hasunoha

Where exactly do humans arrive

Nice to meet you. I'm a third-year junior high school student and an entrance exam student.

Even if you go ahead with studying, enrolling, and getting a job,
I can't get rid of my sense of weakness when I think that we will eventually reach “death.”
Even if you look at animals
I can't believe I'm being reborn as a different soul.

How should I spend my days?

4 Zen Responses

Is death linked to weakness?

Thank you ttttt19892101 for your question.
What humans end up with is “death,” and when we think about it, we feel a “sense of weakness.”
There is something I can understand about your feelings.

By the way, why is “death” a “sense of weakness” (maybe a “sense of emptiness”) within you?
It's probably linked to.

My point of view is that “death” means everything is over, and if the goal is “death,”
I wonder if they feel that no matter what kind of life they live, it won't be anything after all
I think so.

I'm a monk of the Jodo Shinshu sect, so I'm going to answer based on that idea,
“Death” is [going to and being born] in Amitabha's country, also called “death.”
It's not an end, it's a new beginning.
It becomes a “Buddha” and works to guide sentient beings.

It's not about being reborn into another soul.

Why don't you think about “death” again?

While disgusted, I still spend my time

 If you're in the third year of middle school, it's probably around the time you're busy studying. Mr. Todo also wrote it, and I think he is probably thinking, “No matter how much effort you make now, no matter how much effort you make now, it's going to lead to death anyway, so it's probably the same no matter what (no matter what) you do.”
Or maybe they're thinking about reincarnation.
Your question is “Where do humans reach?” As an answer to this, I think “death” is certainly the correct answer. However, I feel that the intention to express it in one word is not very useful. Death due to a traffic accident tomorrow. Death comes when a major earthquake hits. Cancer was discovered at a young age, and death occurred. He died at the age of 70 and 80. Maybe they're in love. Maybe my consciousness is clear. Is it an illness, an accident, hunger, or war? How many family members do you have, friends, and peers. Although they are headed for the same “death,” each person arrives at a different “death.”
In other words, “What kind of death do you want to have?” I don't think thinking and designing is at least something humans can do. And how do you greet the day just before that? How do you greet a day or a year ago? I think we have the freedom to think about it.
If you're in the third year of middle school, I don't think you've been declared dead for the time being. So, I think “I know it will come someday, but the firing range is too far.” It's hard not being able to see ahead. that's why.
While disgusted, I still spend my time (Ozaki Yutaka “Graduation”). Even though it's vague now, I can see it as I spend my time. As you spend your time, you may be able to see things that “I'm not sick of it, it's not rough.”
I'm also a monk, so I have many opportunities to think about my own death. I'm quite a bit older than you, but I can only think of it as “I want to die in a peaceful environment.” What's more, it's just “for now, I think so for the time being.” And after that, it's about “leaving it up to Amida (since it's the Jodo sect).”
What kind of death would you like to do your best for the time being? You've probably seen images from conflict zones, images of earthquakes and tsunamis, and scenes of people dying in dramas. As that image develops, “What are you going to do now?” aimed at it However, there are times when it comes into view while being vaguely visible.
You feel that you are “thinking about what you need to think” very sincerely. I'm praying for your future.

Life is a video game.

Nice to meet you. This is Sayama from 500 Arakan-ji Temple.

Even when people die, they remain in someone else's heart.
Someone reminds me of it or makes offerings to graves.

You won't be able to see people who have died,
What that person has achieved and the words said by that person will remain.

I often replace my life with video games.
Before reaching an ending called “death” that comes to everyone,
Level up, gain skills,
Proof of being alive, do your best to be able to leave a mark on your nails,
Even if I die, I hope someone sees it and remembers it.

Rather than influencing someone when they're alive
It's kind of amazing, don't you think?

Do what you want to do within the time limit
If you think about whether you can get it done,
You probably don't have time to feel weak.

In order for me to have an ending that I am satisfied with,
I spend my days devoting myself to it.

We are always here and now to reach our goal 

Imagine the nearest station to your house.
That station is your first stop.
A transit station for someone.
A terminal station for someone.

Let's say you go out.
That station is the first train station.
But it's a passing point for life.
A final destination from the past.

Today's day
The course of life, a transit station.
The break up until yesterday. terminal station.
Also, the first train station will start again now.

Are you headed somewhere even when you're on the train?
The Buddha (enlightened person) lives here and now at all times.
No matter where I go, I don't live anywhere. The place where @ of my life is is the terminal station.
Still, it's always a good place to start again, and it's a passing point.
Even if I say I'm headed somewhere, I'll always go home, so even if I think I'm heading somewhere right now, I'm probably on my way home.
The next day, I'm going out somewhere again, so if you look at today's way home in the long run, it can also be said that I'm on my way.
Word games aside,
Speaking of what I want people to realize,
Please be aware that “the present is always the only thing.”
Now is the time to think ahead.
Isn't it now time to look back on the past?
The past and future are just a matter of the present.
I think it's a surprise.
Thoughts are current fantasies.
What happened ahead? This is what happened.
We should awaken to the fact that all of these are small thoughts within who we are now.
Flowers are flowers. When it's a bud, living a bud is a flower.
This body is always blooming now.
Even if yesterday withers, tomorrow's flowers don't bloom, or tomorrow's fruit doesn't bear fruit, it's always blooming ❝ now ❞.
Not even the future is happening at all.
The state of the Dharma is called Myōhō Renge.