Can you throw your body for something?

[Kakunen]

Can you throw your body for something?

I think this is difficult theme for Buddhist.But this is mission of bodhisattva.

I feel I find way of bodhisattva after come to this Temple,several year training at Zen.

Let us know your honesty answer.

Gassho
Sat today
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[Kyonin]

Hi Kakunen,

Do you mean if we are willing to give our lives for someone else?

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Kakunen]

Hi Kakunen,

Do you mean if we are willing to give our lives for someone else?

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

Kyonin SAN

Sorry for bad English.

In Japanese 仏道に身を投げ入れることはできますか？

Umm...

Can you keep to live as bodhisattva?

To live calm and help neighbors naturally...

Gassho
Sat today
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[Shokai]

Can you keep to live as Bodhisattva?
??Why Not??

live gently, do no harm , help others.
meanwhile, Just Sit

gassho, Shokai

stlah

[Jundo]

仏道に身を投げ入れることはできますか？

Translation: Can you really throw yourself (fully) into the Buddha Way.

[Kakunen]

??Why Not??

live gently, do no harm , help others.
meanwhile, Just Sit

gassho, Shokai

stlah

What do you mean ,why not?

Sorry I can not understand English well.

Gassho
Sat today
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[Jundo]

why not? = できない理由はないはず.

[Kakunen]

Translation: Can you really throw yourself (fully) into the Buddha Way.

Jundo

Thank you for translating my scribe.
ありがとうございます。

Sat today
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[Kakunen]

??Why Not??

live gently, do no harm , help others.
meanwhile, Just Sit

gassho, Shokai

stlah

I can understand what you said,translate by Jundo.

Feel power of you,I want to know more detail but depend on you.

Now I remember hard way to reach this feeling,and I am little bit scared for future.

Sorry for bad English.

Gassho
Sat today
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[Kyonin]

Hi Kakunen,

I think it is possible to throw yourself completely into service of all sentient beings. That's exactly what this practice is about. We sit zazen and then we go out to the world and live our lives creating conditions for live to keep on going.

Yes, it is possible. You do it. I do it.

Gassho,

Sat/LAH

[Jakuden]

Selfish thoughts always come. But I practice not to act on them. I try to do good for others instead. I am better at it than I used to be, but practice never ends.

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

[Shinshi]

Hi Kakunen,

I think it is possible to throw yourself completely into service of all sentient beings. That's exactly what this practice is about. We sit zazen and then we go out to the world and live our lives creating conditions for live to keep on going.

Yes, it is possible. You do it. I do it.

Gassho,

Sat/LAH

I agree with Kakunen that is is possible to completely throw yourself into service of all sentient beings. But the more important thing is to just start. Don't worry if it is all of you, some of you, a tiny bit of you - just take the step. Get started. Worrying about how much of yourself you are committing will likely just get in the way.

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Kakunen]

I will log off at here,because I start Sesshin till 18th.

Thank you for answer my ask.And waiting for your answer.

I come back 19th.

Gassho
Nine bows
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[Jundo]

Don't forget that service to others begins with care for the self. One has to be strong, calm and healthy to help others, and that includes taking care to rest oneself.

It is like putting on the oxygen mask in the airplane. One puts the mask on oneself in order to help others.

http://hardcorezen1.dogensanghalosan.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/oxygen-mask-281x300.png

The Buddha spoke of many ways to help people. Offering food, shelter and other material goods is one way. Offering support and friendship is another. Offering Buddhist Teachings so that people can know Liberation is another.

Sometimes the way to help people is to give them a fish, but better to teach them to fish for themselves. (Famous ことわざ )

In Buddhist stories, sometimes a poor man could only donate a handful of food, while a powerful or rich person can feed thousands of people. The Buddha praised both.

Gassho, J

SatToday

[Getchi]

HeThankyou for this question, and the opinions above.

I think as long as you consider this issue, and how to be boddhisatva, then you ARE the "throwing your whole being into buddha". As long as you care, you are prajna, if com passion is existing, then wisdom exists, even if we fail nothing is ever less.

Life-and-Death is the only thing worth considering, and if com passion exists, buddha exists.

When asked about substituting ingredients in his recipe, Mario Battalli said "if its TRUE, then its real".

I think proof is in the pudding, if understanding, com passion and tolerance are important to us, then our living is buddha-itself.


I can not say this clearly but please trust you ARE throwing your whole life into buddhism, right now, perfectly.


LaH, SatToday

Gassho,
Many Metta.

[Mp]

Hey Kakunen,

There is an old saying my granny thought me, "You can't love others until you love yourself". gassho2 Doing so is not a selfish act, but an act that benefits all beings.

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Kakunen]

I come back from Sesshin.

I read your scribe.Thank you very much.

And I am only Japanese at here,and maybe my level of reading English is most low.

But I keep on practicing here,reason why I feel different feeling from Japanese Buddhism.

Almost Buddhist in Japan is business man,so I worry about this and be influenced by them.

Anyway,I need to express my feeling now.

From my childhood,my family at violence.

And I feel I am a father of my parents.

So difficult to grow my good ego,so I can’t save myself first.

This is what start point of my Buddhism way.

But Zazen can grow right power of decision.

So before I leave Tokyo,separating family,I feel in deep mind.

I didn’t live my own life.

I accept this fact,so I can understand what Jundo and Shingen said.

I did only hard practice for 17year,after my father run away.

But I realize that hard practice is easy to do.And incrise ego.

So I stop doing such practice.

Reason why I make this thread is now this theme is important for me,and you.

I will keep right practice.

Gassho
Sat today.
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[Jakuden]

gassho2

Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

[Geika]

Let us all keep right practice. :)

Gassho, sat today, lah

[Kyonin]

Dear K,

Yes, we keep right practice but together as family.

You are not alone. You have us all and we have you.

Please smile.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Kakunen]

Dear K,

Yes, we keep right practice but together as family.

You are not alone. You have us all and we have you.

Please smile.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

Kyonin

I write about cry and smile.

Start winter Sesshin at Myotokuji page.

I can find important thing.

Gassho
Sat today
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[Tai Shi]

Why not donate body for school or science! Seems right to me sat today gassho