I'm self-employed in my 50s
It is said that “luck is also part of ability,” but this is not luck
My seniors teach me that people have luck that can't be helped.
They say I'm living a life without luck,
Is this the kind of luck you were born with, and you can't do anything about it??
How should we think about luck in Buddhist teachings?
Thank you for your support.
Hello. Certainly, there is such a thing as “that person is lucky.”
In Buddhism, it is called cause and effect, and it is explained that the cause has an effect, and the result always has a cause.
It's pretty obvious, isn't it?
Certainly, they use the phrase “luck is also part of ability,” but for example, would you say “luck is also part of ability” for people who win the lottery? I don't use it very often.
For example, I think they use the phrase “luck is part of ability” when “I happened to study and got a big contract by chance” or “I happened to get a big contract at work.”
I wrote “just a coincidence” here, but I'm sure those people “just happened to pass the test” as a result of studying a lot, and “happened to get a contract” as a result of a lot of effort. While it's called luck, they must actually be putting in a lot of effort behind that. So, if you don't make an effort and expect only luck, and say “I hope you're lucky” for someone else's success, I don't think “luck” will come until when it's been.
In a dictionary sense,
“Luck” is a function that transcends human will, controlling the happiness and misfortune that surround a person's body. destiny. destiny.
It has become.
Buddhism explains cause (cause), relationship (condition), and effect (result).
Quoting Mr. Kozen's answer, the part I saw during the break before the test “happened” to appear on the exam even if I didn't actually study much. That could also be the case.
We take that as “good luck.” On the one hand, that might be the case. But in reality, that's not the end of it. One event (effect) will also have an effect as a cause or relationship.
Speaking of test examples, then the next time you're asked the same content, can you answer knowledge you don't have just “by chance” by looking at it? That's it.
If this happens, if you keep looking at it, the “lucky” example above will actually produce results that have an adverse effect.
We don't know what's good or what's bad, and we're just being short-circuited and disappointed on the spot.
Certainly we don't choose most of the events that happen in our lives. There are people who encounter natural disasters, and there are also people who don't. If you sort it out in terms of good luck or bad, in other words, fate theory, it means “all events have been decided.” “Until now” and “from now on.”
However, in reality, this is not the case. I think the theory of fate will be denied in Buddhism.
Certainly, there are many times when you cannot choose what kind of events will happen in your life, that is, what kind of relationships you will encounter.
Even so, I think “from now on” will change depending on “what kind of attitude we take” in response to the events that occurred.
We are left with the freedom to choose whether to give up and grieve when it's fate, or take on the damn challenge.
Whether or not that choice can be realized will largely depend on the circumstances.
Right now, we think we can grab what's in front of us the way we want, but in fact, it's just that the possibility of grasping it is extremely high, and the fact that we can grasp it is supported by many relationships.
(Like an airplane not rushing in at that moment, or not being disturbed by someone)
In other words, it is very precious to make a steady effort by thinking “I want to do this,” and at the same time, it is also important to appreciate the invisible relationships that support that effort.
“Luck” may be a short-sighted way of thinking based on our sense of understanding.
I'm too caught up in the word luck.
In the first place, they lose their way because they see luck as absolute.
Of course, gravity, celestial transport, and invisible forces and effects such as individual substances, organisms, humans, and qi work as “transports” in this world.
However, don't think that “luck” is an absolute thing.
Luck is “carried and carried.” The correct way to capture luck is to see that the current results are not bad luck, just that carrying and carrying are not appropriate.
Since I'm just summarizing things I don't understand and expressing them as “luck,” I work on cause and relationship and turn my luck around myself. You can gain peace by dominating.
I had mapo tofu for lunch.
📞 “There is only Mapo Tofu Moto, so buy some tofu”
Unfortunately, I didn't have tofu, so I decided to buy it on the go while I was at work.
This tofu is the tofu I bought in Hanno City earlier, and there is an epic story about how tofu becomes mapo tofu.
