In the last few sentences, Dogen tries to make more remarks of the first sentence of this chapter. In the culmination of its quest, the great way of all Buddhists is transparent emancipation and realization. He tries to make more remarks of this meaning, of the meaning of this statement in a correct way, a concrete way. I think, I'm afraid, Dogen's

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explanation will be a little difficult to understand. I hope Dogen's mention will strike your heart, even though you don't understand what it is. But maybe Dogen's mention touch your, touch the core of your heart. That's enough. Zen master Engo said, life is manifestation of the total dynamism. Death is the manifestation of the total dynamism. You should clarify and penetrate this utterance in practice. Life is the manifestation of the total dynamism.

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Death is the manifestation of the total dynamism. Yesterday I mentioned, your life is yours, completely yours and not yours. It means your life is absolutely universal. Manifestation of the total dynamism means universal. Universal nose, universal eyes, universal mouth, universal ears, universal navels, whatever. So from this, in this respect, the birth, life and death come into existence under the same conditions, so-called manifestation of total dynamism.

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Under the same conditions, so-called universal manifestation. What you must penetrate is this. Although the principle of life is the manifestation of the total dynamism covers all the world and all space without concern for beginnings or endings, not only does it not hinder any life as the manifestation of the total dynamism, it doesn't even hinder any death as the manifestation of the total dynamism. Although when death is the manifestation of the total dynamism, it covers all the world

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and all space, not only does it not impede death as the manifestation of the total dynamism, it does not even impede life as the manifestation of the total dynamism. Okay, now what you have to consider, what you have to consider, if you may say, if you may say there is some purpose of human life, okay, this is the point which you have to take into account. Life is the manifestation of total dynamism, death is the manifestation of total dynamism. Although the principle of life is the manifestation of the total dynamism covers all the worlds, all space, as mentioned before, the life and death

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both is based on the same conditions, so-called total dynamism, so-called universal manifestation, okay, universal. Now without concern for beginnings or endings, it's pretty hard to say when total dynamism, manifestation of total dynamism starts to work, it's pretty hard, it's pretty hard because it covers all the world and all space, huge, so it's pretty hard, that's why without concern for beginnings or endings, okay, you don't know what it is, I don't know either, but anyway you can imagine, you know, you can imagine how big, no word, no explanation, you know, how big it is. When death, death as a manifestation of, you don't know when the death as a manifestation of

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total dynamism starts to work, you don't know, the moment when you realize death starts, you're already dead, you're already dead, okay, that's great, you know, that's good, when you realize, when you realize this point, it is provisionally called you are Buddha, okay, you are Buddha, how wonderful. So without concern for beginnings or endings, now you don't know when, when death is end, when the end of the death is, you don't know, okay, nobody, nobody knows when, nobody knows what is the beginning of death, the end of death,

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nobody knows, nobody knows the beginning of the life or the end of the life, no, you don't know, okay, not only does it not hinder life as a manifestation of the total, that's why this total manifestation, okay, manifestation of total dynamism, you know, is huge, monstrous expense, okay, of beings, so it doesn't hinder, it doesn't disturb your life, also it doesn't disturb your death too, okay, even though you don't like, you don't like death, please go ahead, please go ahead, so don't worry about the death, don't worry about the life,

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it doesn't, although when death is the manifestation of the total dynamism, it covers all the world and all space, not only does it not impede death as a manifestation of the total dynamism, so total dynamism, manifestation of total dynamism doesn't disturb your death, okay, the moment when the airplane is out of water, excuse me, okay, nobody say, I'm sorry for you, would you die with the airplane, nobody say that, you know, I'm sorry, even though you paid a hundred, four hundred dollars, even though you paid already a thousand dollars in order to go to Japan, please, total manifestation of total dynamism doesn't disturb, doesn't disturb your death, okay,

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therefore, life doesn't impede death, okay, now, life and death, both is not different, okay, between the two, the same, completely same, so it is called manifestation of total dynamism, using according to my words, it is universal, okay, universal manifestation, even though I hate, I hate my lecture in English, well, it's pretty hard, okay, really hard, really hard, but always manifestation of total dynamism carries my lectures,

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life doesn't impede death, death doesn't impede life, okay, all the world, all space exists equally within life, within death, okay, everything is the same, okay, your life, your death, my life, my death exist completely equally within life and death, okay, this doesn't mean, however, that one single world or one single space is totally dynamic, dynamically worked within life and within death, if Dawkin explained like this, life is really based on manifestation of total dynamism,

