Question
But then, Master, what is it that reincarnates??
Sergio
Answer from Master Kosen
Hello, Sergio:
Careful! So far we have not spoken about reincarnation… In Zen practice, we do not speak about reincarnation. We speak about the here and now, about what can be experienced directly. So through zazen you can experience prajna—wisdom. You can experience ‘it’ without
words, without expectations, and without doubts. You can experience the world of Awakening and understand that you live in the illusion of samsara.
It is like the great ocean—you know it, don’t you? It manifests in waves, small waves or large ones. They all have the same origin, and they appear and disappear.
My master used to say that it is the actions of karma that drive reincarnation in the world of samsara.
Warm regards.
Kosen