The balance between “knowing enough” and “ambition”

Once you have an idea of what you should do or what you want to do,
I'll do what I can about it to the extent I can.
I'm satisfied with the results that came out because I just did it.
Maybe that level of understanding is enough.

The problem is that “happiness levels haven't increased.” In other words, I don't want to discuss your own suffering, and above all else, it seems that you are doing relatively well. I think that's something I'm very thankful for.

Now, it seems like a consultation about the balance between “knowing enough” and “ambition,” but why do we have to connect those two concepts in the first place? If the problem is that “happiness levels have not increased,” which is written in the background, why don't you first learn how to increase happiness as knowledge rather than thinking about this and that?

For information on what happiness is and what you can do to increase your sense of happiness, I recommend that you read the relevant chapter of the following book:
Arata Sueki “Chapter 10: A Happy Life — Is That OK If I Don't Die?” “Introduction to Suicidology,” Kongo Publishing, 2020, pp. 175ff.

If the above is not enough, references related to happiness are listed in footnotes, so I think it would be a good idea to read them and learn more.

Hello.

The question “Buddhism is a teaching that removes desire, so is it OK not to have ambition?” is a phrase that often comes up from people who try to ridicule Buddhism, so many answers about it come up when you hit the internet. It's been on Hasunoha a few times, hasn't it?
https://hasunoha.jp/questions?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=%E5%90%91%E4%B8%8A%E5%BF%83&sort=&commit=%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2

There is a word “devotion” in Buddhism, and “ambition” would also be called “devotion.” Devotion means working hard. To work hard is to properly do the best within yourself without competing with those around you, and without thinking “this is fine.”
There is “devouring (devouring)” which is considered bad in Buddhism, and devouring is not good. Satisfying yourself by being cunning is evil.
Doing good work for yourself and for your partner is devotion, and “the quality of my current job is sufficient” is not dedication, and “I want to have fun and advance in my career” is devouring.
If you try to eat what's in front of you deliciously, you'll be content, but if you try to eat something tasty even if you do bad things such as stealing, it's devouring.

No matter how hard you try, there are times when things don't work. Isn't it likely that you'll be able to balance “I'm satisfied with this today” and “but I'm working harder and harder”?

Hello.
Thank you for your continued valuable suggestions.

The evidence in the answer is also important, as is the point of view of knowing it.
You don't need to get lost.

I think it is easier to systematize it if it is determined whether it is a word with the Buddha's teachings (sutras) or the teachings (interpretations) of the founders and high priests of each sect in the background, whether it is based on citations from other fields other than Buddhist scriptures, or whether it is an impression based on the experiences of monks at the stage of achieving consistency between words born after the Buddhist scriptures and Buddhism.

I've changed the order of contentment and ambition, and it makes sense.

“Vector” where ambition comes out of ignorance
When the degree is over, it penetrates all the way to Gakido (still not enough, still not enough) and becomes greed and worry.
It's a break-even point between the Pure Land and Gakido, there are many dangers ahead, and “know enough” as a signpost for finding a detour or turning back
That's the interpretation.

Jodo Shinshu has teachings, practices, beliefs, and testimonies (current PDCA?) There are four laws called.
(I enjoy the work of Nyorai rather than my own efforts, though.)

“First, there is ambition (the wish and oath that the Buddha will save sentient beings).”

① [Establish hypotheses and achievement goals] (teaching)
Become a Buddha. Set a goal for Dawn when you become a Buddha.
→If you become a Buddha, you will save everyone.
Create an environment where everyone doesn't have to hesitate

② [Try it] (OK)
Go around all the countries, (Tsumi Buddha)
Learn know-how (Jodo in)

③ [Verification] (letter)
Select know-how that you can use
→ Recite the Buddha without being buried in Shaba.
(Nembutsu recommendation)

④ [Evaluation] (Proof)
The Nembutsu Road Bypass (tentative name) opens.
It's not a pain, it's easier now.
Thank you, Buddha, for making the road, mandamantbutsu.

I wonder if it's like that? (Verification in progress)

As an aside,
According to the interpretation of the Japanese language scholar Shirakawa Shizuka, the etymology of “happiness” is closer to lucky than happy.
There is no word for happiness in the Heart Sutra or Masanobu Kyō (by Shinran).
The word happiness is newer than Buddhism. Furthermore, something without substance that changes due to human subjectivity.
What we should seek rather than happiness is the words “faith” and “ease” in the text.

Verification is still ongoing,
The opposite word of stress is assumed to be happiness (+- relationship).
Stress is a collection of detailed negative factors, led by painful experiences and worries born from the environment.

Happiness is a collection of positive factors supported by wisdom and mercy and led to faith and ease.
I'm not too obsessed with stress or happiness, and I'm not swayed by it.
(It's not an insatiable sense of ambition, I get bored moderately)

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