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you think, well, if so, maybe total dynamism creates life and death, it seems oneness, okay, one thing, one thing, then always, wherever, regardless of whether you like or dislike, that total dynamism creates your death, creates your death or birth, but Dawkin says that total dynamism is not something like that, that's why he said this doesn't mean, however, that one single world, there doesn't exist something like one single world, so-called total dynamism, okay, or one single space, no, is totally dynamically worked within life and within

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death, so-called something like a total dynamism creates life or death, I don't think so, if so, what it is, what it is, though this is not oneness, okay, this is not oneness, Dawkin says, this, the word this, that this is the entire dynamic structure, okay, dynamic structure, what is dynamic, so, though the entire total dynamic structure is not oneness, okay, not oneness, so-called, if you use a word which is very intimate with you, okay, the absolute, or absolute,

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or God, or Buddha, okay, or devil, devil always disturb your life, but devil doesn't control your life, but you always create one devil, big devils, this devil is same, terrible devil and holy devil, holy devil, holy devil is Buddha, or God, miserable devil is monster, neutral devil is something like a Casper, something like a Casper, which just appears in a comic, a TV comic, a Casper, I like a Casper, you know, very cute,

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although this is not oneness, okay, this is not, total dynamism is not oneness, if so, what it is, it is not difference, it is not difference, if so, there are two things, there are two things called total dynamism, which produce life and death, no, though it is not difference, it is not difference, it is not sameness, sameness, if it is not different, what it is, it is not same, so total dynamism and life and death is not same, it's not different, it's not oneness, it's not sameness, it's not, if so, what it is, it's not, though it is not sameness, this is not multi multifariousness,

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multifariousness, it is not oneness, it is not difference, it is not sameness, it is not multifariousness, what, can you imagine what life and death is? I think you should stop from now on, okay, creating your life and death, you can't, because your life and death is completely universal, if therefore, therefore, within life, there are multitudinous, within life, therefore, within life, there are multitudinous,

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dharmas manifesting their total dynamic working, and within death, there are multitudinous, dharmas manifesting their total dynamic working, so there is something, there is something, you may say there is something, if you may say there is something, it is called, it is called, you know, life and death, or your nose, your eyes, okay, mouth, your head, philosophy, psychology, American, Japanese, manifesting, manifesting their total dynamic working, okay, that's all,

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okay, in other words, in the world of total dynamic working, what you cannot define, you cannot define what it is, there are many lifestyle, okay, there are many lifestyle, because that is completely universal, that is very clean, very bright, undefiled, okay, that's why many things can exist, ears, nose, mouth, head, psychology, western psychology, oriental psychology, and tai chi, and Japanese dance, and whatever, and the manifestation of their total dynamic working exists within what is neither life or death,

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okay, if so, the manifestation of total dynamic working exists within what is neither life nor death, so completely flat, completely flat, not Caspers, not holy devil, not miserable devil, not oneness, not difference, not sameness, completely flat, nothing, in the manifestation of the total dynamic working, there is life and there is death, okay, that's why life and death comes into existence, if so, what is dynamic working, therefore, the total dynamic working

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of birth and death could be likened to the bending and extending of a young man's arm, or to a person reaching back for his pillow in the night, pretty nice, huh, pretty nice, pretty nice, the bending and extending doesn't disturb, doesn't disturb your arm, okay, the same arm, same arm is working as a bending, as a extending, okay, under the same level, under the same condition, so-called arm, then arm start to work, so-called bending and extending, there is no disturbance, okay, or to a person reaching back, reaching back for his pillow in the night, in the night,

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let's imagine in the night, well, where is the pillow, where is the pillow, you know, when you get some, there is someone, there is someone who get up, got up, who gets up, no, who get up at night with a dream, you know, get up, but you open eye, but still you sleep, get up, and you are wondering, hey, hey, where are you going, like this, oh, I want to go to the bathroom, bathroom this way, oh, I see, you open eyes, like this, same things, you know, at night, you are searching, searching pillows at night,

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it means, you know, it means, it doesn't mean, it doesn't mean you, you are groping, you are groping for your head, for your head in your dream, you thought, what, where is my head, the moment when you see your reflection, a reflection of your head on the mirror, you know, you couldn't find your head, what, where is my head, and then you start to grop for your head, where is my head, but unfortunately, mirror is completely upside down, that mirror doesn't accept your head, but the moment when you see, oh, where is my head, looking at the backside of the mirror, it doesn't mean that, okay,

