One Bright Pearl Part 2

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[@donovansnyder2898]

When you were asked how many births and deaths must one go through I believe the answer is "one." Since there is no self, each of us as "selves" only under go birth and death once.

[@danielremete4214]

No birth No death

[@Teller3448]

"I believe the answer is "one." Thats the materialism Buddha denied.

[@HardcoreZen]

Another orthodox Buddhist answer would be none.

[@pearlyung]

For me science particularly quantum physics helped me understand Buddhist philosophy. The other person is Alan Watts, the entertainer.

[@Teller3448]

The Buddhist philosophers of history didnt understand quantum physics or even Newtonian physics....or even that the earth is round. They didnt even know how to make matches.

[@not-one-not-two]

Hi Brad, do you do 1-1 consultations?

[@HardcoreZen]

If you show up to one of my retreats I do dokusan. The schedule is at hardcorezen.info/events

[@not-one-not-two]

@@HardcoreZen I can't come as I am based in Australia

[@not-one-not-two]

​@@HardcoreZen I am doing my Jukai soon Brad, I can't afford a new Rakasu or know how to make one. Do you know anyone selling one for around $150aud?

[@HardcoreZen]

@@not-one-not-two Sorry! I have no idea. Whoever you're doing juke with must know!

[@donovansnyder2898]

Granted that a self is born and dies in each moment, that is simply an example of impermanence.

[@Teller3448]

The founder of Buddhism did NOT say that a self is born and dies in each moment...only that the self is not identical with anything conditional and impermanent.

[@joeg3950]

Yup. But, I'll stop there.

[@elzoog]

I know that Tim's mother was a radical Christian. How I know this is, one time his brother was visiting and Tim asked if he wanted some tea. The brother said something like, "I don't want tea or anything else." Tim's response was "You've been talking to mom lately." and one of the students went ahead and made tea for him.

[@HardcoreZen]

Interesting!

[@StevenSmolak]

🙏🏻🌎❤️ Hard to believe Dogen not being read like wildfire, so glad to hear the ban explanation, for I would have been puzzled by it and suspended in disbelief the remainder of our time together... 😅

[@donovansnyder2898]

Faith really has nothing to do with rational, logical reliance on empirical evidence, experience and likelihood . This is in response to your assertion that you had "faith" that your water was not poisoned. Didn't the Buddha say don't trust in opinion, scripture, and "even if I said it" unless it comports with your own reason and common sense?

[@kevindole1284]

I think in this context, "faith" might be better understood as trusting that those who came before were telling the truth and not just making stuff up.

[@Teller3448]

"Faith really has nothing to do with rational, logical reliance on empirical evidence" Faith means not-wanting-to-know.

[@kevindole1284]

@@Teller3448 if I have never been somewhere before, but someone else has, I am not being illogical or irrational or "not wanting to know" by having faith that the place exists and that they can take me there. You seem to be very fixed on a specific meaning of the word "faith." I have tried to share a wider definition with you but you do not seem to accept it. We are not communicating, so I will discontinue comments in this thread. Be well.

[@Teller3448]

@@kevindole1284 "I am not being illogical or irrational or "not wanting to know" by having faith" For centuries people had faith in a FLAT earth. They had faith not just in ONE testimony but in hundreds of affirmations they shared with whole communities. They were "very fixed in a specific meaning"...and behold, they were all wrong.

[@dr.jeffreyzacko-smith324]

Maybe writing was Zazen for Dogen … and/or like many writers (myself included) he just felt compelled to write! ❤

[@Teller3448]

Is masturbation a form of Zazen...or playing frisbee?

[@kraz007]

Is that Ziggy as a puppy?

[@HardcoreZen]

It's Ziggy when we got him from the rescue.