Today's Tao
There are always those who are in charge of ending life, and they end their life. (Ch.74)
What is reincarnation?
It is the circulation of Tao's energy with the constant emission of holograms.
Our own self is part of a hologram.
There is no such a thing as life.
So, there is no such a thing as the end of life.
Life, its end, and Self are all just names.
That's why Lao Tzu says in the very first chapter of Tao Te Ching:
"If you can name something, the word does not stand for what it really is."
(☞See A name can't 1-2)
Time is just a concept.
That's why Zen Master Dogen says:
"A pine tree is time. A bamboo tree is time."
(Uji 有時, «Shobogenzo»)
The beginning and the end take place simultaneously.
[Note]
Kitaro Nishida 西田幾多郎 said: "(One can find his true Self) by eliminating your false self. In Christianity, it is called reincarnation. In Buddhism, it is called Kensho 見性, seeing into one's nature" («A Study of the Good / Zen no Kenkyu 善の研究», which is also called «An Inquiry into the Good
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-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 74
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