Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

I just got a job, but I can't help but feel uneasy.

I recently graduated from a four-year university and got a job at a company. The seniors at the company are all cheerful and nice, and their salaries and benefits are pretty good in the industry/job category. However, I can't help but feel uneasy from the bottom of my heart about whether I can...

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I'm addicted to women's customs.

It's an embarrassing story, but the title says it. I went to a different place, but it wasn't good, and I did a lot of research, and since it became the current book nominee, I chose that person. I don't know if I like it or if I recommend it. I know it's work, but the compliments from him are...

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I can't play a musical instrument

I'm in charge of the saxophone in the technical college's brass band, and from a certain point on, it became difficult to breathe when I held an instrument, and I was struck by the feeling that it was completely dark in front of me, and I couldn't play. Even so, I liked the club activity itself...

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The teachings of the afterlife

Since I was a child, according to Buddhist teachings, if people were able to go to the Pure Land of Paradise after death, it would be fun to meet nostalgic people who were gone before. Or rather, I am practicing ascetic practices in order to serve the Buddha. I've heard a lot of rumors, such as...

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I don't have confidence...

I'm not going well with anything. Career choices, hobbies, romance... Even though it's my own decision, I get lost, and little things make me uneasy. I think the reason this happens is because I don't have confidence in myself. There's nothing good about me... I've only been able to see the...

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I regret naming my child

(I wrote my name on my profile) I regret naming my child. The reason I regret it is that I can't read it with guesswork. When I put it on, if I think about it now, it's no wonder why I didn't notice it, but for some reason I didn't notice it, and since it was described on the...

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Mindset and wisdom for life

I want to know the attitude and wisdom to calmly deal with what is to happen

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What is an obsession with life

In a Buddhist book I read before, Buddha realized that fear of death was due to an obsession with life It was written on it. So why is it bad to take your own life when you don't like living? Why shouldn't you want to die because you're heartbroken, your job isn't going well, or if you...

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I can't tell anyone.

I can't talk to my family, friends, or anyone else. I'm going to go crazy if I leave it like this, so I'll stop here and throw up. I had a child with someone I've been in a relationship with since last year, then I enrolled, and a girl was born in January of this year. However, my face is...

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What does atoning for a crime mean? What if I disappeared from this world...?

I'm sorry that it was a story from a few years ago and I don't even know if it's a correct memory, and it's abstract and difficult to understand... please answer... A few years ago, I may have been involved in an incident, and I have talked with people involved in that incident. At the time, I...

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I don't like living

I've been unemployed for about 4 years now, and I don't understand the point of living. I'll be 40 years old on December 0. I'm thinking of it as my last specification at 40 years, which is only a good time. I'm this kind of person, so I'm isolated with my family, I hardly talk, I'm in a state...

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Am I overthinking things?

Nice to meet you. I've been thinking about life in my own way for a long time, since I was in middle school. When I was young, I tried to live properly (in simple terms, basic things I learn in morality), and I thought that it would make me happy. However, looking back until now,...

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I almost cry when I see a parent and child who are on good terms

I've been working at an otolaryngology clinic in the city since this summer. My salary is close to life, but for me, who has had a labor gap of nearly 3 years since I quit my previous job, there is almost nothing to do with life or death, I can manage it even if I take a break, I'm not deeply...

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Funeral sects and future memorial services

My father passed away earlier this month. My father's parents' house is a Nichiren sect, and all my siblings have funerals at the same temple. However, we were a branch family and were not very wealthy, and there was an intention of the family that they didn't want to ask for a request to that...

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I don't have a partner for life

Hello. Thank you for your support. I have been abused since I was a child, bullied by my siblings, and have no friends due to distrust of humanity. I left my parents' house, married a lonely person similar to myself, and had children. I got in touch with my parents and siblings on the...

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The plastic surgery was successful but I regret it

I'm going to be a college student starting in spring. As soon as I graduated from high school, I had plastic surgery to make my eyes double eyelid. I thought I hadn't changed that much, but when I met my high school classmates, everyone told me that they had changed. I was happy to have double...

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movies

It seems that they will make a film set in the local area. There is an audition. I'd like to try it out. I think something will change if I take on the challenge. Does Bon-san watch movies too? Were you in a movie?

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I'm having an affair

I'm a college student who has had a boyfriend of 1 year since we started dating. Recently, I was liked by a customer at my part-time job, and while I got in touch with them, I began to have an affair (sexual activity) due to that trend. They went well together, and we met a few times after...

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About the Three Treasures of Mahayana (why “Buddha”)

Thank you and good evening. We are always grateful to all of you for answering our questions. This time, I have a question about the Three Treasures of Mahayana Buddhism. What are the three treasures in primitive Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism after the fall of Buddha Buddha = Shakyamuni...

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A child who doesn't want to work hard

Please give me some advice on children who dropped out of art colleges and become ronin preparation for the entrance exam next spring. When I take the university entrance exam, the reason is simply because college graduates get a better salary than high school graduates to get a job, and “I...

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