Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

How to live positively

Nice to meet you, my name is Mame. Please let me discuss it with you. My self-loathing is so intense, Especially in the middle of the night, I feel an inferiority complex compared to others, I feel so guilty about what I've done in the past. Because of that, I thought about a lot of things...

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Why You Shouldn't Kill Yourself

I'm indebted to you. I'm not saying I want to die right now, I haven't understood “why you shouldn't commit suicide” for a while. I can understand that this is because it causes trouble to bereaved families and others. However, I think there are people who are alive who cause trouble to...

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The death of my real mother

Hello, this is the person who consulted me about the death of my American mother-in-law in May of this year. Thank you very much for that festival. This year, disasters continued, and I lost my beloved mother in Japan at the beginning of December. Although she was elderly, she was a healthy...

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How should I deal with the feeling of emptiness?

I read everyone's questions and answers, and I'm always studying a lot. This time, I was wondering if you could teach me how to deal with my own feelings, so I would like to discuss it with you. I think I'm living a very fulfilling life. I am grateful that I was given the work I wanted to...

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Maybe I'm in love with my college teacher

This is my first question, thank you. I'm currently in college. I have something like a crush on a teacher who is working hard for it. The teacher is in her 30s We also talk about our hobbies, and our teachers also talk to us about various things. It's so much fun while we talk. Since...

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I want to fix rough use of money

I've never saved money until now, and I've almost used up my monthly salary until the next month's salary. In particular, I sometimes spend around 100,000 yen a month on clothes. I buy many clothes that cost around 10,000 yen, so I sometimes throw them away without wearing much. Every...

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I can't stop blaming myself, saying, “Poor people who aren't popular will die.”

I'm indebted to you. I'm homosexual, Every time an encounter or romantic relationship ends unwell, I don't feel like I've caused trouble to my partner. Even if no specific trouble has occurred, The fact that it took time and energy for people like me I feel sorry for the other...

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Refine your personality.

It's been a while. I'm always indebted to you. This is Yuri. This time, I would like to ask you a question about refining your personality. In the field of education, the phrase “refining individuality” is often used, and I think it is becoming the two major educational terms along with...

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How to organize your mind for a family member who died due to a bad relationship

It's been about 3 months since the funeral was over, and I'm in trouble because I think about my father over and over again. That too is a bad memory. I was sexually abused by my father when I was 7 to 15 years old. It's about touching or being touched, though. No one in the family knows. I...

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Great Prajna Sutra

Nice to meet you, hello. I think it's only once after and before the 600 volumes of the Great Hannya Sutra Since it is difficult to buy sutras, is it possible to do anything else? The reason is for myself, such as having time. We look forward to working with you.

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For some reason I can't decide on one, but...

I was depressed and anxious about the future due to my divorce, but I was saved by a program called Morning Sermon and became interested in Buddhism, and I went to a temple every week to do various things, such as doing zazen meditation for a year, going to Goma Falls, chanting sutras, and...

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Regarding various procedures when relinquishing a place card

＜This is a consultation about Japanese places＞ My parents' place plates were made separately from the main body, and they placed them at their home overseas, which is their current address, and put their hands together. The chief priest of the temple whose parents' house is indebted to him...

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What is the meaning of living

monk I think there are many people who don't understand the meaning of life, but why are they still alive? How can people find meaning in life when they don't have anything, such as being able to eat delicious food, playing with their favorite friends, or liking a hobby and being...

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About meditation

Good evening. Thank you so much for all your answers last time. Thank you again for your questions. I'd like you to tell me about how to meditate. What should my mind focus on? Distractions immediately come up, bad things come to mind, and things that can't be helped seem to come to...

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Tips for living strongly in only one moment of the present

Thank you for your help the other day. It was very helpful. Let me ask you a new question. In Buddhism, it's important to cherish the present moment There are teachings of Shakyamuni. I think it's very important. But no matter what, I'm moving on to the future with my past failures and...

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Please tell me some tips for being cockroach!

Nice to meet you, I'm Konao. Please give me some advice. I often live a positive life. However, everything gets out of balance in a cycle of about a year and a half... When I lose my balance, I put up with it because nothing sad happened due to work, etc., and run fast! I understand that...

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I'm being made to speak ill of it.

My neighbors made me say bad things and rumors, and even when I told them they wanted them to stop, they told me they were only telling the truth. It's mentally exhausting to hear about mistakes at work etc. from somewhere, and they talk about other people saying this. Living by worrying about...

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I want to control my emotional ups and downs.

Hello. There are things I've been worried about but haven't been able to improve. It's emotional ups and downs. Emotional ups and downs are intense, and feelings of anger and sadness cannot be controlled. That's why they say unnecessary things and feel more depressed than necessary. After...

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Is it a cause and effect that the lives of myself and my relatives go crazy?

I saw the monks' kind answers, and I decided to ask them questions too. First of all, from an early age, I personally experienced abandonment of childcare, abuse, etc., and if I think about it now, I have come of age without receiving discipline that seems like discipline. There have been...

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Graves of famous people in history

Thank you for the fall foliage question. Next is the question I'm interested in. Ryoma was on the NHK Taiga drama a few years ago, and Ryoma's fiancee was among them? I saw news where it seemed like reki women flooded into the tomb of Sana, but I'd like to visit the graves of famous people in...

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