Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

Family Minister

The other day, my family had a lot to do, so I went to a fortune teller's place. So, the fortune teller was told that the family situation was bad, but it's impossible to rebuild it now, and is it true that if the family situation is bad, misfortune will occur in the family? I'm worried...

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I got married in a Jodo Shinshu temple

I got married at the temple from my home. It's been 6 years since I got married. There are almost no priests in temples due to missionary work and play. All the money for missionary work goes to my own expense, and I take the memorial service offerings. I'm angry that such a person proselytizes....

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It's not going well.

After being in a relationship with my ideal lover for 1 year After we broke up in spring I've been feeling unwell for a long time. It was just before job hunting I'm tormented by severe palpitations and a sense of anxiety about the future I went to a psychiatric clinic for a few...

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Buddhism

Does Buddhism support determinism? Also, what do the monks think about people of other faiths?

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How to be thankful for things other than money

I'm indebted to you. I have discussed my dissatisfaction with my husband who made debts with stocks in the past. I am self-employed, and after my husband failed in his own business in the past and failed in stocks, I was unable to abandon my husband, and I paid his salary and had him work for...

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Even Satan

There's nothing we don't need in this world. Even Satan was needed. What do you think?

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I'm sad to remember my mother who passed away

When I was 28 years old, my mother died of cancer after fighting illness at home for about half a year, and I was sad and at the same time very anxious. At the time, I was only thinking that I could have done something more because of my kind mother, who was like no other in human...

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I'm having trouble with relationships at work

Due to my personality, I tend to be overly careful. Actually, it's my real intention, and I want to talk to people at a close distance, I'm so worried about my opponent that I can't step one step in right now. Specifically speaking, people who are 7,8 years younger at work There are two men...

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Is the afterlife different depending on religion?

I'm indebted to you. I read a lot of questions and consultations to myself here, and people who feel similar to myself. What I see closely is that after death, in Buddhism, everyone is the same, whether they committed suicide or a life where they did bad things, and the Buddha led them to...

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When dreams for the future don't come true

Nice to meet you. I found this site while I wanted to visit a temple somewhere. I've had a job I wanted to do since I was in elementary school, and I've been studying for it. Until now, I've always thought that if I make an effort, that dream would come true. However, after looking at...

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I want to improve my fear of death

I'm writing about my worries for the first time. I have been suffering from death phobia (tanatophobia) since I was in middle school. Simply put, the fear of “becoming nothing” comes into the brain regardless of one's own will. It is classified as obsessive-compulsive disorder in medical...

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I want to be reborn

It really isn't going well. Looking for another job... If that happens, they will either become a “monk (Jodo sect)” several times and be reborn, or they will end their lives once and want to be reborn as a “temple child” or “adopted son of a temple.” However, in reality, I need “knowledge”...

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What is Ayori Yashiki

Hello. A person studying the Jodo Shinshu sect. Until now, I understood that Ayoriyashii means unconsciousness, but apparently unconsciousness falls into the category of “consciousness.” Then I thought it was the soul, but since the soul is an absolute self, it is contrary to the idea that laws...

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The meaning of dementia

Why do we get dementia? It's not a medical thing, it's not like the person himself is preparing for death, and I don't know if “what does it mean to others” and get dementia. Saying that you haven't eaten a meal or that you don't know who it is are still mild symptoms of dementia. You...

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A monk's date

What kind of places do monks go on dates ❔ Do you hold hands ❔ do you go with clothes ❔ do you disguise ❔ Aren't you worried about people's eyes ❔ He's a monk. I'm currently in a long distance relationship, but I'm coming here in work clothes. I almost never go on a date as is, but sometimes...

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I lost my husband all of a sudden

About a month ago, I was hit and run, and my husband suddenly became a person who never returned. “I'm going,” “Bye,” and “Bye.” This was the last conversation between my husband, me, and my 1 year old daughter. After 11:00 p.m., the police said, “My husband fell down on the road, was injured,...

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It's not a question...

It's not a question... Please help the monks on this site. My father had a stroke the other day. They are still fighting hard at ICU. It is said that if you can get through this week, there is a big possibility that your life will be saved. Could you please pray that my father will be...

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I want to listen to the Dharma, but the monk is a classmate of the family and can't go

The monk is a classmate of the family It's hard to hear. Also, this is because my family is not religious. Isn't there a place in Aichi prefecture where I can listen to puja and stories? Can I listen to the puja even if I'm not at home? I have been poor for ten thousand years with my...

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I went volunteering.

This is more of a report than a question, but please bear with me. Also, please excuse any typographical errors, etc. The other day, “I'm going to volunteer...” This is Takemaru who posted it with the title. I went to Iwate Prefecture to volunteer. I went there in the midst of anxiety, but...

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What should I do to not self-destruct due to jealousy?

As the title suggests, mainly in romantic relationships, etc., before grasping the other person's situation or reality, they become jealous and explode with anger at their partner, become painful, distance themselves from themselves or leave unilaterally, and they always destroy the relationship...

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