I have a question about Shoho Genzo's “Kaisei Koshan.”

　“If you don't read all of Shoho Genzo, you won't understand. But once you've read some, you'll understand everything.” I said it in a bossy manner, but there are times when you probably don't understand it sensibly without training. Academically, there is no such thing as a correct answer. I think it's hard to understand even if I explain it, but simply put, firewood is firewood. If it starts burning, it's burning firewood. Bonfire when burning. Ashes when it's finished burning. But it's all firewood. What you don't understand now is that you understand. That's why I already understand it.
It took until recently for this answer to be derived, but in fact, when this happens, I still don't understand it. If you understand it, it means you don't understand it. So the ascetic practice continues.
The same thing is shown in “Shoho Genzo: Life and Death Volume” and “Shoho Genzo: Ruthless Sermon Volume.” No, it's shown in everything, but I actually don't understand it.
Recently, the “Ima Sutra” was featured on NHK, and “Buddhism overwrites and preserves.” It was said. Exactly, in Buddhism, answers are piled up later, and I think it's as if there is no true right answer. Speaking of convenience, that's all, but I think I tried not to give correct answers as much as possible in order not to finish my ascetic practice or end my inquisitive mind. There are times when I disagree with people's opinions, but this amounts to greed, despicable, and abusive. It's so embarrassing.
First, practice training so that you can listen attentively to any opinions. Please practice ascetic practices that will encourage you not to create evil. If you do that, you may be able to understand what was naturally shown to Shoho Genzo. But once you understand it, you don't understand it.

(1) What do you mean by “firewood lives in the law of firewood, and there is foreground”?

I think it's fine to say that firewood exists in various causal relationships as much as possible, and since it depends on the causal relationship, it changes moment by moment from time to time (even if nothing seems to have changed at all).

(2) Assuming that “before and after” in the sentence “before and after,” the sentence immediately after that, “before and after,” is a paraphrase of “before” and “later,” what does “back and forth break” represent?

There are back and forth timelines, and even though it is a phenomenon that seems to be continuous at first glance, it is due to causal relationships that change every moment from time to time, so the conditions for their individual origins are different. So doesn't it mean that each phenomenon must be viewed as an individual one?
If you think about it together with the latter section, “Like winter and spring, it should probably be when it comes to spring and summer,” I think it's the same as saying that winter itself does not become spring, and spring itself does not mean that spring itself becomes summer.

(3) In the sentence “there is front and back, back and forth,” why are “there front and back” and “front and back intermittent” connected by “with back and forth”? When the target is analyzed before and after that, I think it is natural to think that the target is divided into front and back, but what is the purpose of daring to connect the two with reverse confirmation conditions here?

Even if each phenomenon is individual and should not be thought of as being continuous, I think it means that there is a line of front and back in life and death due to cause and effect. Winter does not become spring, but it is certain that spring will occur following winter, and I don't think it will happen from winter to summer, or winter again.

Dechnobo-sama

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

It's my humble understanding, but if I were to put it simply, let me say “discontinuous succession”...

It also reminds me of Kitaro Nishida's philosophy and Master Dharmakirti's instantaneous existence (instant death) argument...

Simply put, while there is only a discontinuity called “now” in an instantaneous moment, I wonder if the discontinuity called “now” at that moment can continuously have individual specific phase changes (effective effects)...

I humbly take it as one of the explanatory expressions by Dogen Zenji about “sky and fortune.”

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

Hello.

Previously, I wrote an answer to another person's question saying “Buddhist teachings enter through pores.”
Buddhism isn't about understanding what you hear with your ears or read with your own eyes.

Therefore, even if I answer the question here, I don't think I'll be convinced to the bottom of my stomach because in the end what I answered is a letter and something that people have no choice but to understand with their head.

While living our daily lives, what exactly is “back and forth, back and forth”? It's a good idea to think about all kinds of things. There may be a moment called “Oh I see” due to an accidental trigger.

Dogen Zenji also heard the term “physical and mental withdrawal” from his mentor, Jojo Zenji, and investigated this, and these words became an opportunity for enlightenment.

Along with the words in the previous question, I think it's a good idea to keep these words warm as your precious treasure.

“Even if I could teach, those are my views, and they are not meant to help open your eyes.”