💀 The main character soybeans, a Canadian, were unlucky enough to be harvested by human hands and trapped in a factory.
“I'm in soybeans”
“Moyako, edamame!”
I was separated from Moyako and Edamame, who were good friends.
“Hahaha! It's your turn!”
One day, due to bad luck, soybeans were narrowed down and “wow!” Your memory will be taken away.
However, luckily, Soybeans debuted again as Tonyu.
Eventually, Tonieu is lucky enough to fall in love with two women.
“Already! Which one do you like ‼” My heart is shaken between two women, Kinuko and Momemi.
“I love them both! I can't choose!”
Tonyu withdraws without choosing between Kinuko and Momemi.
She solidifies herself by having an affair with another woman she met on the internet.
While loving each other in a steamy, hot room, Tonyu cannot forget Momemi (cotton) and Kinu (silk) ko in her mind. Nigari saw through that feeling and made a bitter decision.
I stirred it up before Tonieu's love hardened...!
“Wow... that's enough... we're done...!”
“Come on, stop... come on!”
This is how ❝ yosedofu ❞ was made.
Yosedofu has a lot of water, so unfortunately it's unsuitable for mapo tofu, and unluckily it's thick, and it seems like I can squeeze it out too...
However, if you use lentin, water will be removed.
I was lucky enough to know this, and I paved the way without being controlled by luck. Luck will turn around by itself.
Nice to meet you. My name is Kameyama Junshi.
There's a story called “Everything Human Saeon Is a Horse”, isn't it?
“Once upon a time, when an old man's horse ran away and people felt sorry, that old man said, “Fortune will come soon.” I said that. Eventually, the horse came back with a steed horse. When people celebrate there, this time they say, “This is going to be a source of misfortune.” The old man said. Then the old man's son on that horse fell from his horse and broke a bone in his leg. When people saw it, the old man said, “This is going to be the foundation of happiness.” I said that. A year later, the neighboring country's army invaded, and it became a war, and most of the young people were killed in action. However, the old man's son, who broke his leg, escaped military service, so he didn't have to die in battle.”
In other words, happiness and misfortune (bad luck) in life are difficult to predict, and we don't know when happiness (good luck) will turn into misfortune (bad luck) and bad luck (bad luck) will turn into happiness (good luck). This is probably because there is no absolute happiness (good luck) or absolute misfortune (bad luck) in the first place.
However, even so, for those who lost everything in the earthquake, experiencing an earthquake may only appear as absolute misfortune (bad luck). Also, you may wonder how this state turns into happiness (good luck). However, even if it is an earthquake, it is not an absolute misfortune (bad luck). It is precisely because it is not absolute misfortune (bad luck) that there is recovery from there. If the earthquake were an absolute misfortune (bad luck), recovery from the earthquake would never be possible.
These are my answers. I hope it helps.
Like good luck or bad luck
It's often said.
Strangely enough, I'm a person who is unlucky and only loses money, and I've never seen a lucky person. You're here to grab something that will drastically change your life, right?
If that's the case, first of all, let's stop repeating that you're unlucky, that you're only losing money by being used by people, or that your bad luck continues.
It's good cause and effect, bad cause and bad effect.
If you can live a good life with that kind of sexual root,
do you think?
Oh, I think there are only bad things, create causes, and actually enjoy bad results.
Even if your habits and feelings of mind that you have cultivated over many years don't change easily, at least every day, your life is improving, and it will always get better,
If you have free time, keep saying over and over again that you have a wonderful life. It will definitely be that kind of life. There's no way it won't happen. Think you've been scammed and do it.
This is similar to faith.
It's impossible to believe in the existence of Amida, whose voice was invisible or invisible from the beginning. But anyway, I chant Nembutsu every day, and I'm with Amida. I'm getting on with my life. If you keep saying that, you will really have firm faith. Unwavering faith is happiness. The feeling of being thankful naturally begins to spill out of my mouth. Please try it by all means.
Share your activities with Amitaba-sama,
I pray!