An invincible person

Excuse me.

I also have children, so I feel fear as a parent in the same way.
Whether you go to and from school alone, or go to school in groups, it's too irresistible if you do that kind of thing.

But at the same time, I also feel the fear that I could have become an invincible person depending on my choices...

It's just a small difference.
I think there is a possibility that they will take that kind of action with just a slight difference in motivation and just a little bit of drastic action.
everyone.

If you think back, there are a lot of them in history up until now, even if you look at modern criminal history.

As long as society is organized by concepts such as “normal,”
I think there will always be people who overflow from those fuzzy regulations.
It's a global trend where nationalism and populism seem to be getting stronger,
Certainly, the number of people who overflow may increase from now on.

When that happens, a society where people can choose which direction to overflow is ideal.

What I said in the title, “That's scary, isn't it?”
This is because I myself chose to become a monk as a result of overflowing social attunement.
I'm afraid that if it had leaked out in a different direction... it might have been a way to sympathize with the culprit...

I still don't know what kind of personality the culprit this time had and what circumstances led to the misconduct,
I hope that systems and common sense that can save people escaping from the “normal” of society will penetrate.

The general public should abandon the sense of “normal” and accept it more (diversity),
We monks should act as saucers so that the overflow can be positively perceived (death of sentience).

I read it.

It's a really painful incident.

There is no excuse for targeting and killing helpless children, no matter what the reason is, a mortal crime.

Targeting innocent young children without crime and carrying it out as is really foolish. Those who commit such a crime will be rewarded for it. That's because even if you die and run away from this world, you'll never be able to escape after that.

I sincerely ask the Buddha to make sure that those who have died are saved by the Buddha, saved from all fear and suffering, protected by the Buddha, meet close people and ancestors under the Buddha and feel safe from the bottom of my heart.
Namu Amida Buddha Namu Amidabutsu
The Buddha always saves those who have passed away. And from now on, we will be saved from all suffering and will be at peace from the bottom of our hearts under the Buddha.

The person who committed that deadly crime may have been rejected by our society, nation, and the world by leaving them out of the ranks of the weak, or they may have repeatedly bullied them over the years as outcasts.
I also think that person was weak. So maybe I took that line on people who were weaker than me.
It can also be said that we were the ones who drove it that way. In other words, I think we have a part in that crime.
Until now, such incidents have occurred one after another.

I strongly feel that we must face it really sincerely, reflect on it from the bottom of our hearts, and create a society where such people are saved in a way that does not drive them away. I feel that we, society itself, the nation itself, and the world itself must sincerely face and deeply reflect on it as our own, and try to respect, compassion, and help each other so that such things do not happen. And I sincerely hope that you and I will always keep in mind that everything will be saved.
That's because I might be tempted to commit such a mortal crime at any time.
That's why I hope we can be saved together and that we can walk the good path together.

When I wasn't a monk, I was only doing my own thing.
When I was young, there was a time when my house was a temple, so someday I had to do temple activities... At one point, I really encountered shocking things like life, old age, illness, and death, or a sad incident like this one, and came across things that didn't turn out the way I wanted, and I began to seek the truth about “what should happen.” At first, I was searching in the dark. A common boy in the world. Shouldn't it be a denomination monk taken into the sect? monk boy. There was a time when I was doing what is called a “good monk.”
The monk practiced ascetic practices in search of enlightenment, and practiced under a monk who gained enlightenment by thinking that it would be good to contribute to people's peace of mind by telling the puja and getting rid of people's suffering.
This is what I thought at one point. The world won't get better even if you realize it yourself and have peace of mind.
The world isn't going to get better at all, is it! I felt that contradiction.
I feel that my strength is weak.
Far from getting better, Japan is being devoured by more and more egocentric people, and even people who are doing their best with good intentions, are being used badly, and painful incidents just happen every day.
I feel like I can't say anything lukewarm.
That's why I think we have to do what the world really needs.
Among them, I don't think there should be a lack of religion.
There are also people who say that if their worries are saved, that's fine, but if you explain it in Anpanman, even if only Anpanman helps people alone, characters who need help every time can't just be helped forever.
I myself felt that if each of us did not seek humanity to carry out activities to spread good bacteria, people would only take care of themselves.
A sense of religion makes us pursue the highest level of humanity within that religion. That becomes morality.
Buddhism also teaches us such morals, things we shouldn't do, and above all else, the direction we should really move towards as a person.
More importantly, kindness, warmth, and a true direction that makes you move as a person.
What is the best thing a human being should do as a human being?
Let's not take this kind of evil heart for good, let's spread activities to create a world where no one suffers, without staying there even though it's sad. Gassho

　I'm sorry I wrote technical terms that were difficult to understand in the title.

Three morning prayers (three morning prayers) are representative of the New Year's events at Soto sect temples.

I pray for the rise of Buddhism, peace in the world, and the happiness of all believers, and read the sutras called Dahannya Rishubu further and pray. Since this is performed every day before and after the morning session (morning work) on New Year's 3rd, it is called the Three Morning Prayer. I think most of the other denominations are praying similarly.

In the context of Daihannya Rikubun, “Nochofushi is affectionate. Always have good taste and enjoy all kinds of fun. All enemies of this world are merciful. The practice of Noshizen ascetic bodhisattva. There is a phrase called “Shisho Mujō Shōdō Bodhi,” and in particular, the phrase “all enemies of the present world are compassionate” is read over and over again three times.

A mistranslated translation is “if you control all affections (living things) so that they are always born with good intentions (the human world and the celestial world), and if you are made to receive all kinds of myoraku, all enemies in this world will cause compassion, and practice all kinds of Bodhisattva deeds with ability and good will quickly show a state of supreme enlightenment.” That's it.
If you chew it up a little more, it means that if you control the Three Poison Afflictions, prevent it from falling into Hell or Gakido, and receive life in the human world, even the villains in this world will all awaken compassion, properly practice Buddhism, and reach a state of enlightenment.

You said “invincible person” in your question. I can understand your feelings. However, I would like to object to this expression. I think invincibility means completely preventing enemy attacks. I think it would be better to paraphrase it as perfect defense. I think the suspect in this incident arbitrarily took people who were not originally enemies as enemies and wielded a knife. I think they arbitrarily treated people who did no harm as enemies and ran for the crime.

In “Shohō Genzō Bodhisattva Shishiregō,” written by Dogen Zenji, “surrendering a vengeful enemy and reconciling a gentleman is based on love language.” There is such a thing. In order to control enemies that resent oneself, convert, and convince those in political power, it is fundamental to work with love language. Everyone knows right away that the world doesn't have to be clean. However, if there were people who treated the suspect with love language and communicated by turning the suspect's words and thoughts into love language, I think the results would have been a little different. Maybe they were able to bring out the sense of mercy in the suspect's heart. Let's believe in such possibilities and speak in love.