Keeping the commandments

Commandments are important.

Why don't you think of it as a promise with the Buddha or a promise to yourself?

Keep the Buddha's will and the commandments (harati wooden fork) regardless of anything else. That was it.

There are many commandments, but isn't it important to live a way of life that you try to protect, even if it's at least one commandment?

The first of the five commandments is the commandment of immortality. Don't take lives in a mischievous way.

Every life is irreplaceable.

Moses also says in the Ten Commandments that we must not kill.

Save all lives, people and things, without killing them, without throwing them away.

The reason for protecting is “to gain enlightenment” and “to live a group life.”
If you work for a company, don't you have “principles and beliefs” for contributing to society through work and “rules” for smoothly proceeding with work within the company?

Spending every day without discipline means making all decisions yourself, and that is tough. It's like trying to head to a destination in an unknown place without a map or navigation. ※Of course, I'm going to use both a map and a navigation system.

There is a saying, “To be honest, my head is getting really messy,” and I'm a little worried. For example, it's kind of futile to try to live happily every day while dragging your feet to a “how to make a smile class” that you don't think is interesting at all, right?

Also, I am very happy that there are people like the Sha family who admire monks. However, monks continue to face suffering, worries, and above all else, humans. I think being prepared for that is a big step. In other words, I don't think people who hate humans are really suited. How about it?

The reason we keep the precepts is “to become a Buddha.”
If you keep protecting it, one day you will become a Buddha.
It takes a huge amount of time, so we will practice while undergoing reincarnation.
They practice all the time while repeating life and death.
The logic is that if you keep the precepts, you can be born as a human in the next life, so you can continue your ascetic practice.

Therefore, if you break the precepts, you will fall into the Three Evil Traces, and you will not be able to practice ascetic practices.
Then the accumulated virtue is reduced to zero.
When that happens, they start by keeping the Five Commandments in order to be born human again.

This is “Buddhist practice.”
I can't just talk about my life in this life.
It takes an unimaginably long time.

And this era is the end of the law.
Becoming a Buddha at the end of the law is extremely difficult.
That's why Kobo Daishi gave up on becoming a Buddha during the apocalyptic era.

The Sha Family

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

I know that the monk's question about marriage is true.

Regarding the birth of children and children, we are dealing with each of the following questions.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/hasunoha_kawaguchi/tag/妻子帯

Of course, I don't know that Buddhism cannot move forward even if you have a child or a child. I think that is to the extent that some people advance in Buddhism more quickly if they don't bring a child or a child, and there are also people who don't.

Also, there is the sad reality of temples with strong hereditary practices in modern Japanese Buddhism. My son has also taken care of his wife, but even so, I would like to work hard to somehow advance Buddhism even a little bit.

Also, regarding the precepts, I have dealt with the following questions.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/hasunoha_kawaguchi/tag/戒律

Question “Thanksgiving and Buddha, Law, and Monks”
http://blog.livedoor.jp/hasunoha_kawaguchi/archives/1009294659.html

“... Precepts, customs, and manners are like certain rules that should be followed, but it is as if the Buddha and disciples of later generations were appropriately set up to walk the path of Buddhism according to the times and the nature, situation, environment, etc. of the Sangha group, and on the contrary, it must not become something that becomes a prisoner, obsession, or obsession. Therefore, in the midst of changes in the times and circumstances of the times, I think it is essential to proceed as appropriate while sifting through what is necessary and what is unnecessary while making a firm assessment of what is the best way to walk through Buddhism. ・・”

Furthermore, I hope you can think of precepts as brakes to prevent runaway behavior. One of the convenient teachings of Buddhism is that “everything is originally already understood.” For example, if you misinterpret that convenient teaching, there is always a fear that you may end up not having to keep the precepts separately or that you are not encouraged to do good deeds. It also has a role in stopping the fear of such runaway behavior.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho