Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

I'm worried that an earthquake will really happen

There was an earthquake in Osaka the other day. I saw a post on SNS saying “The country says it might be 17 times the Great East Japan Earthquake.” It's scary to think I might die. Will I die in middle school?

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About the direction to sleep

It is often said that it is bad to face a pillow north, but is it really that bad?

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Thinking about death makes me panic

I'm so afraid of dying. It's scary and unavoidable when I think about what will happen to the person who is typing letters like this now after death. Since death cannot be escaped, I read various things such as the Buddha's thoughts and the Bible so that I can somehow accept death and not...

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Should I break up with someone I interact with on SNS

Continuing from last time, this is a love counseling session. There are people I interact with on SNS. Yesterday “Thank you for praising myself that nobody has praised me until now” I said it with courage. but it seems like it didn't resonate with his heart at all It has been passed...

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About the method of salvation

I've heard that you can be saved just by chanting nembutsu, but please tell me the reason for this. Isn't Shinran's teaching devotion right cause name reward?

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Relationship with younger brother

I'm having trouble with my younger brother who is in the middle of a rebellious period. My mother and I are strongly opposed to each other, and we often argue over trivial matters of everyday life. My younger brother ・Don't do what you can't do (if you fail, blame others) ・If you point out even...

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About working at cemeteries

While I was in the process of changing jobs, I saw a job offer at a pet cemetery, and I decided to take a tour. When I talked to my father, I was told that people who work in cemeteries or funeral homes have bad spirits or bad feelings, family misfortunes, and disabilities for their own children...

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At a part-time job

Nice to meet you. It was really painful and I wrote it here. About six months ago, I complained about a customer who works part-time in the cash register. There are regular customers who sell in bulk at thrift stores. I don't remember much about it, but that ○○-san again! I said (I'm a regular...

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About past killings

Since I was a child, I have tormented and cruelly killed insects. When I was in junior college, there were a lot of cockroaches at balsan etc. (Maybe a few hundred to a thousand or more?) Even after that, I killed countless people while driving. Currently, I sincerely repent, don't kill...

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Aiming to become a monk

Hello. I'm a college student who is on leave of absence due to a mental illness. I came across Zen while fighting an illness, and I am encouraged every day. I think there are many people in the world who are struggling or trying too hard and their hearts are exhausted. I hope all of you...

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Why do people hate excuses?

I'm indebted to you. This is Shibata Aki. Apparently, excuses are sometimes frowned upon. I think it would help improve. Since I joined the company, I have been taught how to solve certain problems. It's about teams classifying causes by factors (human, environmental, time, etc.) and...

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Do you want to protect your husband?

I had a chance to talk to my husband's parents about my Morahara DV husband, so I tried talking about painful things while shedding tears while mixing the evidence. Then my husband's father was shocked. Because I thought my husband and wife were on good terms.. Morahara DV talked about how I...

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Preparation and exhaustion until the wake and funeral

My grandmother passed away, and it was said that she was close to old age, so I was prepared and wrote various thoughts in my notebook early, so I didn't panic, but since my parents were chased to prepare for the wake and funeral, and since it's in the countryside, my acquaintances and relatives...

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Should I quit my job or keep going

This is my fourth year as a high school graduate and working adult. I graduated from technical high school and got a job at my current company. At first, it was the manufacturing department, but no matter how many times I was told, mistakes were repeated, breaking parts, causing trouble to...

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What is a separation fee

My wife's parents' house died out, and since it's far away, I consulted with the chief priest about finishing my parents-in-law's graves and moving them to a nearby ossuary, and they asked me to pay 3 million yen other than the cost of removing the tomb. I was worried, and when I consulted with a...

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What does seeking happiness mean?

　I know you're busy, but I'd like to ask you a question. I often hear the words “know enough” and “cherish the happiness we have now.” I think it's a very good way of thinking, but on the other hand, it makes me wonder if “being satisfied with the happiness you have now = don't seek any more...

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What is happiness in Buddhism

According to the Buddhist way of thinking, “happiness means no suffering” is happiness?

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Nice to meet you.

Hello. Congratulations on the new year. It's early in the new year, and I made a mistake on Twitter the other day. That is, when I found a friend's account and asked to follow me, it wasn't a direct message, and although it wasn't my full name, I gave the name “○○-san, please follow me.” Soon...

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I'm wondering if I should keep dating my lover

I am constantly distrusted by her because of lies I told in the past. (Not an affair, related to my friendship) I apologized because I thought it was bad that I told a lie. Since then, I've told a lie and never done anything, but I've been strongly requested to do anything, and in particular,...

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It's painful

Hello, I'm a nursing facility nurse who is currently on leave of absence due to customer harassment. Actually, there are residents who have quite a few problems, and they don't have dementia, have had their leg amputated due to diabetes, and they have come all the way from the south of the...

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