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total dynamic is like a person reaching the back for his pillow in the night, means no suggestions, no principles, no any good ideas, no germination of any subtle science, in other words, no light, you know, if philosophy gives you some good idea, well, the world is created by the absolute, wow, good, you know, you are very feel relaxed, oh, wonderful, if no idea, who created this world, in the beginning, in the beginning, someone says it's chaos, by chaos, chaos creates the world, aha, what's chaos, what's chaos, but even if the idea of the world chaos make you feel good,

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but no germination of any subtle idea, so called Buddha or God or the absolute or chaos, nothing, you are completely upset, but total dynamic working is like a dark room, dark room, no suggestion, no ideas, no idea of absolute, but pillow is there, you know, pillow is there, okay, completely pillow is there, always, and then you start to research, okay, pillow is there, but no suggestion, but no suggestion, there is no suggestion, no germination of any subtle idea, so called Buddha or God or any kind of ideas,

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but pillow is there, this pillow is dynamic total working, okay, what sustains, sustains your life and death, your nose, your mouth, your head, psychology, western psychology, western oriental psychology, Buddhist psychology, and so on, it is manifested by means of the great many all-pervading powers radiating radiant brightness within it, you know, in the verse of Buddhist funeral service, we have an echo for funeral service, at that time, this echo says, very interesting, you know, this echo gives to the

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death, birth and death, birth and death, birth and death is like, like that seasons, seasons change in turn, okay, in turn, the coming of birth and death is like that lightning thunder echoes in the sky, the going of the birth and death is like that the waves turn into ocean,

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okay, pretty nice, pretty nice, do you think so? You know, so far, you think of what life and death, you take the life and death very strictly, you know, seriously, of course, you have to think, because your life and death, you have to think, that's why Dogen says you should clarify, okay, and penetrate what was birth and death, but if you take the too much serious, you know, birth and death, that's too seriousness, extreme seriousness create more trouble in your life and death, okay, in Buddhism, life and death is like a water, like a water, coming down from the top of the, to the bottom, that's how, very nice, very nice,

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okay, if you imagine the scene, when you are about to death, you know, I mentioned office, you know, hijackers, against the stomach, and then look at that death, wow, terrible, you know, how terrible, when you take the life and problem of life and death extremely seriousness, serious, it looks like something like that, you know, wow, wait, wait, but strictly speaking, when you are right in the death, right in the midst of the life and death, it's very simple, like a stream of the water, you know, it's fine, Eko says, Eko,

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for funeral service, you know, life and death is like that seasons in turn change, the coming of birth and death is like that, the lightning thunder echoes in the sky, boom, that's all, you know, boom, that's all, you know, boom, no excuse, it's not necessary to say excuse, I'm sorry, Katagiri, Katagiri, when I try to say to me, I'm sorry for Katagiri, I'm already death, I'm already die, then the life and death, the going of the life and death is like the,

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you know, the ocean, the waves return to the ocean, very nice, very nice, if you understand this point, then I think you will realize there is some great suggestion, great suggestion which is called great enlightenment, enlightenment, it is called great transparent manifestation, manifestation, then it is manifested by means of the great many all-pervading powers and radiant brightness within it, all-pervading powers, means wisdom, okay, means wisdom,

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when you realize this point, you have wisdom, you have wisdom, because wisdom enables your insight to see through the deep down nature of being, life and death, and radiant brightness means buddhist, buddhist compassion, okay, buddhist compassion, if you realize, if you realize this point, at that time it is called wisdom, you get wisdom, and then this wisdom, it gives great relief, gives freedom from life and death, it is radiant brightness,

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buddhist compassion, when it is thus manifested, since the total dynamic working is being activated by the manifestation, it is thought that it has not been manifest prior to the present manifestation, however, prior to its present manifestation was the previous manifestation of the total dynamic working, although there was a previous manifestation of the total dynamic working, it doesn't impede the present manifestation of the total dynamic working, there is reason for competing manifestations of such thoughts, well, did you understand? Great, it means, well, as mentioned the other day about the great pianist,

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when he is performing his piano, uh, the performing, playing piano is not the work on unassembled lines, just hitting, striking the notes, I don't think so, important point, point for him is that he has to reach the composer's, composer's soul, so-called Belvin's soul, Bach's soul, okay, Bach's soul, that time you can create very, what would you call, mysterious mood of concert,

