[Dogen] said if you want to say something about what a moment is, say that moment is arising. In Japnese the word for
arising is
ki. ... So, to explain moment, we can say
just arising or
arising only. Dogen said it is
kiya. Dogen's use of
ya, a strong affirmative, implies that he understood moment in a dynamic, nonconceptual sense. It is difficult to understand, but according to Dogen, arising appears as beings, the human world of existence. ...
Buddhism doesn't see the self [as an object], because when I am present in the domain of impermanence, I can't say who I am. I realize from the bottom of my mind that I exist, but I can't say anything at all about myself because there is no concept there. At that time I am just arising [kiya].