What is the Point of Living?

Zen Master Bon Soeng talks about life and death and the preciousness of this moment. We have Dharma talks every Wednesday evening at the Empty Gate Zen Center in Berkeley.
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[@tmalonso]

wind chime melodies are at their most beautiful as the breeze settles sorry for your loss

[@alantlevin]

Yes. Great question. Great question! Love it!

[@sorkeror]

We are all going to die, sure, but living might be worth it if there are good things in it, but why live when you realize that no good things are coming?

[@hahahahahjocelyn9849]

is it weird that i can imagine what that room smells like or.............?

[@TheFracturedfuture]

There is no point and we don't need one. Remember when we were kids we had so much purpose? Yeah me either, that's because we didn't give a s*** about purpose, we just lived and that was enough.

[@elizabethp6209]

yes, thank you!

[@EmptyGateZenCenterBerkeley]

You are welcome!!

[@ariyanwijaya270]

Basically he didnt know the answer.

[@rowgler1]

It's like a shrink saying "how does that make you feel?" Didn't answer my question. Kind of wanted an answer, but got some time wasted instead.

[@williamtherambling3334]

our twisted fearful view of death is one of the biggest problems on this planet, the fear of creates all kinds of problems. be one

[@Octavus5]

Hmm... many mistakes here, IMHO. No purpose. Nothing precious. Moment to moment, live. If you seek a purpose, that's an attachment to the conventional worldview that divides things into ends and means. No end. No means. Just save all beings from suffering.

[@kennhiser]

Octavus5 save all beings? Who are they but the same as me? Otherwise duality. There is subjective and objective truths we must all live with and against.

[@Octavus5]

That's implicitly understood.

[@tituobaklat6275]

Jedi Robe

[@kennhiser]

Surprising he doesn't know all the Castaneda books were fraudulent. Or perhaps he doesn't care. Still surprised regardless.

[@danielm.4346]

Like totally useless.