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because pianist completely planted into the Belvin's souls, and then, but if you, if he is, he's still stay with the Belvin's soul, in the world of his own piano, it is not good enough, in order to be free from piano and Belvin's souls, when he completely planted into Belvin's soul, he is not conscious, he is not conscious of the, when he plant into Belvin's souls, he is not conscious of himself, who is now,

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becoming one with Belvin's soul, because he completely forgets time and space, old time, so-called Belvin's soul and present time, so-called performance, performance soul, at that time, he really creates great concert, which can help impressing the audience, becoming one with composer's soul and pianist's soul, okay,

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okay, because there is just the manifestation of total dynamic, okay, how can I explain about this, pianist's soul or Belvin's soul or oneness with the Belvin's soul, you know, or completely a great concert, no, you cannot, you cannot explain it, what, how great it is, but there is great, something great, which cannot, which cannot help, which enables you to attract, to be attracted by this concert, that's why there is, if there is something to tell you, it's called the manifestation of total dynamic,

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that's all, including, including pianist, Belvin's soul, audience, going beyond time, old time and present time and future time, okay, it is called great concert, it is called great paint, if you see the great paint picture, painted by Goff or any other great painter, you are immediately attracted, attracted by the painting, then someone says, why is it great, would you explain why is it, why, you can't explain, but great, but great, all you can say is great, great, because you are completely attracted

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by this picture, this great is, greatness is the manifestation of total dynamic, working, which painter has, paint heart, which you who is looking at this heart, okay, that's why Dugin says, although there was a previous manifestation of the total dynamic working, it doesn't impede the present manifestation of the total dynamic working, okay, the previous time doesn't disturb your present time, okay, it is of a dynamic working,

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okay, so whatever philosophy, Buddhism or Christianity, Buddhism is not the merely a glory of history in Buddhism, okay, the Japanese culture is not merely glory of the Japanese history, okay, which Japanese created, American culture is not merely glory of Americans and their histories, whenever you create something so-called American culture, Japanese culture, Buddhism or whatever, painting or, the greatness within them goes beyond old time or present time or future time, okay,

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that is greatness, if so, all you have to do, so you can plunge into the old time, time in old, okay, old time created by great painter, great composer, composers, music composers, and then you can show right now, when you, and then through this manifestation of dynamic working, you can create your life, at that time your life is so-called culture, okay, your life create culture, so-called American culture, okay, not this life create culture, okay, I'm sorry,

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it's pretty hard to explain what dynamic total working, but I think, I hope, I hope you will touch a little, slightly, the core of what's life and death is, what's dynamic, what's total dynamism in life and death, okay, sometimes, no, not sometimes, always in Buddhism, you will realize lots of technical term, conditioned origination, emptiness or egolessness, or you're always stuck, you know, you're always stuck in this word, what,

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but if you try to explain the total dynamism in life and death, it's, logically speaking, it is provisionally called conditioned origination, or the, or transparency emancipation, or evanescence, or emptiness, or egolessness, okay, even though you understand egolessness or emptiness, it's a, it is really nonsense, unless you can put it, put them into practice, as the total dynamism in life and death, okay, so total dynamism is not the Buddha mentioned the other day,

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according to the monk's questions, after cutting the earthworm, the birth piece of the earthworm moves, which too has a Buddha nature, the master says, don't fool yourself, but he thinks, he thinks, this monk says, Buddha is total dynamic, dynamism in life and in death, so this piece of the earthworm is moving, okay, moving, this moving is Buddha, why he said, don't fool myself, then he doesn't understand, so he said, both is moving, both is moving, okay, both is moving is not Buddha, okay,

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both is moving is not the dynamic, total dynamism in life, okay, that's why Dogen says, it's not oneness, it's not difference, it's not sameness, it's not multitudiousness, okay, it says, because it implies, this explanation implies, that leads you to turn into dynamic, total dynamism in life itself, itself, okay, itself, always, moment after moment, okay, that's why not oneness, the moment where you say, total dynamism is my life, then you always, you know, get the energies in your life, walk, chanting, it's not total dynamism, it's not oneness, it's not difference, it's not sameness,

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it's not multitudiousness, okay, what should you do, that's gone, okay, what should you do, that's why I always say, do your best, do your best, do your best, thank you very much.

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