Do you want to live a long time?

Hello, Minori.

I want to live a long time too. There's still so much I want to learn and do. Since becoming a monk, I've learned more about the world, and I've been able to do many more things I wanted to do. But it's also true that we don't know when it will disappear. Every time the death report of my classmate comes in, I try my best to throw my best so that I don't have any regrets no matter when I die.
I'm also 53 years old, but in order to live a long time. It means that my health status in my 60s and beyond will change depending on how I train my mind and body in my 50s, so I'm doing my best while adjusting my eating habits and exercise.

Let's do our best together. And let's see Japan and the world in the future and go to paradise (laughs) Gassho

In the Jodo Shinshu
Saved by Amida Nyorai
It is said that they will go to the Pure Land,
No matter how much you believe it's a wonderful place
I want to die soon and pass away in the Pure Land
I don't think so at all.

I'm afraid of dying,
There is also the fact that I don't want to break up with my relatives and friends.

“I want to die...” “I want to disappear...”
What is a situation where you don't think
I think I'm thankful for that.

Good evening Minori. Thank you for your wonderful question. It was a question I'd like to read many monks' answers to.

And it's surprisingly healthy (laughs) I envy you. My digestive system is really weak...

Well, do you want to live a long time or not? If I wanted to do it, I would say why, but to be honest, I didn't immediately think that I was like this.
Of course I don't want to die right now, but that's not the case when it comes to wanting to live a long time.

When I studied Buddhism to a certain extent, there was a time when I thought, “Oh, I'm not afraid to die anymore.”
But that was a mistake. Now, in a sense, I'm getting more and more afraid of death.

What I felt like I had overcome was the “after death” problem; in other words, it was an ideological “death” (like only in my head), not a “real death.”

Death comes with old age and sickness. There may also be cases of accidents.

It will also be accompanied by various pains, suffering, and painful feelings. The “real death” that lay in front of me when I came into contact with the circumstances of various people was very scary at the age where I felt that kind of thing realistically.

I myself am a Jodo Shinshu sect, but I don't believe in the Pure Land (Paradise World) as an ideal place to be reincarnated after death. (As for my current faith)
However, if we call that state where everyone is equally greeted, just as all rivers are facing the ocean — even though we have no idea what it is — the Pure Land is a fact for us regardless of whether we believe it or not. You'll be there sooner or later, so there's no hurry.

There are things I want to do now that I'm alive.

It means being saved together with many of you. The salvation of Mahayana Buddhism is not personal to me, and it is not true salvation unless I and you are saved together.

Also, in the Pure Land Shinshu sect in Mahayana Buddhism, the savior is not me, but Amitabha Buddha. I am on the side that can be saved no matter how far I go.

Therefore, I would be happy if I could ask for Shakyamuni's teachings with many people and take care of Amitabha Buddha's salvation together.

I want to be saved along with Minori and Minori's daughter.

Minori-sama

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

Before the health checkup, I suddenly started a diet and started drinking nutritional supplements in a hurry (laughs)

Year by year, as the number of points indicated increases, people also realize death from old age or senile illness...

Life span is also a matter of relationship, and there are times when it just doesn't last.

However, if we are able to gain confidence in what will continue in this life, in the next life, and in the next, I think there may be other differences.

One of those convictions is that in the case of humble birth, above all else, it is a Buddhist connection.

A Buddhist relationship that continues in the next life and beyond. I know that if I have that certainty, I can spend my time in hell with peace of mind even if I go to hell.

Well, it's confirmed that my humble life and the next generation will go to hell. (Due to the misdemeanor of the Sanmaya commandment in Mujō Yoga Tantra)

Rather, you may also get the chance to save sentient beings in hell to some extent.

Anyway, above all else, there is peace of mind that you will always be able to walk the Buddhist path regardless of twists, twists, and turns, or detours due to the Buddha's relationship.

Also, it will be a place where it is possible to have a further relationship with everyone who was related under the Buddha.

It's all about step by step until the day when everyone comes to enlightenment.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho