Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

Capacity is about to be over

Currently, I'm working as a full-time employee while changing jobs, and I'm struggling with balance. Job change activities are carried out at the end of work or on days off. However, it's really hard and tough. ・The job is a sales position, so there is a lot of work ・Job change activities...

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I regret my childhood mistakes

When I was a kid, I made irreparable mistakes. As an elementary school student at the time, I brought out sweets at a nearby convenience store without paying. In other words, it's shoplifting. I also feel like I turned back and returned the sweets after that, but maybe I just memorized them...

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I wonder if it would be better to bury the grave...

As for the graves at my parents' house, only my mother and younger brother are planning to enter the graves at that parents' house, but my mother also has trouble walking due to poor legs, and my younger brother is mentally ill, so I can't go out. I'm in a position where I got married, so even...

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I want to be good friends

I'm a high school student. To friends with older people or school teachers Do you want to be Is it still impossible? Even if your friends aren't equal They were good friends even after graduation Do you want to keep in touch? I don't know how to do it.

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How did you become a monk?

How did you become a monk? I think there are many people, Did you do that of your own will? Or did they have to force it? This is because in my case, no matter what I do, my path will always be cut off along the way. So I had no choice but to help my parents with the work they do, but...

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About mothers who deny marriage partners

I'm having a dispute with my mother about my marriage partner. I'm an elite in the world (I graduated from the University of Tokyo and work for a government agency). Actually, there were other places I wanted to go to, both at university and at my place of employment, but every time I chose my...

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Should I have children or get divorced

The couple have been married for 2 years. I myself don't want to have children. Meanwhile, my husband seems to want children. Currently, due to my husband's wishes, I am being assigned overseas, and since we live overseas which we are not used to, we often have mutual feelings for each other,...

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My mind is dangerous, please help

It's hard to go to work. My relationships are bad, and I'm in hell. Even though I was taking tranquilizers, my physical condition didn't improve, and I do my best every day while imagining the faces of my family! Bosses don't seem like bosses, they only rely on their subordinates, and if they...

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Are there any famous people who are enlightened?

I want to know what kind of person an enlightened person is. Thank you for your support.

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Disgust with marital life

The other day, I attended a meeting saying it was very mentally tough. I came home late at night after the meeting. Then, when I was exhausted, my wife called me to my room to talk to me. My wife knows how much mental damage this meeting was, but the silly fight from a few days ago didn't end,...

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What is the existence of God?

I'm indebted to you. There is a Buddhist altar at my husband's parents' house and a kamidana diagonally above it. In terms of Buddhism, what kind of person is God and what position is it? I'm new to Buddhism, so I'm curious about a lot of things. Thank you for your support.

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It's like watching Gaki

Tokyo will welcome Obon. Please let me talk about my relatives. I can't go into details, but this is a pretty troubled person. In the past, I left my parents' inheritance unattended by saying “I don't know how to do it,” etc., and kept stock dividends, preferential vouchers, etc. sent in the...

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Is it possible to have a love affair with a temple child?

I fell in love at first sight for the first time! I met that person at a training session! I thought it was cool when I taught him at the seminar! I can't be in the same class as him anymore... I don't know how to appeal! What should I do? After all, doesn't love at first sight come true? A...

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I don't like my weak self

While taking a walk with my child (2 years old at the time) over a year ago, a group of about 4 or 5 male students from a nearby high school came across the street, and while passing by, one of them suddenly pretended to hit my child while making a strange voice. The people who came and those who...

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I'm homosexual.

I'm homosexual. But I can't say that to a friend, mother, or relative I trust. There is someone I'm in a relationship with right now, but is it still disrespectful to the other person that I feel embarrassed about? But I think I have to say it sometime. However, it's hard to say it because...

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It's hard to be kind

I'm struggling to raise a 1-year-old child. My husband comes home late for weekday work or drinking parties, and I do all the work for my kids. The couple had a fight over the weekend about childcare. My husband told me, “If you have any complaints about my method, I feel like I should do it...

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It's hard to live.

I don't know how to handle negative feelings within myself without spitting them out. A friend told me that it is better not to leave or write on SNS, sentences, etc., and I was told that it would be annoying for people around me if I didn't do the processing myself. How do normal people...

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A friend who has been cut off

I had someone who promised “I'll go out with you when I get a job in Tokyo.” However, that person played violently with women, and they went on rants with each other every time they had a fight. In particular, I received terrible words from him such as “die” and “I don't think anything even if I...

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tune in

well. = only. I want to be. I want to synchronize. What should I do?

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An act of betrayal of the company. it's hard.

I'm an office worker now. The work is going well. Even within the same generation, people around me say it's a successful career. However, the other day, I was scouted by a prominent member of the labor union. They highly praised me and received enthusiastic invitations to work with people...

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