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> [When one existentially awakens from within, the relation of birth-and-death is not seen as a sequential change from the former to the latter. Rather, living as it is, is no more than dying, and at the same time there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masao-abe/when-one-existentially-awakens-from-within-the-relation-of-birth-and/)

[Masao Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masao-abe/)

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> [Buddhist nirvana ... is based on egolessness and is not anthropocentric but rather cosmological. In Buddhism, humans and the things of the universe are equally subject to change, equally subject to transitoriness or transmigration. A person cannot achieve emancipation from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masao-abe/buddhist-nirvana-is-based-on-egolessness-and-is-not-anthropocentric/)

[Masao Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masao-abe/)

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## Other authors on Birth and death

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birth-and-death/frederick-lenz/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mitch-albom-68622.jpg) Mitch Albom 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birth-and-death/mitch-albom/)

## More by Masao Abe

> [When one existentially awakens from within, the relation of birth-and-death is not seen as a sequential change from the former to the latter. Rather,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masao-abe/when-one-existentially-awakens-from-within-the-relation-of-birth-and/)

[Masao Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masao-abe/)

> [In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masao-abe/in-buddhism-compassion-always-goes-with-wisdom-compassion-without/)

[Masao Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masao-abe/)

> [Science without religion is dangerous because it necessarily entails a mechanization of humanity and consequent loss of individual autonomy and spirituality. On the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masao-abe/science-without-religion-is-dangerous-because-it-necessarily-entails/)

[Masao Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masao-abe/)

> [Buddhist nirvana ... is based on egolessness and is not anthropocentric but rather cosmological. In Buddhism, humans and the things of the universe are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masao-abe/buddhist-nirvana-is-based-on-egolessness-and-is-not-anthropocentric/)

[Masao Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masao-abe/)

> [Emptiness is not a mere emptiness, but rather fullness in which the distinctiveness of everything is throughly realized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masao-abe/emptiness-is-not-a-mere-emptiness-but-rather-fullness-in-which-the/)

[Masao Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masao-abe/)

> [To think that practice and realization are not one is a heretical view. In the Buddha Dharma, practice and realization are identical. Because one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masao-abe/to-think-that-practice-and-realization-are-not-one-is-a-heretical/)

[Masao Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masao-abe/)

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