Good people, bad people

Hello.

You're eagerly learning from Buddha's teachings, aren't you? That's a great thing.

The standard of right and wrong in Buddhism is, after all, what is in the direction that brings us closer to nirvana or enlightenment is good, and conversely, what is in the direction that keeps us away from it is bad.

However, no matter what, it becomes “my convenience” when it comes to judging on the level of an individual person called me.

That person is a good person, that is a bad event, I don't care about that person

Like that, even I'm going to be the judge.

However, if I were to learn Buddhism, I would say that everyone was a good person with the function of awakening me to Buddhism, and this is called Shobutsu (Shobutsu).

For me personally, I can only think of him as a villain when he looks at it with my own thing. However, if I awaken to Buddhism through that person, that person is also a group of Buddhas who work in the same way as the Buddha.

Of course, as a reality we live in, that is quite difficult. There will also be encounters called grudges and bitterness that will make you want to avoid them no matter what.
However, even that one can be an encounter with Buddhism. Even if we avoid relationships with people, we are always illuminated by Buddhism through that. That is probably the practice of learning me from Buddhism.

Instead of judging people based on the standards of right and wrong created in their heads, they are wrapped in Buddhism with the fact of an encounter.
It would be really rich in a world where people could say, “Everyone was Buddha to me.” I would like to work hard to be like that too.

We look forward to your continued support.

“Don't make bad friends. Don't hang out with lowly people. Make good friends. Interact with precious people.”
(Translated by Nakamura Hajime, “Buddha's Words of Truth: Words of Inspiration” by Iwanami Bunko)

I think you're probably referring to these words.
Let me digress for a moment before I reply.

The sutras called the Dharmapada, and Suttanipata are one of the oldest categories handed down to the present day, and they are known by listening to the direct explanation of early Buddhism, the Buddha.
However, I think you know that Buddha did not write a book with a brush, but that part of it was transmitted through editing and translation by his disciples who listened to the sermon, and what was translated into Japanese in recent years (the same book by Nakamura Hajime and others) is now touching our eyes.
In other words, it is not limited to the words of Gautama = Buddha of the Shaka tribe. Buddha, that person is Buddha (the awakened person), but Buddha is not alone in history. There must have been a disciple, Buddha, whose name has not been passed down to the present day. Since it is based on these words, the above are not “Buddha's” but “Buddha's words.”

Also, it is based on the commandment called the “Ten Good Commandments,” which is the teachings of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism monks in the Edo period. This is not to say that it is a mistake, and when interpreting Buddha's words, it is likely to be confusing when arranging stories with quite different historical backgrounds.
(Jiun Shonin, who was called the Ten Good Commandments, may have studied the Dharma Sutra as well.)
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Now, on to the question about the criteria for judging good people and bad people.

If I had to say, I really think “it's right to be lost in judgment.”
How horrible is it to judge good people and bad people with my imperfect “yardstick.”

Also, there are the following words in the verse of “Dhammapada.”
“There is nothing to be afraid of for people whose hearts are not tainted by worries, their feelings are not disturbed, who abandon the line between right and wrong, and are awake.”

So, I think it's okay to be afraid of getting lost. Rather than being able to take it for granted that getting lost is normal.
I consider people who acknowledge such “weakness of heart” and make us aware of them as good people. At the same time, I think that everyone has that element, even a bad person who makes me proud, judges and selects people, and cuts himself up.
Good and evil live together in me, and good and evil live together in people I love, people I respect, people who commit crimes, and people who are lazy

This kind of teaching comes up over and over again, and there are also specific teachings about what kind of people are good and what kind of people are bad. However, what is extremely important here is “teaching about monks.” In other words, choose an ascetic buddy or choose a mentor to which you are a devotee, and you should never use it as a speculation about people in general society.

According to Professor Katayama Kazuyoshi, the 78th verse of the Hakku Sutra mentioned by Shinkeishi is also a teaching aimed at a disciple named Elder Channa. I don't know if that's true, though. That's because it's a compilation of oral traditions. But even if you use the word friend, it's a word that the Buddha used “friend” when calling out to his disciples.
Conversely, in 406, when the disciple was treated harshly by an ignorant worldly person, the Buddha explained not to “keep a distance from that villain,” but “let the other disciples follow suit.”

Buddha's words that look like Hakku Sutra or the primitive sutras around there are “case studies in principle.” Seemingly contradictory words come up depending on what kind of symptoms and whom they teach.
So actually, Buddha's words are the worst introductory book. If you don't read it once you understand the direction of Buddhism, you'll misunderstand it or get lost.

This is true even when it comes to our answer by hasunoha. People who suffer from the habit of careful selection will answer “let's stop careful selection,” and to those who suffer from believing anything and everything, they will answer “let's know what it means to choose.” It's called counterfactual theory or medicine for sickness, and that's what Buddhism is.

More specifically, there are cases where they preach “let's abandon the act of judging itself,” and there are also cases where they preach “let's make correct judgments and put ourselves on the trajectory of cause and effect in order to leave suffering.”

Please come into contact with Buddhism with the intention of increasing the number of drawers, not good or evil, 0 or 100.
Increase the number of your own attitude drawers. Increase the number of people you can hang out with. Find the goodness of others and increase the number of drawers. On the other hand, increase teachers' lesson withdrawals... etc.

Making that drawer isn't about Buddhism in general, so be sure to think about case studies of your own surroundings with the monk.

It's getting colder.
Walking with good friends and avoiding fellowship with evil is an issue I want to cherish.

As Maruko guessed, people have both good and bad sides.
That's why I'm at a loss in my judgment.

When you were a kid, didn't you learn from school or your parents that you should not only pay attention to bad things about people, but to pay attention to good things for them?

It's a wonderful teaching, but...
Even though that teaching feels like a bad person, there are parts like this... etc., it could also result in misleading judgments.
Also, the opposite is true.

In Buddhism, there is a way of thinking called the Middle Way.

It means that you can't go too far, whether you have a good side or a bad side.
People who are just in the middle, humble, and humble, are good people, at least I think so.

Socialize with good people and live a better life.