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Are humans born to leave offspring?

Why are life forms on Earth born and kept alive in the first place?
In Buddhism, which does not preach gods or spirits, there is an empty thought, but is a collective body of consciousness where everything is integrated a so-called god in other religions?
The Buddha is said to be unrecorded, and I think the attitude is that those who believe can believe it is OK to believe.
However, with this, even after overcoming hardships, I don't understand the meaning of being kept alive, and I feel that it is easy to be misunderstood that the liberation you are aiming for is simply nothing.

There are pros and cons to gods and spirits in Buddhism. What do you think?

4 Zen Responses

Rethinking ignorance

Hello.

“Are humans born to leave offspring?” is a biological question related to reproductive activity to leave offspring.

However, if you look at the content of the question, it doesn't seem like you're asking that biological question very much, and it also seems like the direction of thinking about Buddhism in relation to other religions.

I have the impression that the point of discussion has not been decided, but I understand that “ignoring” means not daring to answer metaphysical questions (problems that cannot be clear with or without) that are not directly involved in living while suffering.

Even though you are living as a Buddhist, is the question of whether you are a god or soul from another religion an urgent issue in your Buddhism and practice? Is it essential to solve these problems in your intended teachings and practices?

Since the Buddha dared to take the method of not writing, I felt that it would be good to go back and reconsider it once again.

Something to be thankful for

I read it.

The sight of new shoots appearing, leaves spreading, warm light pouring in, and flowers blooming is amazing, isn't it?

It would be great if children were born and grew up. Whether it's your own child or someone else's child.

I would be happy if the Buddha, gods, and ancestors watched over us, and I feel grateful that all kinds of people and things have blessed us.

I feel very grateful, precious, and happy to have been blessed with such a relationship.

And I am very thankful that I came across Buddhism.

That's because I'm thankful (it's difficult to have, it's not easy).

I think Buddhism takes away all of our suffering and accepts everything by feeling it as it is.

I think there are a lot of things to think about whether it's nothing, there is, or it's empty. I think it's fine for each person to have their own ambition and way of life. That's because they have their own way of thinking and perception.

Under such circumstances, I think it's most important to “take care of your feet” and look at things close to your feet and things close to you.

Also, if you don't mind, please let me know your opinions and thoughts.

If you don't mind, please play an active role for yourself and for people while forming a relationship at Hasunoha. We look forward to welcoming you. And I support you from the bottom of my heart.

Bodhicitta is more important than enlightenment over nirvana

My name is Tange, a Zen monk.
Like many denominations, there are places in the Zen industry that do not allow compromise in the pursuit of Buddhism. Even under such circumstances, there are few people in any era who are truly called the Shoshigaya/Shoshi. However, that doesn't mean they aren't there, so it's important to learn from those people's footprints (anri).
I have seen many people who have learned the true meaning of Buddhism after being meditated for many years, and people who have become so-called people who don't do anything, and people who have learned that in order to understand = the true meaning and meaning of Buddhism, they “completed it” there and no further development. There is no proselytism, there is no altruism. I'm going to talk about things I've had questions about for many years, and recently I'm convinced that's still the case. I hope it will be helpful.
Dogen Zenji explains the importance of improving the Buddha and nurturing one and a half people (large religious families, big figures). It explains that if you meet a master who addresses the supreme bodhi, you should pursue the content of the bodhi itself without disliking appearance, actions, or faults. The supreme bodhi clearly shows the answer to that supreme mind of the person's bodhisattva heart. The supreme heart is the bodhisattva mind, and it is the desire to seek the supreme heart that pursues the supreme and supreme heart without compromise, so as a result, once Buddhism is revealed, the mind has no other place to go and a settlement is made. However, even when the settlement was made, Shakyamuni did not end there. It must have been proselytizing, preaching, and parading as an agent leading many people to peace by explaining the degree of sentience and the way humans are. People who say they are fine if they realize it themselves, and the splendor of that enlightenment, and the spirit of sharing that peace of mind and spreading it to many people will not be known as great treasure or treasure, and before the vaccine spreads, humanity will self-destruct due to the flames of worry and selfishness. Buddhism should be the law that harms all human afflictions and mental illnesses. It must be said that the reason why it doesn't function or doesn't work like that even though it should be, is that we still have a low level of Bodhi mentality, and that there are places where we sit back and slack off in Buddhism. There are probably many people who say that I have revealed the Dharma or understood Buddhism, but if that is the case, making that merit reach from children to uneducated people can also be said to be a practice of Bodhicitta and Bodhi Dharma.

I'm not at all satisfied with Mr. Tange's answer (laughs)

Mr. Hiromu Ito

I'm not at all satisfied with Mr. Tange's answer (laughs)

I hope you can also refer to this humble answer (by all means, Mr. Tange's punchy answer)
https://hasunoha.jp/questions/21637

The concept is slightly different from God, but of course, it is possible that the Dharma of Buddha exists, and there is a slight misunderstanding when it is called a psychic, but even after death, the minute consciousness that controls reincarnation causes the body (intention body, intention body), so it may be OK to say it that way, but it is important to note that they do not actually exist, including the Buddha's Dharma. (Everything is auspicious and empty)

Of course, the body in the middle and later stages will be influenced by the materials, environment, etc. in the world of the next birth.

Also, the world is empty, not nothing, and it is precisely because we are lucky that we are enlightened from hesitation, and nirvana is established from ignorance. If it is something that has nothing or substance, then there should be nothing that can be established as such. Our various hesitations and sufferings, too.

The fact that there is hesitation and suffering means that of course there is a causal relationship, and it is Shakyamuni who clarified that causal relationship and explained the causal relationship to enlightenment and nirvana.

Of course, the causes and relationships that occur in our world of confusion and suffering are due to karma, and depending on that work, it leads to the next, and the next.

My current state of affairs is uncertain and suffering, and if I want to do something about it, it is necessary to improve the cause and effect of karma through Buddhism (although not limited to Buddhism).

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho