hasunoha

About the boy's misdeeds

A bad boy has been arrested on the news recently, but what do you think of Hasunoha's monk?

4 Zen Responses

It's a pity, I'm not sorry

 There have been so many such things lately, and I think it's sad. Monks are monks, so after all, I don't think it's good to run away saying “monks are humans too.” If monks don't always think that they are just training themselves, that's what happens.
Nonetheless, it is possible for someone to bounce off due to a careful mistake. If you make a mistake, apologize sincerely and properly; that is the same for any person,
I don't think monks can get enough monks unless they have a strict sense of repentance that “I, the monk, did it.”
It's not that level these days, and there are people who have gotten involved in heinous crimes. I shouldn't have become a monk, and I probably thought things out easily.
In any case, it is natural that there is distrust of monks. It's a sad fact, though.
 

Is it the age of the Last Law (Mappou)

More than 2,500 years have passed since the Buddha passed away.
It may be an age of the “end law” where Buddhism is declining.
On this earth, too many years have passed since the Buddha passed away, the level of humans as a whole has declined.
There are bad people among monks, but there are bad people for people other than monks, so it can't be helped.
Anger is distress.
When you see a bad monk and get angry, what you should reflect on is your own anguish of anger, and I think it's good to think about others (bad monks) to the extent that “well, there are a lot of people called boys.”
That being said, it makes me angry.
I wonder if this is also because of ordinary people (bonbu) (foolish people who don't understand) at the end of the law.

The spirit of jiken

There was a time when Buddhism practiced in the mountains. The fact that the temple still bears the mountain name is a remnant of that.
Honen Shonin was working hard at Mount Hiei, but he went down to the village and began teaching the people of Ichii.
I had a residence called Yoshimizu's thatched house in the place that is now Chion-in Temple in Kyoto, and I began preaching the teachings from there. However, it seems that he was a strong feudal priest. As a monk, I think I want to live like that, but in Meiji 5, “a monk's carnivorous wife should be selfish.” A decree of the Grand Council of State called was issued, and both monks and laypeople
It ended up being the same. Nowadays, there is a tendency to look at monks from home at home and below, but it seems that in the past, monks born in temples were called rago (rago) and were seen below. It comes from an abbreviation for the phonetic term Rahura, the biological son of Lord Buddha. As long as we live in the market, we must abide by the law. In the days when there were no laws, precepts probably played a role like law, but today's monks are stripped of their monk status by the sect not because they broke the precepts, but because they have broken the law. Aren't today's monks living half monks and half secular lives? However, the basic thing is that what a layman is not allowed to do is that a monk should not do either. It means that higher ethics are required. There are various kinds of real monks, so that's fine, but it shouldn't just be a crime. I think that is important as long as we live as people. Isn't it a reality that the difference between monks and lay people is narrowing? We are ordinary people (sentient beings who are trapped by worries and can't get out of their way). Whether you're a monk or a layman. From Amida's point of view, monks and lay people are the same. Absolute equality. So just as there are laypeople who become sinners, there is no guarantee that you won't become a sinner just because you are a monk. I believe that even such people can be saved. If you've committed a crime, you have no choice but to pray for repentance and annihilation. Maybe they think that way because teachers and monks work as custodians and priests. Postscript It seems that they use it properly between a boy and a boy, but I don't feel very good when called a boy.

Like public servants and celebrities,

The crimes of clergymen are dealt with broadly.
Since it's a job type where so-called right things are required,
There is a big gap with committing a crime.
The level of attention will also increase, so
That's probably how big they are to be treated.

I'm sorry for those who trusted me and were harmed,
It's also disappointing that the monk thought that was the case...
Since there is a possibility that I will commit such a crime,
I can't curse the culprit unilaterally, but...

It's just,
In order to dispel such an image,
Doing your best to meet the expectations of those around you
I think it's something I should do.