Questions for Buddhists Part 9

Hello.

Do you know the anime show Sailor Moon?
It's a story where the main character, Tsukino Usagi, gains special powers one day, transforms into Sailor Moon, and fights against bad guys (demons). Sailor Moon uses a technique called “Moon Healing Escalation” to defeat enemies. Enemies fall while saying “refresh.”

Well, as I wrote last time, enlightenment is not something where you can see any light, nor is it something that leaves the astral body. Throw away that meditation experience. (It's not like getting special powers like Sailor Moon). Therefore, there is no way to answer the theory that assumes your meditation experience, which was written after that.
Also, the Buddha's mercy is undivided between people, but it's not like bathing in a “moon healing escalation” to make you feel refreshed. There is salvation for those who have a proper ear.

You seem to be heartbroken by the number of suicides (suicides) among Japanese people. Me too. Your own meditation is also important, but in order to save this suicide society, I think it is important for more people to “have an ear to listen to Buddhism.” We ask for your cooperation as well.
I am also continuing to write answers here so that even one person can be deterred from suicide.
Of course, I will continue to appeal to your heart. What's that thing you're holding in your heart? I mean.
If you have any concerns, please let me know.

Hello.

I don't intend to throw it away, but I've also read past questions.
I felt that it would be better to receive counseling once.
I also don't think it would be good for the questioner to seek too many solutions to live only through religious experiences.

Also, since this is a place where consultations are the main purpose, I think those who have had discussions etc. elsewhere will be satisfied.

There are also people here who are in a hurry, so I would appreciate it if you could refrain from unnecessary and urgent 119 and hasunoha.

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

Don't get too caught up, obsessed, or view the mystical experience in meditation as a reality.

What is important for achieving full enlightenment is the accumulation of the two resources of wisdom and good fortune.

Wisdom is mainly an understanding of “emptiness.”

Fukutoku is the practice of merit and convenience.

It is necessary to train both wheels in a well-balanced manner.

Among these, meditation and meditation are just one practice for understanding “emptiness.”

What is important in meditation and meditation is understanding “emptiness.”

It is hoped that it will also be adjusted correctly by stopping and watching.

Let's continue to work hard so that we can correctly capture “emptiness” in terms of ratio and actual volume.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

I'm a Buddhist.

If you think meditating is dangerous, don't do it anymore.
Somehow, you're driving yourself really hard.

That's enough, relax your shoulders!
It's fine.
You are enough.
If you want to be saved, love yourself.

I recommend starting something new.
Maybe you're into martial arts.

Meditation is neither good nor bad. But it's incomplete.

Therefore, there are people who misuse meditation experiences (whether they are aware of it or not) and people who are mentally ill. They are possessed by monsters, and they are unable to successfully return to the real world.

Zen monks do “zazen” rather than meditate.

Meditation is one method for freeing the mind.
On the other hand, “zazen” is about releasing the mind, training to successfully return from that state to the real world, and learning these over and over again in various situations.

Therefore, reciting sutras, doing work, adjusting one's life in general, and facing one's own mind and solving everyday problems are all part of “zazen.” It is also essential in order to repel the “monsters” that appear during meditation and move beyond.

Now you're asking, “What's right? How do you digest shocking experiences?” It looks like they are suffering.

If that's the case, please come back to the real world first.

Please shake off all the fantastic scenes and fearsome monsters you've seen in the world of meditation and come back.
If you're stuck in its current state, you'll be swallowed up by monsters.
I think it will continue to be painful for a long time.

When the monks say, “Forget your experiences,” they are by no means denying your experiences themselves.

“It's dangerous to fight monsters while defenseless. I'm just saying, “Let's go back to this world and work out countermeasures together.” The so-called “is that kind of equipment OK?” That's it.

Fortunately, the Zushi side left behind a lot of excellent equipment.
Also, I myself have been saved by that equipment.

By nature, you have the power to brighten up the world.
That's why we can't afford to hand you over to the devil.

The Buddha is working hard to save you, even at this moment.
We're doing trial and error trying to somehow translate it and communicate it to you.

In order to save the world, please save yourself first.

If “zazen” gradually takes shape, I think it will be possible to live a rich life in the true sense of the word, by playing a unique role in a large natural flow without being based on a momentary shocking experience.

If you don't mind, why don't you join us in “zazen”?

Gassho