Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

Why do people put their hands together?

Sorry if there were duplicate questions. Thank you very much for your answers when I asked a question about something else before. Why do people put their hands together? When you ask Buddha, God, or people, or before meals, When I feel like I can't help but pray, etc. Why can't we...

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How to think about people you've never had a relationship with

Always ask for advice Thank you very much. Saikin, if I had time to get depressed due to love or marriage, I was desperately reading books on male psychology and romance theory and working hard to study various things Because of that, on the contrary, it was contrary to romance theory in...

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temple system? Am I going to hammer? I'm afraid of him

It's been about six months since I started dating a monk. I'm not the chief priest. I don't belong to a temple, and when there is a request from the head temple, I go to work at a designated place and work for free. Less than 2 weeks after we started dating, we lent money to Motoyama...

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Doesn't Buddhism celebrate birthdays ❔

Nice to meet you. My name is Pikkoro. I have two questions. ① Isn't there a Buddhist concept of celebrating a birthday ❔ ② If a monk has a child, wife, or lover, why don't you celebrate his birthday ❔ Does it also differ depending on the denomination ❔ Thank you for your support.

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Unsubscribe from LINE

There is someone in my class who works with me on LINE. That person imposes opinions on me. For example, talking about politics... I still want to enjoy my high school life, but I don't really want to listen to that kind of story... But they're pretty good friends, so I've been listening a...

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I don't get along well with people I know on a religious basis...

I don't know if it's okay to talk about this here, but even if I tell my friends, they say, “What if I get out...?” They encourage me by saying, “Those people are just boring,” but please let me hear the monk's opinion. I joined a Christian religion about 2 years ago. That church is very...

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The obsessive idea that you have to be careful with people

Put simply, I beware of people with bad manners because of their strong sense of justice. But I actually have a bad personality, and I think I want to get a mount by hitting people's bad points. When I was a kid, I was too careful and overdid it, and it made everyone around me cry. But when I...

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How do I talk to a monk?

Nice to meet you, I recently came across this website. Thank you very much for your kind attention. Right now, I'm struggling to get a job again. I'd like to ask about 3 points, so I'm planning to post them, I would like to ask the first of these questions in this email. There are times...

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What should I do?

We have welcomed our first child. My son was born without giving birth. It was an abortion with consent. I killed him. Even though she's my only mother, I couldn't protect her. I endured labor pains for 3 days during delivery. When I think that my son died while feeling even more painful, I...

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❀ Sky Art ❀

I'm sorry for your busy schedule. It's something I can't talk about to anyone Unintentionally, I wrote it here. ※Excuse me for the long post. In my head, it's because of a competitive society where the weak eat the strong Kicking people off people unexpectedly Over and over again as a...

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Who are the sutras for the farewell ceremony?

It's been a while since I posted. There are no serious problems this time either, so please contact us for any concerns Please make it a priority. This is a simple question in the process of practicing Buddhism. Buddhist teachings explain impermanence, selflessness, and suffering, and the...

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What kind of creatures are Gaki?

I have a mental illness called schizophrenia. Every day, I can hear and see the voices and faces of various men and women. It's really inconvenient. My psychosomatic medicine teacher said, “Schizophrenia is a brain disease.” I was convinced, but I thought I'd look up things other than...

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I don't know if it's okay to live the way I want

Hello, I'm a 23 year old man this year. I'm a Korean who has been studying Japanese for 12 years, and I'm planning to study in Japan starting next year. What I want to major in is “Japanese literature.” Also, I like reading ancient documents, etc., and I would like to study Kuzushi...

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My son's baseball game is painful.

My son, who is in middle school, belongs to a hardball baseball team. Not only is it physically difficult to pick up and drop off, but it's also physically difficult to bring along to practice and games. What's more painful than that is that I don't spend much time with the other sisters because...

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How can I accept myself?

　Previously, I asked a question about “I couldn't get married, I can't find my future life.” Since then, I've received support from various people, and I've been thinking about various things. However, no matter what, my thoughts just loop like this, and my thoughts don't move forward at...

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About the idea of reincarnation

I have 2 questions ① In Buddhism, it is said that people are born with the idea of reincarnation What do you think about population growth and decline? The current population of Japan is over 100 million It seems that when the Taiho Ritsuryo Code was established in the Nara period, there...

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I don't understand the feelings of people who don't want to be cured

Someone important to me has a heart (brain) illness. And that person tells me he wants to stay sick. This is so hard for me to accept. My personality changes only because of that illness, and they use verbal and physical violence against me. I hate that so much. I went to the hospital many...

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I can't get death out of my head

I'm a perfectionist. But we don't have enough ability to do everything perfectly. They are people who have a strong sense of obsession with living in perfect order and doing what they think perfectly. That's why I'm tempted to give up everything after one stumbling block. However, in reality,...

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I want to fix my personality that changes drastically when I drive

Hello, this is my first time posting. Thank you for your support. I'm a fourth year college student and I'm 22 years old. There are often “people whose personality changes drastically when they get behind the wheel.” I'm really a person who “changes my personality drastically” and I can't...

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I want to keep my diary but it won't continue

Good evening. The year is coming to an end this year. Thank you very much for your help. Sorry for the silly question at the end of the year. Every year, I start writing my diary on January 1st. I found a diary I like, and I'm excited for this year, but I'm frustrated. First, the...

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