I have a question

I'm not from Eiheiji Temple, and I haven't watched that program, so it's hard to answer, but it seems like it's hard to answer, so I'm sorry to bother you.
I'm from Soji-ji Temple, and the year I went up the mountain was a year where the number of people who couldn't stand the first 3 months went up to double digits, and it became a problem (I later heard) that they had gone too far.

I've always wanted to go home, too. However, thanks to his friends who were next to him, in order to ascend the mountain, he was able to avoid running away. He was by far the worst, and for some reason he didn't know how to use a broom. Sweeping the trash to the right and sweeping to the left repeatedly and not moving even one step... that was the level of the problem before training.

No matter what I do, it's like that. This guy can't live an ascetic life... Senpai Osho and his friends made eye enemies and attacked him in an attempt to drive him back. But he never ran away. There's no way I can run away first even though that guy is patient next to me.

My friends are there. That alone is encouraging. That power of existence is called “power of the public” (daishu's kindness.)

Also, I was comforted by the sight of the small cherry trees planted in the miniature garden a few meters square changing every day. those cherry blossoms... they aren't there anymore...
Other than that, when I was wandering around with a rag on, I quickly raised my head and one old woman was looking at me while smiling. I was motivated by layering that smile on top of a parishioner in my hometown.
Another day, an unknown wife, whom I passed by, greeted me with a smile, “Good morning.” That smile unexpectedly filled me with tears, and I was so saved. A smile alone has the power to heal people.
An OB said, “Just think about today. We made it through today, so let's just put up with it for one day tomorrow. I was told, “If you repeat it every day, it will be 1 year and 2 years before you notice it.”
After that, he said to the master at Sojiji Temple, “Hard is the right state. If you don't have a hard time living an ascetic lifestyle you're not used to, it's because you've skipped it somewhere. The fact that it's hard is proof that you guys are seriously working hard. Be prepared to think so.” I was told, and that supported my heart.

On the night of the intensive training period (Denkoukai Setshin) before summer, when several months had passed since I was deceived and misled in this way, the world I had imagined completely changed due to questions and answers with my teacher, and then I began to live my ascetic life in a positive way.

Hello.

The Soto sect has two head temples, “Eiheiji Temple” in Fukui and “Soji-ji Temple” in Kanagawa, and 90% of monks (I don't know the exact statistics, but sensitively) live peacefully on either of these mountains (read “anko”). It's about ascetic practices. (Hereafter referred to as “ascetic practice”). That ratio (also sensitively) is half. The remaining 10% are other ascetic dojos. In the Soto sect, you cannot qualify as a monk unless you practice for a certain period of time at one of these ascetic dojos. In other words, about 40% of Soto Sect monks practice training at Eiheiji Temple, but why? It wasn't easy to get an answer. It just so happens that there are a lot of monks from Sojiji Temple or other monasteries who have answered in hasunoha. (I'm also Sojiji). I'm sorry.

I don't write about how it was because I don't want to remember, but it's like being forced to work in a prison cell. It was pretty tough physically. But for that reason, I'm still bound by a strong bond with my friends back then.

I wasn't aware that this kind of question had been asked.
I'm sorry.

“It's an ascetic practice that an average person would not be able to endure, though.”

Even at the same ascetic dojo, perspectives and environments differ depending on where they are assigned and interpersonal relationships
The meaning of ascetic practice itself, and personal ascetic experiences
I think there are ten different ways to capture it.

My mentor sent me out to go for 3 years, and I went up the mountain in February 2011.
I was wondering what would happen in the first 3 months, let alone 3 years, but in the end, I was able to experience the department I was aiming for, and I went down the mountain after 2 years and 9 months.

No matter how you say it, there are various thoughts during that time, so I can't say them all within 1000 characters.

Of course, it was both fun and fresh.
Like the warmth of the warm sunshine in the middle of winter.
Like hearing the sound of snow falling.
The body odor of the worshipers at lunchtime is severe (looks like a monster) or something.
I wonder if that guy secretly ate chocolate.
Like the feeling of elation when opening a letter from my parents' house or a friend.
Before I knew it, my girlfriend, who was an ascetic fellow, had a new lover.
I found Unsui-san's notebook in the early Showa period, and they were doing the same thing as now.
The annual financial inspection to get permission to go out is sometimes unreasonable to say “the names of everyone at AKB48” (at the time). “If you can say the names of the 57 Buddhas, you can say about 48 people, right?” or something.
Why did you guys come to Eiheiji! I was yelled at,
I saw a couple coming to pray and said, “Why did you guys come to Eiheiji!” and rough.

If it's just that it's tough
There are times when the world is several times harsher.
Even in ascetic practice, there are cases where people know how warm they are
It's not something that's there to give an evaluation, such as being great because you've practiced
There is also a feeling that I don't want people to take a close-up look just about “tough.”

An essay by Mr. Unsui, who is active at Eiheiji, looks back on his ascetic practice is contributed to a monthly journal called “Kasamatsu” (Sansho). I think mine is somewhere too. I don't know if even that represents all of the ascetic practices, but please read it if you like.

However, if I had to say it in a nutshell
To be able to say “I'm glad I went”
I'm living in the present.
I think I'm with everyone in the world. Wouldn't you like to say “I'm glad I'm alive”?

Namu Shakyamuni Buddha Gassho

　For the time being, I enjoyed the conclusion. However, it was hard before I got used to it. In particular, I woke up early at 3:30, and on days with 4 and 9, I woke up 1 hour late, which made me happy.
The content of the training was an environment where I was very thankful to do the same thing as everyone else in silence in a place where there was no television or anything.
The monastery was a place where people started zazen, ate, and slept, and the atmosphere was great, without making noise and doing only one thing, even when 66 or more people entered. I thought that if I felt like that, I had the power to be quiet even when there were a lot of people.
When zazen at night, the voice of a small owl called a “Buddhist monk” doubles the serenity. When I was cleaning the garden around Eiheiji Temple, I was relieved to see boopou grass blooming. I began to think that it would be okay to stay for the rest of my life from about the 5th year, but I still feel lonely that I was sent off [so] (going down Eiheiji Temple) due to the circumstances of my own temple.
What I want you to keep in mind is that just because you eat vegetarian cuisine and do zazen during ascetic practice, doesn't mean you can be healthy. The world misunderstands that, but at the end of the day, it's up to me to decide whether to be healthy or not. There is no time to be involved in ascetic practice whether it is healthy or unhealthy, and what has been gained through ascetic practice is still being utilized in places where it can't be seen. Suffice to say, I was told that the way they cleaned was different from others. I'm not aware of it myself, so I don't really understand it.
Exactly this time of year is alms, and I think all over Fukui prefecture, ascetic monks from Eiheiji Temple line up in groups to do alms. If lucky, we might meet...