The right effort

Like the last verse of Kenji Miyazawa's poem “Amenimo Makezu” “Sauiumono Niwatashi Hanaritai”
Can you tell me what the monks are currently most careful about in their daily lives in order to help their parents, live in harmony with others, help people in need, but value their own lives, and become a smiling Decunobo who values their own lives and gets the job done well, regardless of whether it's a proper effort that can be done on a daily basis, or apart from decunobo, that monks currently take the most care of in their daily lives?

And with the words I received in this question in mind, I would like to graduate from Hasunoha in order to live my days well.
There are so many things I want to hear and learn, but put those feelings aside for a moment.

I would appreciate your advice once again.
If this catches your eye, thank you.

4 Zen Responses

Congratulations on your graduation

I live my life every day so as not to be swept away by exciting things called thoughts and memories ^_^
Also, I live my life trying to do as much as possible what is likely to benefit people and what seems good. I want to live a lively and innocent life.

It's called graduation, but don't overdo it and go ahead whenever you have trouble again and there's nothing you can do about it.

There are a lot of monks, so it would be nice if there were answers from other people.

Well then, please take care of your health.
Gassho

An offering is a Buddha offering

　Hanako-san, I don't run out of worries, but please take care of yourself.
Well, what I keep in mind is giving. Offerings are often thought of as monks' salaries or compensation, but they are attributed to the Buddhist monk's Three Treasures. Therefore, when receiving it, they say, “I will respectfully offer it in front of the Buddha.” We monks make offerings to the main hall, read sutras, and receive hand-me-downs.
It's a snake foot, but Kenji Miyazawa's poem was written on a memo. It was written as a poem by the editor without permission. There must be more to come. When I think about it, romance relaxes

“Reincarnation will continue from now on”

Hanako-sama

That's right. What I'm careful about is that “reincarnation will continue in the future.” next life, next life... and Far ahead, that will be hundreds of millions of years, maybe even trillions of years...

Does that mean that even if I'm an ordinary and foolish self who can't do anything now, I always want to reach enlightenment and nirvana in a few trillion years, and I'm still going to walk that step by step as much as possible?

Of course, only bad karma has won out in this world, but even so, I want to continue striving for relationships that can move forward even a little bit, and relationships with the Buddha.

Let's walk through Buddhism little by little together.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

It's nobody's fault.

Life is a series of struggles.

Even if it goes the way you want once in a while
It's a gift even if you have help from your environment, circumstances, and surroundings.
even if it doesn't work
There is no such thing as 100% self-responsibility.
After all, the environment/situation is unlucky
It's like not being able to get help from those around you.

I'm not ecstatic even if it goes well.
You don't have to get depressed even if you're bad at it.

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