Why You Shouldn't Commit Suicide

I saw it.

In the old days, religion was responsible for why people should not commit suicide.
If you commit suicide, you'll go to hell, you won't be saved, etc.
However, there is probably no era where that deterrent power doesn't work as much as today, when the power of religion is weakening.
These are difficult times. This time I'm going to think about it without religion.

Personally, I can't say unequivocally that one should not commit suicide.
This is because even if we are close to the suffering that the person in question is experiencing, we cannot fully understand it.
I don't know how painful it is, and even though it's probably severe physical and mental pain, “don't try to run away,” isn't it too bad?

However, it is not coercion from the surroundings or principles of “don't commit suicide,” and the person himself must have a feeling that “I don't want to commit suicide.”
Because if you really want to kill yourself, you won't be there anymore.
I don't want to die because I'm just saying “I want to commit suicide” without committing suicide.
The reason may be fear of death or final pain.
But I dare to think it's because there is an unconscious “because I want to live.”
Because it makes my family sad. I feel sorry for my friend who helped me. Because I can't abandon my kids. It doesn't matter what.
I'm sure the reason I want to live a strong life rather than the reason I want to die is dormant in my heart.

The most important thing is to make the person in question aware of that “desire to be alive.”
However, “don't you have a heart that wants to be alive?” Don't tell me things like that.
You just have to notice it yourself. If people around you tell you, it won't be any different from coercion from outside.

What you can do is very difficult.
You have to make the person in question aware.
If I die, I won't be able to recover (I want to live for my friends), this hopelessness won't last forever, I wanted to try that (I want to live for the future), etc.
Try making various voices so that you think your opponent is surrounded by ().
It will take longer than you can imagine.
However, there will always come a day when the person in question becomes aware of this by accident and looks forward to living.
I was thinking about suicide, so there's no doubt about it.

The reason why people should not commit suicide is “because they are ignoring the desire to live that lies within themselves.”
I'm sorry for the long sentence.

I read it, and my name is Hiramoto from Jiyoin.

You're thinking about a reason not to die, aren't you? Also, I'm worried about my friend's mental state.

Also, when it comes to this content, opinions differ quite a bit depending on the monks, so I hope you can refer to the various opinions.

First of all, I don't think people who have a painful mental state and want death really don't want death because they are in a state where it is painful enough to die. If magic or something were to take away their current suffering, I don't think anyone would want death.

And it is the “heart” that feels suffering.

With the exception of suffering such as physical pain, strong suffering is created when the mind responds to mental suffering.

If you can control your mental responses, you can get out of a state of depression, but if you are depressed, you don't have the energy to learn how to control your mind, so it's difficult.

So I think it's important to empathize with your friends about how painful they are to die for.

There are many reasons why you should not die, but what is important is that you want to die and what you want to live depends on your “heart.”

In other words, it seems good to believe that there is always a way out of depression, think “something will work,” and empathize with things that are painful enough to die for.

Also, I hope that my friend's suffering will be alleviated even a little.

If you have any further concerns, we look forward to hearing from you.

I read it.
As you said, after all, our lives were given in infinite connections.
It exists in a connected and structured way beyond what we can imagine.

It continues to be nurtured beyond our imagination.

There are a lot of people who really care about you. Among them, many ancestors who died earlier are probably also included.
I don't think you usually notice it, and you may not even notice it, but there are many people who sincerely rejoice, support, and guide you to the fact that you are alive.

There may be times when you want to run away from everything that is really hard and painful in your life, or when you want to put an end to your life. That's because everyone probably feels that way at some point. I think there are times when people suffer so much that they wish to take their own lives.

Nonetheless, if that suffering is alleviated, or if we are saved, I think we will be able to face life positively again.

They acknowledge and accept that they are having such a painful feeling that they want to die, and I think it is possible to understand the preciousness of living little by little and the importance of each living person as we support and help so that suffering is alleviated even little by little.

There are so many people who really care about you and that person. If possible, I sincerely hope that they will fulfill the ten-life they have been given and pass it on to the next generation.

Suicide is no good.

Don't die... is a little different.
When the time comes to die, you have to die even if you want to keep living.

First of all, “I don't want to live” and “I want to die” are not equal.
It's so painful that I think “I don't want to live”...
“Then I'll die...”
This isn't “I want to die.”

And why suicide is bad...

It is often said that they are “being kept alive,” but it is arrogant to think “I am living by my own will, so I am free to die.”

If you “live by your own will,” you should be able to stop your heart with your own will.
However, regardless of the will to “die,” the heart continues to move.

In other words, they are “being kept alive” regardless of their own will.
“Living until death” has already been programmed and created.

Such a “relay of life” and “discontinuous continuity” is the truth (truth) of heaven and earth called “the activity of life.”

However, it is also true that I think “it's hard to live...”

If so, how do you live a difficult life?

What supports that heart is “religion.”

Religion explains that wisdom.

However, that religious wisdom is not omnipotent either.

What that wisdom explains is, “How do we live (in a difficult world)?” So, it is possible to save those who have the will to live, but unfortunately it does not reach those who “don't want to live.”

Your friend was also noticed by the “original role of life,” and asked, “How do you live?” I pray that your feelings will turn towards you.

Being close to a friend is wonderful, but please take care of yourself so that you don't lose your own balance of mind.

When it comes to life, “I (ego ego)” is not the main character, but life itself is the main character.
Aren't you putting the main character in the direction of your ego or ego?
Then, the consciousness of “me” wants to give a reason.
It's not my will that I breathe.
The fact that your heart is beating probably has nothing to do with your own will.
If you open your eyes, you can see things even if you don't want to.
My ears can hear sounds I don't want to hear.
My nose also always catches the air.
It also has the power to enjoy constant moisture in the tongue.
The body also digests and absorbs nutrients regardless of its own will, and lives.
It is humans who believe what the fake account called ego says, Narismashi protagonist = ego, without looking at this actual reality.
Our true protagonist is on the side of life.
You can see that the question of whether one should commit suicide is itself an act against the will of life centered around the ego in the first place.
The real protagonists, whether you or your friends, are not your consciousness or intentions; in reality, they are on the side of life itself.
If you let the ego of a fake account or Narismashi account go wild, let's disrespect the very essence of life itself.
Buddhist practice means not prioritizing this aggressive sense of ego or self.
It is a way of life where the main body of life is the essence of life, which has been open 24 hours a day since before real life and thought.
If you can't open a temple, which is the principal image of your own life, go to a temple.
Once opened, hands naturally fit together.
That's because you can see the real thing of life, the real Buddha.
It's just that many people, that person and you, have never met this “true self.” If you “open your eyes” there, wisdom and mercy will naturally be successfully added, and you will be able to fight people's suffering alone. Gassho