etc.?
Namu Amida Buddha Nanmu Amida Buddha Nanmu Amida Buddha

With the right recipe, you can make both mapo tofu and enlightenment cute ♡.

There was a commercial catchphrase called “Kawaii ♡ can be made.”
You can make something cute [charming] ♡ lol (*'▽') ✨ (*'▽ `*) hahahaha
My name is Tanke, and there's a Chinese restaurant called Renge nearby.
He is an unknown genius who learned under the restaurant manager there, the head chef of the Chinese State Guest House. Mapo is the best.
So, I was taught a mapo recipe. If you do it exactly that way, it will taste just right!
You can make mapo and enlightenment.
First, tell them what you've experienced without misleading them with your own way of communicating and recipes.
It's about explaining your own state of being to many people and increasing the number of people who can feel at ease just like you.
In the Soto sect, a person named Inoue Kudo has been listening to enlightenment stories since childhood under his mentor Genro Yoshiyanroshi, and now he was about 73 years old, but yesterday, it just so happened that there was a Zen meeting in Tokyo explaining the state of Satori. Three monks in this hasunoha have also studied. Everyone listened to that story and thought, “Oh, is this what enlightenment is?” and they were convinced, tested, and they were amazed. It's transmitted properly.
It's just that there are misunderstandings in the Buddhist world and the world, and if you communicate without misunderstanding, you can properly convey enlightenment not only to you, but to many people.
The Buddhas also all tried to lead them to Satori's state of mind.
Even today, all enlightened monks use various methods to lead to a state of enlightenment in various ways.
Therefore, I think you should go ahead and express what you can do.
Even if you seek enlightenment through thoughts, you won't be able to do so, as a matter of fact, it's about conveying the feeling, sensation, nuance, and state of being in a way that's easy to get away from thoughts.
Fukuoka Masanobu, who is also known as a religious scholar, had a similar experience as you when he was young.
However, at some point, it was expressed as “losing sight of God,” and it seems that they have moved away from Satori's refreshing state of affairs. I also had several so-called enlightenment experiences, and I always felt doubts about ❝ going back ❞. Dogen Zenji is said to be an ascetic practice rather than an ascetic practice.
If zazen meditation and meditation are shaped according to the correct recipe, everyone can properly gain enlightenment.
Please check it out by various people and try to make someone aware in some way someday. Then it's real.