Question: What is the “self” D.T. Suzuki refers to?
Complete question: D.T. Suzuki: “By the aid of the Sutras and by enquiring into the doctrines he has come to understand something; he has found the traces. He now knows that things, however multitudinous, are of one substance, and that the…
Question : I often hear that zen is rigorous.
Answer:
Rigour is a steadfast mind. When we do something, all kinds of thoughts appear in our mind, but we let them pass and we stay in direct contact with the real thing.
Being rigorous is not clenching our teeth or being a fascist.…
Question : What is the difference between rebirth and reincarnation?
Answer:
When we talk about reincarnation, there is a notion of an eternal entity, a soul that would enter the body at one point, and leave it at death. A soul is embodied and disembodied.
That is not the buddhist point of view, even if…
