Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

I killed my dog. I can't regret it enough.

My 15 year old pet dog passed away the other day. It's been 7 years since I came to my house, and I kept them outside as a guard dog. I've been bedridden for 8 months, and I've been dealing with it with a dropper because I can't stand on my own or drink water. (I've been taking care of them at...

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Wedding dress for a marriage with a monk

Hello. I'm currently in a relationship with the temple's son (he hasn't taken over the temple yet, but it seems like he'll go to ascetic practice soon and then pour out). It's still a quick story, but if I were to get married, would I be able to wear a wedding dress at the wedding? Wedding...

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I don't know how to come to terms with it.

What is common sense? Currently, I'm working on payroll calculation and attendance management, What I thought was common sense is not common sense for other employees I'm having a lot of trouble communicating. Today, too, I asked a second-year employee (scheduled to retire 8/15) to do...

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Is my fortune determined by something?

Nice to meet you, my name is Tsuchi. I'm not usually very lucky. However, when you have a really important phase in your life or when you have an accident that would be fatal if you make a mistake, etc., it will turn in the right direction as a result, and luckily, you will be unscathed. Is...

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About helping at the temple

It hasn't even been a year since I got married at the temple. I've been there 2.3 times until now, but will I visit the Taise Gakikai next time? I'm going to do it. I think this kind of help will continue to increase, but is it better to bring a souvenir every time? What's better? I'm a...

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I can only express myself by being “frustrated”

I can only express my feelings by being “frustrated.” There's no end to the reasons for my frustration, and my head is always full. I'm nervous, so I get really frustrated when even trivial things don't go the way I want, and whether it's tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, it drags on...

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My mother is asking me to repay my education expenses

My family is a mother and child family, and my mother worked and made me and my sister go to college. After I got a job, I paid for family trips and eating out as a way to return the favor, gave expensive gifts, and of course included living expenses when I was at my parents' house. It was...

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While having a developmental disability that makes it difficult to live

I have developmental disabilities, ASD and ADHD. When I was in elementary school, I was diagnosed with autism, placed in a special needs class, and I have always lived with complexes about being different from those around me. When I was a student, I was bullied and discriminated against for many...

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I don't want to live in my new house and I'm depressed

I have a 5-month-old daughter who lives in Tokyo. My home made me depressed. Please help. Currently, I live in an apartment and there are no elevators, and since climbing and descending stairs with a stroller or daughter is dangerous, I saw about 15 properties when I was 2 months old. I saw...

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About funerals

Nice to meet you. My father passed away in June. It has been about a week since it was discovered due to a lonely death, and it was handed over about a month after a DNA test was performed by the police. It ended in the form of a direct burial, and the ashes were buried in the city's joint...

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men and women

Do friendships between men and women of the opposite sex work? Isn't it possible to have a relationship where hobbies are friends and just fun?

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I'm not sure about my child's name.

I have a daughter who is 2 years old. I wrote my name on my profile. Based on the premise that I don't like sparkling names and names that are hard to read in kanji, as a result of various worries with my wife, I had a flash and liked this name and named it. My wife was also very much in...

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I want to be comfortable

I'm single and working as a temporary worker. I've always thought this world would be difficult, and I couldn't get married because I didn't want to have children. I'm really glad I didn't have children myself. It's difficult for people like this to raise children. My body is tired and painful...

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Trouble with love

I'm 20 years old, and I've never had a boyfriend. There are many times when I feel ashamed that I've never had a boyfriend. In particular, I don't have a dark personality, but I can't get along well with men in the true sense of the word. The upper side can speak in an affectionate...

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Hasunoha-sama

Thank you very much for your permission. I would like to improve my own feelings and heart by drawing fun...

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Why did they do that?

I was at that time, why did they act like that I couldn't understand no matter how many times I thought about it I don't understand something. If you meditate or zazen, Are you getting to know yourself? It's pretty good in general terms, so please tell me

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It will drag on.

The other day, my friend told me in the shadows, “I don't like coming in trying to be liked, I don't like it.” We had trouble before, and we did a lot of things to try to be good friends, but that backfired. I'm filled with so sad feelings. If there are any words that make you blow away, I'd like...

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How to get involved with friends who are addicted to MLM

A friend I've been in a relationship with since middle school seems to be addicted to multi-like things, and I've been invited too. I don't think it's a bad thing for her to be addicted to it, but the fact that I was invited made to feel that I wasn't her friend, but only one of her...

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Hopeless predictions for the future

・J-Alerts becoming normal, direct hits when the sense of crisis has completely faded, enormous damage and hell spreading across the Japanese archipelago ・Economic collapse, declining productivity, increased consumption, and the right to survival to be selected. A society where destruction,...

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How to learn Buddhism... and tell me about the costs

　My only son committed suicide at the young age of 33. I blamed myself for not having been born, my son wouldn't have been born into this world, and of course I wouldn't have committed suicide, I was searching for the foundation of my heart. My father was originally an avid follower of the...

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