In my previous question, I clearly misunderstood that they specialize in Dogen Zen. I'm sorry. I'll write it flat this time. However, with an answer full of such technical terms, I don't understand it because you can even get 9 thanks. well...

① When wood is cut down and dried, it becomes firewood. Well, when you burn wood, it turns to ash. The front of the firewood is wood, and the back of the firewood is ash. That's it. If you write it in kanji, it means “there is a front (ahead) and there is a back.” A tree has a front and back like a tree. Firewood has before and after being used as firewood. Ashes have before and after turning into ashes. Just as carbon circulates endlessly in the natural world, they have always been connected by having a front and a back.

② Disconnection is the opposite of connection. disconnection. Independence. individual. it's like that.
“There is a front and back” means that they are connected. The “back and forth line” means being independent. Therefore, “there is a front and back, but back and forth are interrupted,” meaning “even though they are all connected, they are independent.”

③
1. “I am me. You are you.” →General theory

2. “No, no, they're all connected. Cherishing those connections is a really smart way to live.” →Buddhist Studies
Reference↓
https://hasunoha.jp/questions/3160

3. “Well then I'm already connected to the Buddha, so I don't need to practice ascetic practices!” →Rebuttal to Buddhist theory

4. “Even if you are connected to the Buddha, humans are human, so be careful to be human. Since we are connected as humans, it is only when we are human that our connection with the Buddha becomes active. Right now, even if I skip being human, I'm just wasting my connections.” →Rebuttal of objection (here now)

This won't come true unless you know the life of Dogen Zenji. Dogen Zenji practiced ascetic practices at Mt. Hiei and was troubled by the question 3. Then, in order to settle this question, I sought a master teacher, and traveled all over the place for 10 years. Eventually, I studied abroad in China, and after having a further Sutamondah, I finally met a master teacher named Nyojo Zenji, and practiced under him to settle down. The answer is 4, and it is now a public plan.

To sum it up simply, the only time you eat rice is rice. Thinking about before and after studying or working while eating seems serious, and is actually just skipping food. When it's time to eat, it's rice. When you study, study. that's all. Right now, that's all in front of me. Not an afterlife, not a past life, just the present. Buddhism is the way to live like that. A way of life where suffering is not likely to occur.

Q ① What does “firewood lives in the law of firewood and has an earlier life”...?
A firewood originally grew in forests as trees. (Saki Ari) If that was just now “firewood,” then now the state (law) of firewood is complete. If you look at that firewood with human thought, there is a scene where it was a raw tree before it was cut down (there are thorns) and a scene where it was burned and burnt down to ashes (later). However, it is a view from above human thought.
The present case plan is a fact that has left that view of thought.
I'm talking about looking at the facts that the naked eye, ears, nose, tongue, and body have just seen, heard, and understood, which are absolutely nothing else.

Q ② What is “back and forth, but... back and forth interruption”?
Firewood A has a “tree (front)” appearance from 1 second before it was cut down, and there is a “later (after)” appearance (as expected) where it eventually returns to the soil.
In terms of human thought, we can think before and after, but the fact that the naked eye sees right now is a complete present state that has cut off the front and back (past and future).
For example, count 12345... 6... When it's “5,” there are no 4 or 6 before or after.
It's absolutely perfect for 5.
The true state of my present self is not what happened yesterday or earlier. There isn't even what it looked like a second ago. Even though they are all going to die, nothing has happened tomorrow, even one second from now.
It means that you are always ❝ cutting back and forth ❞ staying true to your definite “now.”
What you think and “reality” must be different.

Q ③ What is “back and forth, but back and forth, back and forth”?
In terms of thinking A, it is possible to “assume and infer” the flow and state of things going back and forth.
What is explained in the Kancheng Kōban is a fact that has left human thoughts and thoughts.
You should look at it with recklessness, ignorance, and unthought.
“Before” and “later” means “something that is not right in front of you right now,” no matter how far you go.
You must be dealing with your thoughts.
What isn't right in front of you right now should not have happened above yourself, either 1 second ago or 1 second away.
Let's say you missed an octopus on conveyor belt sushi.
The shrimp and tuna that came out next are no longer octopus.
It's another fish with a back and forth cut. Even if another octopus were to come, the parts and freshness would be different.
When I look at things with my thoughts, it seems ❝ that there are before and after the way things are ❞.
Right now, the current facts I'm aware of have nothing before.
It means that there are only current facts that have been decided back and forth.