What is the Point of Living?

Zen Master Bon Soeng talks about life and death and the preciousness of this moment. We have Dharma talks every Wednesday evening at the Empty Gate Zen Center in Berkeley.

[tmalonso]

wind chime melodies
are at their most beautiful
as the breeze settles


sorry for your loss

[alantlevin]

Yes. Great question. Great question! Love it!

[hahahahahjocelyn]

is it weird that i can imagine what that room smells like

[sorkeror]

We are all going to die, sure, but living might be worth it if there are good things in it, but why live when you realize that no good things are coming?

[Octavus]

Hmm... many mistakes here, IMHO. No purpose. Nothing precious. Moment to moment, live. If you seek a purpose, that's an attachment to the conventional worldview that divides things into ends and means. No end. No means. Just save all beings from suffering.

[williamtherambling]

our twisted fearful view of death is one of the biggest problems on this planet, the fear of creates all kinds of problems. be one

[kennhiser]

Surprising he doesn't know all the Castaneda books were fraudulent. Or perhaps he doesn't care. Still surprised regardless.