Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

I'm sorry to everyone at the temple! Can I go there again?

　I'm always indebted to you. About 2 weeks ago, at last I received harsh words from a certain pedestrian. As for the content, there is a marked decline in sense of manners due to getting used to it too much, Reminder and admonish various vulnerabilities, Also, go through job hunting and...

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I want to die

I want to die of my own accord. I want to die convinced that it's my fault. like a disaster like an earthquake I don't want to die if it's an accident or something in the probability category. Taking lives is bad for me. But I almost never took lives directly. When it comes to food,...

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My best friend broke up with me

This is my first time consulting with you. Thank you for your support. My best friend of 10 years suddenly broke up with me, and I can't sort out my feelings. I think the trigger was probably because I disliked something she liked. My best friend and I have been in a relationship since...

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About devotion and meditation in Nembutsu

I am a member of the Jodo Shinshu sect, and I listen to hearings and nembutsu in order to gain devotion Apart from that, I'm mentally ill and I meditate to cut back on medication Personally, I like meditation because I feel that it gives me vitality, but don't you lose your doubts by...

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moss

Yesterday, I watered the moss in the evening. I haven't given it to you in a long time. There is a different plant on top of the moss, but the leaves look like carrots, but they are dying. The dead ones were thinned out and maintained. I feel that the healthy leaves have grown for a long...

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How much does bad speech affect the mind?

Being harshly taunted, taunted, angry, and beaten to relieve stress. What will happen to the minds of people who have done that kind of thing? How will they live again? Also, will disaster befall such people?

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The person who will become my husband wants to attend my maternal grandmother's memorial service.

A long time ago, I asked you a question about marriage. Now I'm engaged to that boyfriend, the betrothal has been completed, and I'm just waiting for the date of the ceremony. The official naturalization and wedding are yet to be completed, but before that, the 17th anniversary of my maternal...

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Is it wrong to hope for death?

Even though my body just failed to commit suicide, I'm already thinking about the next one. Am I weird? The monk told me about my mother, who told me to stop dying, that “I am a treasure for my mother,” but it's just a battle. My disability and my mother's old age. It's doubly...

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I couldn't go to work

The diagnosis of ASD and adjustment disorder has been made, and they are people who started working for a company that employs people with disabilities a month ago. I was told bad things, and I couldn't go to work. The person who mentors me is a veteran with 9 years of service, but I feel that I...

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What am I?

I don't understand anything. I don't know what to do. What am I? Do you want to die? Do you want to live?

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Things haven't been going well since I quit my job!

After I quit my job in early August... when I decided on a job and said it would start... A woman at an affiliated store from her previous job was doing double work at her newly decided workplace. That person told me gossip about me to the store manager, and I quit my job at the right time. I...

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How to spend time after a friend dies

I'm a 24 year old woman. A friend from my school days passed away the other day. It was suicide. They're my classmates, so they're 24 years old, just like me. I also knew that she had been suffering from a mental illness for the past few years, so I was surprised, but I thought, finally. We...

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About adulterous relationships

I've fallen in love with having a wife. Until a while ago, I had a dream that I wanted to get married to him, but when I learned about reality, I gave up and we had a break-up talk. He's preparing for a divorce in order to live with me in a few years, and it's hard to break up because they say...

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The center of the ring

If I'm not in the center of the circle I have a personality that makes me feel frustrated. How can I fix it?

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Christianity or Buddhism?

Thank you for always taking the time to consult with us. I'm sorry for being straightforward, but I'm not sure whether to believe in Christianity or Buddhism. I went to a Christian church about 10 years ago. I confessed my faith and went so far as to just get baptized... but the husband...

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What is a monk's wedding

There are various types of weddings, but Shinto ceremonies, chapels, public ceremonies, etc... What is a monk's wedding like?

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The death of beloved cats

My beloved cat passed away yesterday due to illness. It was a good-eyed kitten that was less than 1 year old. Actually, I had a cat before this kid, and that cat also died from the same disease before turning 1 year old. It was a disease that cannot be cured by modern veterinary medicine, and...

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High school graduation exhibition

My school is a design high school and I have a graduation exhibition in February. When I presented the work I'm currently creating to the teacher at the mid-term presentation, I wasn't able to hear very good impressions, and it ended up being afraid to listen to the teacher's impressions, and...

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There is a haze in the marital relationship

Nice to meet you and thank you for your support. My husband lied to me, and I can't trust him anymore. With a woman my husband met through a dating chat this year after 2 years of marriage It turned out that the two of them were meeting alone. He said, “It was a brainchild. There was...

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I want revenge. And what would a Buddha do?

　I'm always indebted to you. In a question a few days ago, I said “I was kicked in my cart by an old woman with dementia” I'm a bad person. The police responded kindly at the time, but I myself Stomach bugs won't fit. By the way, why did I know it was dementia was my own nursing...

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