hasunoha

About “suffering” that we have no choice but to accept

The pain of watching a parent grow old, unable to move, develop dementia, and die.

Also, the pain of not being able to do anything even though I know I'm getting old in the same way.

So I'm so afraid that time will pass.

I know it's “one day for a lifetime,” but it's been 46 years since I've been alive.

Thinking back to the time I've wasted, I'm not young anymore, and I'm an “elder” in society

It's an age where people aren't needed to start their lives over in society, and I envision it

I'm struggling with the gap between my image and who I am now.

I work, but it's not what I want to do.

You may be told that you should do it, but considering your age, it's scary to fail in business.

But I want to.

“Growing old” is also scary, but I'm afraid of “growing old before I do what I thought.”

Right now, whether you look at elderly people or houses that have died and become vacant, you're old

“Fear and anxiety” creeps up even when I see my parents starting out.

Please tell me how to accept this suffering.

4 Zen Responses

The way to escape disaster is to accept it!

It is Buddhism that the first meaning in a person's life is a sense of impermanence, and as a result, they practice proper conduct according to the teachings of the “Three Treasures of Buddhist Monks,” and give them a true way of life.
There are four pains we can never escape from the time we are born, and the first one is the pain when we are born, the second one is the pain when we get old, the third one is the pain when we become ill, and the fourth is the pain of having anxiety or fear about death, and these are called “life, old age, illness, death, and suffering,” and the former four pains of the four struggles correspond to this. The four pains that come after the rest are pains you will suffer as you go about your life.
The way to live the truth by feeling impermanent without running away from reality is the way to live comfortably, that is, the power of truth to accept suffering is Buddhism.
The first suffering is the four hardships that come with life when you are born, and the rest of the suffering are the four hardships of “grudge and hate paint, love separation, unrequited hardship, and the five greatest hardships.”
Eight pains are divided in two, and both the four struggles and the four struggles are combined to form eight pains, which does not mean that there are twelve afflictions.

Buddhism is the heart that accepts everything

In times of disaster, disaster is good weather.
When it's time to die, the weather is good to die.
This is a miraculous way to ward off disaster.”

Towards a good causal relationship

Hirotan-sama

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

In one aspect, “suffering” is created (created) by our circumstances (expectations, hopes, desires, etc.).

Even if you think it would be nice if it were like this... it makes you feel like you can't do anything...

Anyway, as long as this world is a world that changes depending on causality (cause and condition), it is impossible to escape the law of causality. For example, where there is no cause (or condition), results never come out.

This means that if we can make the causal relationship better, the results will inevitably be good as well. Of course, since there are countless complicated causal relationships involved, there are places where it is impossible to say “since I did this and this, yes, it will be this”...

In Buddhism, we do not only look at this current life in a limited way, but we must also look at the flow from past lives and the flow to the future (next life, next life...) as well.

Also, even if we say good cause and effect, there are actually two types of content: secular ones and those preached from Buddhist truth (victorious).

If possible, while continuing to practice Buddhism, I would like to endeavor to do something that would be a good cause and effect for both of them.

Once you learn Buddhism, you will naturally be able to prepare for good worldly causes and relationships.

I would be grateful if you could take this opportunity to learn more with interest in Buddhism.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

Please do your best to overcome suffering

I read the content, and it is explained that the four struggles mentioned by the Buddha are unavoidable suffering during our lives, but I think we should listen to our feelings of anxiety and anxiety when we have it in our hearts. (Listening) Growing old is also suffering, but we have no choice but to accept it, huh?

Hirotan-sama

I think everyone feels uneasy and afraid in the face of old age or death.
I don't want you to have “anxiety and fear” that naturally springs up in your heart,
Rejection of wanting to lose or want to be erased is suffering next
I think it means creating. rather than accepting suffering
To be precise, if you accept your anxiety and fear, I think suffering will go away.
How should we respond to the anxiety and fear of rejection or rejection?
But first of all, it's clear that I'm rejecting anxiety and fear
Be aware. Anxiety and fear come naturally, and everyone feels that way
It's no wonder. Anyone who rejects it would do that,
That I'm not the only one to reject for some reason,
In short, if you feel uneasy or afraid and reject it, even if it's your own responsibility
The fact that I'm not weak or immature is also just in case
After being confirmed, I just feel “uneasy and afraid.”
Put it in front of yourself, just observe, just taste, anxiety, fear
Just look and feel what it is.
If it springs up over and over again, just feel it.
Please feel it consciously.
What is unacceptable is unconscious rejection, anxiety, and fear itself
I think it's because I haven't looked closely.
The attitude of acceptance is not judging, but simply watching it closely.

There is a parable of the ocean and waves.
There are many different types of waves in the ocean. Each wave is on a sandy beach or rock
They bump into each other and disappear. The shape of each wave disappears,
As seawater, it remains the same in the ocean.
I think we can see each wave as a person, and seawater as life.
Even if your appearance as a person disappears, it won't disappear into this world as a life
I think I can make that image that remains.
Unborn and immortal in the heart sutras, impurity, unincreasing and undiminished is also life,
In the words of Dogen Zenji, life and death are the Buddha's orders,
What is Yoshihiro's phrase, a memento of a memento of Zansan spring is a flower summer hottogisu
Autumn leaves are colored.
Ikkyu-san. I won't die, I'm not going anywhere, I'm here
Don't ask, don't say anything.

Sorry, I can't explain because of the character limit,
What you are currently feeling and thinking about life and death
I think it is possible to change the quality of anxiety and fear by changing the way you look at it.