What do you live for

　Good evening. From the text, I could feel that they were struggling with anxiety about what their existence was while taking care of their families, temples, and related people, and I thought I couldn't leave them alone.
I was born in a temple. However, right after I got married, I caught mumps. Even though my wife came... I was worried that men might become infertile, but now they are raising children safely, including boys.
However, recently, I've been thinking, and to be honest, I'm convinced, “If my son were dark, I wouldn't want to leave it up to him.” Of course, I'm looking forward to the parishioners and the current chief priest... but now the mission of monks is to connect and protect temples. So if my son doesn't have talent, I think he should look for it separately. My son is banished. If you're banished, you'll probably be told a lot of things. But I'll take responsibility as far as I can, and then I don't mind returning to the sect. My son also seems to understand that if you don't inherit the temple, you won't be able to live in a storeroom.

So, you are not a “relay,” but someone who builds a generation. We are responsible for what will happen to the next generation, but we should find out. You don't have to be my child. Don't worry, there are people with spirit! I think a lot of temples are worried about you. Please ask your questions again.

As a temple person, I also understand how you feel.
There is such a word. It is a phrase that expresses modern society where “even if there are heirs, there are no successors.”
My parents die and they want to take property, but I don't want to take it on until the Buddha. There are many people who say that there are people who have left Buddhism right here.
There seems to be a feeling that your heart will take over rather than whether you will inherit or not because you are a successor.
I think they are suffering so much because they have that feeling!

Thinking about it, think about it now! Think ahead! There is.
If you don't think about it now, what will happen from tomorrow, when the results are known first (for example, if you leave it like this, you will always go bankrupt yourself, etc.)
I feel like you're having a hard time getting over it right now.
Everyone has the possibility that they will suddenly become ill after getting married, and they don't know what will happen.
I don't think you can do anything on your own.
I also have a younger sister, who is a sister. It's very different from not being there.
Also, even though the parents didn't say anything, they must be thinking about it.

People live in an impermanent manner in all their actions. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow, everyone is looking at tomorrow with predictions, and no one can see the truth!
No matter what happens right now! Living the present to the fullest is the truth, the way to live without hesitation.

There are the last words of the daughter of the temple who died due to cancer at age 26, who lived so hard today.
“I'm not living a life that dies now; I'm living a life that becomes a Buddha now”

The temple is not the monk's property. It is the property of a parishioner. So the idea of succession is totally wrong. The reality is that it is a rented house. I'm renting a house from my landlord, a parishioner.
By the way, what do we live for?
They live to pay for their sins from past lives.
Speaking of how to be happy, all boys are like that because it's good to be happy, but that's actually the case. Whether people hate me or not, whether the parishioners are gone, I will tell the truth.
They are born only to get rid of their sins.
They are born in this world in response to past sins. Being born in a temple is proof that you have committed a mortal sin than an ordinary person. The suffering of atoning for sins is the weight of sins committed in past lives. Whether they have memories of past lives or not, it made people feel that kind of pain. While making people have a hard time, trying to be happy without making amends for that crime creates suffering.
Look at what happened and know.
Look at the results of this world and know the causes of past lives.

　Hello.
They were born in a temple, and there is a possibility that they will have to take over. But somehow wasn't he born just to succeed him? I feel like that, and I don't have the confidence to give birth to and nurture further successors, which is what it means.

I was born as a child in a temple, and I was persistent until the very end. I even worked for a company.
However, in the end, they decided to take over the temple. The final deciding factor was “being pressured by necessity.”

The reason I didn't want to take over the temple was because I hated temples.
It's called “Bozu Marumuke,” but in reality, you have to pay income tax, residence tax, health insurance, and pension. They say they make a lot of money, but they're poor. It's a loss to be told. I have to make my head smooth too. I don't like it. I have to go to Motoyama and practice ascetic practices. It looks like it's going to be tough
Maybe even in your feelings, there is a feeling that you don't like temples. If it's something you like, you'll “want to try it” without thinking about anything superfluous.
I ended up becoming a monk, but after all, I had the hardships I just wrote. But there are also parishioners who love me. There are various encounters. There is also such a thing as, that was good.

There is an idea called reincarnation. The idea is that living things are reborn into something when they die. Originally, it was a thought that existed in India before the advent of Buddhism, and it probably had nothing to do with Buddhism, but it mixed with Buddhism along the way. When I was little, I participated in things like monk training for elementary school students (I really hated going to this either), and I've heard stories in the puja that people who acted well in their previous lives are eventually reborn as monks and freed from the circle of reincarnation, and people who become monks don't suffer from reincarnation anymore. What made me a monk even though I was being pressured by necessity was probably a relationship from a past life, and I'm also wondering if this is my liberation.

Well, I think it's okay to stick to the last minute without thinking about it. Even so, when it comes to becoming a monk, that's a relationship after all. Please do your work carefully and carefully without hesitation.

don't be impatient. Slowly, slowly.

I understand how you feel.
I was a temple kid too.
I went on to college, got a job at a regular company, and left the temple.
My younger brother has decided to take over the temple.
However, my younger brother, who was the deputy chief priest, died of cancer at age 30.
I hated Buddhism.
After all, there was no god or Buddha to die of cancer even though they were so diligent.
After that, I thought about succession after all.
I hated Buddhism, so I couldn't readily agree.
However, why were my grandfather, father, and younger brother all passionate about Buddhism? What is the meaning of Buddhism that can't cure cancer?
Let's learn that first.
After learning about Buddhism in general and the sects of temples first, I thought I'd think about the future.
As I learned, I gradually realized that certain thoughts were easing my sorrow.
As I learned, I came to understand why my younger brother had peace of mind in the face of his death.
That is, death is not an eternal farewell.
It means that if you go to the Pure Land of Paradise created by Amitabha Buddha, you'll be able to meet again.
That saved my brother from the brink of death.
And I was saved too.
From that experience, I thought that the teaching of being able to meet again in the Pure Land of Paradise would surely save others, and I thought that only that teaching must be passed on to people.
Then I quit my job and became a monk.
There are so many teachings of the Buddha.
I think we must also learn these and pass them on to others, and we must pass them on to future generations.

Everyone has different reasons for becoming a monk, but first, please learn about Buddhism and the doctrines of your temple denomination.
The more it becomes your heart, the more you can become a monk if you think that I must pass on this teaching to people and future generations.
You don't have to worry about your successors.
Maybe my sister's child will be interested in Buddhism, and it would be good to find a disciple.
You can also search for heirs who will live with you from other temples, and there are many ways.
The first thing to do now is learn.

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