Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

About salvation and peace of mind

Due to her mother's negligence, she was exposed to boiling water 2 months after birth and suffered burns all over her body, including her face. Because of that, they were looked at by others, pointed fingers at each other, taunted by each other, bullied for 9 years in elementary and middle...

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monk

Regardless of making money, People who are poor, but they are monks for the world and people are really like people. But shouldn't we just work normally and earn more? Or, after all, are you doing it because you want to work as a monk? Is it like a hobby?

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How to enlighten?

What should I do to become enlightened? Do zazen? Do you read a lot of Buddhist books? Please tell me what to do to become enlightened.

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About the wife belt

Good evening. I've seen similar questions elsewhere, but let me ask them again. I'm not good at summarizing stories, so please bear with me. To an overseas monk I met about a week ago “Why do Japanese monks get married” I was asked the question. I couldn't answer it at all with my...

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Doesn't Amida Nyorai actually exist?

I love Amida Nyorai. I recite nembutsu every day as a thank you for being saved. I'm looking forward to seeing lots of questions and answers at Hasunoha. However, the other day, in Hasunoha, a monk of the Shinshu sect responded to people who “don't believe that there is a Pure Land of...

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Boy, the world is tough

I was originally supposed to be on the respondent's side as an apprentice. He is a third-class bad boy who has become the chief priest due to hereditary succession and can't face the parishioners. After graduating from a Buddhist university, I came into this world and thought ・Aren't...

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After 8 days, I committed suicide. That's enough

As the title says, I'll kill myself in 8 days. I have no remorse for my past actions, and even now I am causing harm to many people. For me like this, I don't think lightning will strike me soon as a divine punishment or Buddha punishment, but I can't let them die. Actually, I have...

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More than salvation

I want words to die in peace rather than salvation

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Even if I try, I can't get her.

How much money, time, and effort has been spent until now, but it all ended in vain. No matter how hard you try, your opponent won't choose you. I don't know what to do anymore. Even if I consulted with hairdressers, romance technique dealers, and a lot of generative AI, everything didn't...

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What is an ideal society for monks

It doesn't matter if it's not realistic, so please let us know your opinions on “the ultimate state and structure this world should be in” that monks think.

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The fact that deceased people attain Buddhism (it's difficult...)

Good morning. This is the person who told me about the memorial service in my father's Buddhist altar room and living room the other day. From then on, the more I thought about deceased people attaining Buddhism, the less I understood. It would be helpful if you let me know in your spare...

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On women's social advancement and intelligence

(From the Editorial Department. (This question includes a violation of the terms and conditions, so some of the content has been removed and corrected.) I recently came across an article like this. (link removed) ● According to the latest research from Erasmus University (Netherlands), it...

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Questions for monks who deny the existence of spirits

　Hello. Thank you very much for answering my humble question the other day. Also, I have asked many questions here, and I am very grateful for your careful answers each time. Today, I'm going to ask a slightly in-depth question, but there was a point within me that I couldn't sort out by any...

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Questions for Buddhists Part 7

There's something I want to say to the monk who answered the previous question Actually, I'm doing the meditation recommended by Mr. Tange I was meditating and I noticed When I get rid of distractions by meditating and relax, I can see red, yellow, and blue grains like the Higgs boson And...

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What are the criteria for choosing a religion or denomination?

Whether it's Buddhism, Christianity, or Islam, I don't think religion is in conflict. I think the war that is actually taking place is nothing more than a personal dispute using religion as the cause. Now, I'm interested in religion, but whether I read the Lotus Sutra, the Bible, or the...

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Life is something you want to dream about, right?

As if yesterday, an hour ago, and a week ago were instantaneously felt While I was saying that, my teens and 20s were over Eventually I'll get to be a good age I have no answers. I'm worried about the afterlife Religion used as an instrument of money or power Familiar with everyone Looking...

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Does the monk cry?

I think there are monks who visit funerals a lot due to their occupation. When a very close parishioner or disciple dies, do monks still shed tears? When I asked a monk I know before, he said, “At vigils and funerals when visiting as a monk for the time being, I try not to cry from my...

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If I kill myself, will I go to hell?

I often search the internet about suicide, If you commit suicide, you'll go to hell! I often see a post called Suicide = the same as killing oneself; in other words, it's as if you killed someone, so you're going to hell. I feel like there are a lot of wisdom bags in particular. Maybe it...

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Do all the monks sympathize 100% with this site?

“Nice!” Try “thank you,” and try leading to Facebook and Twitter to “tell Shaba this question and answer.” It's a bad way to say it, but it smells like an image. As for most of the questions, I think “I don't think I need to ask the monk anything...” It would be fine for a monk to answer,...

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The wonder of Japanese monks

A Japanese monk who lives a half-monk and half-secular lifestyle. Motoyama is the head office and branch temple is structured like a franchise store I don't understand it. Japanese Buddhism is just a name, isn't it? There are a lot of things I think about. I was born to a son or daughter of...

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