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zen is originally for the sake of birth and death, no other thing.

 

what do I mean by other things? arousing the mind and stirring

thoughts right now; having contrivance and artificiality; having

grasping and rejecting; having practice and realization; having purity

and defilement; having sacred and profane; having Buddhas and sentient

beings; writing verses and songs, composing poems and odes;

discoursing on Zen and the way; discoursing on right and wrong;

discoursing on past and present.

 

these various activities are not relevant to the issue of birth and

death; they are all " other things. "

 

Chien-ju

 

it doesn't matter. nor does anything you think or say.

 

..b b.b.

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Nisargadatta , " anabebe57 " <kailashana wrote:

>

> Nisargadatta , " roberibus111 " <Roberibus111@>

> wrote:

> >

> > zen is originally for the sake of birth and death, no other thing.

> >

> > what do I mean by other things? arousing the mind and stirring

> > thoughts right now; having contrivance and artificiality; having

> > grasping and rejecting; having practice and realization; having purity

> > and defilement; having sacred and profane; having Buddhas and sentient

> > beings; writing verses and songs, composing poems and odes;

> > discoursing on Zen and the way; discoursing on right and wrong;

> > discoursing on past and present.

> >

> > these various activities are not relevant to the issue of birth and

> > death; they are all " other things. "

> >

> > Chien-ju

> >

> > it doesn't matter. nor does anything you think or say.

> >

> > .b b.b.

> >

>

>

> In the matter of life and death, there is a story *born*,

> it's a subject with/of which we are enamored, night and day,

> day and night....

>

> The object is to use all the senses to perceive the object

> of/in awareness.

>

> ...And the question will always be: how can awareness be?

>

> Much love,

> Anna

 

 

 

 

 

nice question.

 

it doesn't matter.

 

..b b.b.