Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

I avoid socializing too much.

I'm a working woman in her 20s. I've been avoiding relationships for a long time. There are days when I only say hello at work. Our old friend relationships have also been interrupted since then, and all of them have been cut off. Everyone is kind and nice, yet for some reason it makes...

6 responses

I want to stop words and attitudes that hurt people at work

Nice to meet you. This is the person who became independent last year and started running a company. It has just been launched and the company is in an unstable situation, In order to provide services that are useful to more people, I work day and night (even on holidays, of...

4 responses

About the 48 wishes of Amida Nyorai

this is ○○wow. Nice to meet you. Thank you for your support. I heard it from a lucky person, and it came to me when there was something called Amida Buddha's 48 Wishes. It's a number like today's popular idol, so I was curious and looked it up, Should I call it the center's wish? It seems...

4 responses

I want to reflect on the actions that occurred

I want to reflect on the actions I have taken. I am a 39-year-old married man with a wife and a family of 4 children aged 5 and 1. Starting this year, we both quit the company we worked for for many years, and I worked as a freelancer, and my wife is also working at a new company. My wife is...

4 responses

I can't repent no matter what

When that reward appears to me due to bad cause and effect, and when I am in a difficult situation as a result, I cannot face the severity of my crime by any means. It reopens and makes me hate it. I'm worried about what will happen when I go to hell if things go like this. I want to cultivate...

4 responses

About leaving during funerals and sutras

I lost my grandfather the other day, so I attended the wake and farewell ceremony as relatives. Incidentally, we are a member of the Jodo Shinshu sect, so if possible, answer from someone of the same denomination I hope so. I have a disease where my nerves are more hypersensitive than humans...

4 responses

Anger against certain religious believers and groups won't go away

I'm indebted to you. I've been angry since about 15 years ago this time. Fifteen years ago, I was in a new Buddhist religion at the time, and the powerful harassment of the words of my senior followers was severe, and I felt bad at the time. I can still endure that alone, but when my mother died,...

4 responses

This is your report

Good morning. I have a new job starting next month. The job category has completely changed, and it is a medical office worker at a pharmacy. It's underpaid. I have real regrets about my previous job. I resented being able to transfer all over the country and overseas, where I was still doing...

4 responses

The darkness of ignorance

What is the cause of ignorance? Why do we fall into a state of ignorance?

4 responses

I just had a baby... please help me.

Good morning. I gave birth in February this year. I'm supposed to be happy, but now I'm always worried. First of all, it's about myself, but there are times when the feeling that I don't want to die becomes so strong that it becomes painful. I think the reason is that I lost my parents early,...

4 responses

It doesn't matter

It got better no matter what. Work, relationships, whatever, everything just isn't going the way I want Something like this the meaning of life, a vow The body, the state of mind, everything is bothersome I want to die quickly and be comfortable. Because if you do that you don't have to...

4 responses

I don't really understand myself

Nice to meet you. Recently, I've been wondering what I'm living for and whether it's worth living. I moved away from my parents' house and have been living with him since October, with whom I have been in a relationship for about half a year. I quit the company I worked for in August, and...

4 responses

Kaimyoin

My grandfather is currently in critical condition, and he is miraculously alive even after the life expectancy told by the doctor. My grandfather was an old fashioned tailor, and he left a lot to my grandson. I wanted to give my beloved grandfather a hospital name, so I'm asking for a...

4 responses

I can't forgive it no matter what

Thank you for your support. I have had two miscarriages. The story goes back to the first time. The first pregnancy was natural. I told my husband not to tell anyone until I entered a stable period, but I quickly told my mother (mother-in-law). I've already lost trust in my husband at...

4 responses

Every day, I have to do something I can't

Thank you for your first question the other day. This time we are discussing a different matter. I'm a college student, and I have lots of classes every day, and I have many college assignments. Also, since I'm in the 3rd grade, I have to proceed with job hunting, and I'm always in a state where...

4 responses

Are healing and enlightenment different things?

Healing and Enlightenment is something else, right? Healing requires “me,” but Because enlightenment doesn't have an “me” After healing myself Should we move towards enlightenment?

4 responses

How should I deal with anxiety

Hello. Nice to meet you. After I graduated from a certain regional national and public university, I left a graduate school at a certain former imperial university and now work for a major company. I'm currently working in an IT department, and it's a system that makes many people happy while...

4 responses

Please tell me the sutras and favorite words in Buddhism.

It makes me feel that the sutras and sounds are so beautiful. I feel the names of flowers related to Buddhism and the richness of various types of nature. Please tell me your favorite words, flowers, and other things.

4 responses

Does anyone know anyone who attained the attainment of Buddhism?

Thank you all as always. I've had a lot of experiences in my life, Thanks to you, on 2017/2/20, I suddenly had a bright, blissful, and peaceful space in the color of a lotus flower (pure land?) I was invited to make ordinary people attain Buddhism. I've been forgiven everything about...

4 responses

About having an affair with a married man

Hello. I'm currently in an adulterous relationship with a man who is about 20 years old apart. His marital relationship has broken down, and he is separated from his wife. However, it seems like they haven't been able to get divorced because their kids are cute. I really loved him. If I...

4 responses

page 1