Is it alive

I read it. Well, they may be alive, or they may be dead. It might not seem like it's there now.
It seems that they are aware of themselves and recognize their surroundings, but since it hurts when they pinch their cheeks, it's probably there now.
I can confirm that I am now in such an unstable situation.
If you think so, the Heart Sutra's
The color is the sky the sky is the world of colors, isn't it?
There may be no reality in the world alone, including myself. That's because they are interdependent and feel like they are there now.
Nevertheless, I think it's my true nature to think that I am alive and want to live. That's because it's more important to me than anything else. probably.

they're probably alive

So, “are humans really alive?” I'm sure the question will also come up.

Just as this question was not born out of my own power, I (Hikari) was born and is probably being kept alive now.

Since the subject of the question is not me (you), but “humans,” it indicates “humans,” or all “humans,” within “humans”

Can you say this person is alive?

Can this person be said to be “really” alive?

Is it OK for this person to be alive?

Is it possible to say “I'm really alive” with that kind of way of life?

Do you have a feeling that makes you want to say that?

Well, in any case, they're probably alive.

If there is a life that “really lives,” I was wondering if there is a life that “lives a lie,” but apparently for me, I felt that being alive contains the fact that it is “true.”
Even a way of living a lie (I think) is in a “real” life.

There is also a feeling that word play has gone too far, but well, yeah, I think living is nothing but “true,” “real,” and “true.”

Conversely, there are people who have died, and there is no change that death is real

Everyone who is alive right now is probably “really alive.”

Good evening

There is a poem called “Live” by Shuntaro Tanigawa.

I was very moved when the deceased's grandson (elementary school student) read this poem with a wonderful reading aloud during the funeral. It's a good poem.

Please read it carefully.

I reread it even now, and it made me feel gentle and warm.

Hikari-sama

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

I wonder if they're alive...

To be honest, they are “illusory,” as you might be wondering.

However, it's just “like”, and it's not an “illusion.” You need to be careful there.

The existence of oneself does not simply exist by oneself, and since it is made up of being dependent on various others, no matter what one tries to search for with oneself, there is nothing that can actually be said to be “this”, but it is said that it exists based on various things, things, and things, such as the five elements, colors (matter/body), reception (sensory/sensory effects), action (intention/willpower), consciousness (perception/cognitive effect), other people, animals, plants, air, earth, etc. It is “like an illusion” in the sense.

To put it a little further, it means that it “doesn't exist” as an entity, and it cannot be said that it “exists” as an entity.

However, if you can depend on it and say “there is,” it means that nothing is “not there.”

This area is extremely difficult to understand, but it is becoming necessary in order to really know “whether they are alive or not.”

Also, if the things we depended on in order to be able to exist as before disappear, of course, things will no longer be able to exist as before.

Being “alive” is truly something that depends on others, and it is a rare thing.

One more thing, is “death” then “nothing”? That's different, too. “Death” at the level we are thinking about is only about the “breakdown of physical dependency relationships,” and it also deals with minute issues of consciousness (mind) that are not affected by the rough body we have now due to cause and effect even after death.

As long as there is consciousness that continues to exist, well, at the level of fine consciousness, of course, it can be said that they “live” under various dependencies.

In any case, Buddhism teaches how to transform consciousness, which will continue even after death, for the better and use it as a flow for enlightenment and nirvana.

By all means, I would be grateful if you could learn more about Buddhism with a higher level of interest.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho