Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

I'm afraid of death that will come someday

I'm afraid of death that will come someday. Everyone will say goodbye to this world at some point. As long as humans are living creatures, they are born, live, and die someday. I understand that cycle. But I'm afraid of death that will come someday. It started when I was able to...

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I was suddenly kept at a distance from someone important to me.

There is someone I've become really good friends with at work in the past six months. I was transferred, but we continued to be good friends even after that. We kept in touch every day, met regularly, and even talked about our problems with each other. People I like this are rare, and I wanted...

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Divorced, living apart, children don't know

I'm always indebted to you. My daughter recently said she wants to live with 3 people. My daughter is still small and she doesn't remember what her husband did. My husband had problems every day due to interpersonal and work-related issues. Of course, my wife and I also had constant...

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I'm going to rely on AI

I'm a graduate student, and I'm worried that my procrastination habit is so bad that I have a habit of relying on AI to finish what I should write in my own words. If you look at past questions, you'll understand, but after suffering from depression for a long time, I was really happy that I was...

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On Buddhism and discrimination against women

Hello I want to ask monks, why is there content that discriminates against women in Buddhism? The other day, I went to the “Japanese History of Gender Differences” exhibition held at the Chiba Prefecture Folk Museum There, Buddhism includes the five disabilities theory and the view of...

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Obsession with people is painful

I met someone of the opposite sex three or four times, but I didn't want a convenient relationship, so I took the plunge and asked them about their feelings for themselves and what kind of person they are for their partner. I was told that I wanted to be in a relationship, that my partner had a...

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About my relationship with my real mother

My real mother (70 years old, living in Kansai) is a full-time housewife, and she raised me (39) with great care. My dream was to work internationally, so they made me study abroad and go on to graduate school. Thanks to that, I was able to get a job at an international organization, and now I...

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About visiting my father's grave that had been isolated

My father, who had been isolated for over 10 years, died of illness this year. (The reason for the isolation is my father's infidelity) One month before my father passed away, I received an email saying “I want to see you at first sight for the last time”... I couldn't forgive my selfish...

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What is the meaning of “destiny”

Please tell me the meaning of “do your best to wait for destiny” I'm looking for my missing beloved cat right now. The motto is “do your best to wait for destiny,” and I have been searching for it with encouragement from a broken heart. However, as an amateur, I did quite a few different...

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I'm going to volunteer...

This is my first post in a month. Before I ask a question, let me write a bunch of essays. If there are any typographical errors, etc., please forgive us. I mentioned that I would do an interview in the previous question, but the interview didn't work. It makes me feel indescribable to those...

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I think it's correct

People who can properly say thank you and sorry are better. I feel like there are a lot of people talking about it these days. As a precondition for talking about this, of course I think that these values are true. However, from time to time, I saw people who only threw that way of thinking...

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I want to die

I want to die. I don't understand it anymore. Saying I don't understand is a story about stopping thinking, so I have to do something myself, but I can't do it anymore. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience. It's no good to throw away all comics, DVDs, etc., stop playing games at all, stop...

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The number of things required at work is increasing steadily, and it's tough.

There is little time to be given for the amount of work that must be done and the quality required, and it is painful. I lose more and more confidence in myself in every day when there are lots of reprimands and dislikes. Am I to blame?

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About ex-boyfriends

Nice to meet you. My child was born on 10/17, but it was stillborn. I've always been told to drop it off to my ex-boyfriend since I had children. When I first found out I was pregnant, I had lung cancer. At the time of the test, I found out that they were fraternal twins, but I found out...

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How are the monks talking about the actual situation

I am influenced by the Heart Sutra. Here's a desk. We know this isn't there. Someone says it's there on the desk and is made of wood and is brown and hard. It looks brown to me too, and if you hit it, I'm in pain. But after all, there's no brown, no desk, and neither. Even so, I don't like...

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Is my way of thinking wrong

I've been married for 19 years. My husband is older, and my husband is strong, and when I was young, I rebelled, but since they imposed opinions and ideas anyway, I thought they wouldn't be able to converge unless one of them pulled back, so I followed suit. Recently, during a conversation...

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A husband who always cites his own misfortune

There is a tendency for husbands to blame everything on their own birth. Although not poor, my husband, who was born into a family with little financial means, had a dream of becoming a scholar, but as soon as he was able to go on to college, his family told him that the financial burden was...

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Why do bad relationships continue?

Thank you very much for taking the time to read it. The question is similar to the previous one. I'm sorry. I had a chance to meet my husband's parents, so Morahara DV up until now We talked about everything about children having disabilities and receiving support. When it comes to...

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I want to know what the monk thinks

The other day, I read a book about Buddhism and was puzzled, so I asked a question In a world where there is a sky, how do monks recognize the sky, recognize it, and what are they trying to do as a result? Why are you acting now? Everything is recognition for me, and I interpreted it as if...

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I want to stop emerging religions

I couldn't refuse my sister's invitation to join an emerging religion, so I joined that religion. My older sister is now unsubscribed due to her husband's persuasion. I also want to quit, but I can't ask to leave my membership because I'm indecisive and think that something unfortunate will...

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