03-07-2011, 12:00 AM
If there is no more selfimportance, is there an 'I' to face death?
One of the ways the path of zen is formulated is
'To resolve the great matter of birth and death'
When you do so - you no long fear death, because you know there is no-death and no-birth.
This of course comes from a personal experience you must have yourself.
you have to died completely on the meditation cushion to go there, or shoot all day to zero till you die completely in it. This means that there is no body, no mind, no color, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch etc
One of the ways the path of zen is formulated is
'To resolve the great matter of birth and death'
When you do so - you no long fear death, because you know there is no-death and no-birth.
This of course comes from a personal experience you must have yourself.
you have to died completely on the meditation cushion to go there, or shoot all day to zero till you die completely in it. This means that there is no body, no mind, no color, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch etc