Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

I was attracted to my son's kindergarten officer

Thank you for your support. Next year, I took on the role of kindergarten headquarters officer for 1 year. Of course, I plan to work as hard as I can. However, I always stumble when it comes to socializing, and I'm afraid I'll get along well with the members. I'm the only one who...

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What are my memories until now when I passed away...

I'm indebted to you. Since my husband passed away, every day has been a day where I can't help but see this Hasunoha. After death, I lost all my memories, and being reborn again was painful, lonely, and scary. I want to stay with my family now and be together in the rest of the world. I...

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Why You Shouldn't Commit Suicide

A new year has begun. Also for the temples in Hasunoha. May you have a lot of happiness this year as well. Thank you for your support. My friend is in a very bad state of mind and wants to die. I say it often. A reason not to die. I wasn't able to explain well why they shouldn't...

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How far is “life”

Recently, when I read news about the coronavirus, I think, we often remove viruses, cancer, etc. that cause illness from our bodies as medical treatment, and erase those things. Wouldn't that be killing? What is the difference between not being able to live without receiving life from meat,...

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Was I right?

I pushed past my parents' opposition I've started the life I've always wanted to live alone. I felt sorry for my parents quite a bit, and even though my heart was in pain, I was able to get support for my independence and freedom. However, when I was alone, I realized that freedom and...

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Is it OK for the former wife and second wife to have the same graves

I'd like to ask about burial in graves. I look forward to working with you. My mother died of illness 20 years ago, and then my father remarried. The remarriage partner does not have children. My father is my second son, so I built a new tomb for my mother instead of at my parents'...

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Can I meet people in other pure lands?

Recently, I learned that there are many types of Pure Land. My family is from the Jodo Shinshu sect, so I think I'll be reborn as Amida's Pure Land of Paradise. Does that mean that people who believed in Amida Nyorai during their lifetime can be reunited in the Pure Land of Paradise after...

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About sutras and kaimyo

I would like to ask you about funerals, sutras, and the commandments. I'm not religious myself. I don't want a funeral, sutras, or kana after death. That's it. I'm sorry for saying this to the monk... There is no funeral, no direct burial (only cremation), no ossuary, and I would like...

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About receiving the commandments during life

I'm thinking about taking the commandments during my lifetime. It doesn't mean that you'll deepen your learning of Buddhism just because you haven't received it again, and I don't think that you haven't learned it properly, but even under such circumstances, does taking the precepts or not,...

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Dependent on fortune telling

Hello. I'm a fortune teller. I've been dealing with the same customer for 2 weeks. At first, I was happy to be a repeat customer, but since I have the same problem every 2 weeks, I get the same appraisal results every time. The customer pays the right amount of money, If the same...

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If you want to quit your job as a monk...

I'm studying by asking and answering questions at hasunoha. I suddenly thought. Who are the monk's teachers Have you ever wanted to quit your job as a monk? Is it a “bastard boy” or a “stinky boy” Is it “preferential tax treatment” I think there are times when you feel sick. How are...

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About monks

My family is a Buddhist Rinzai sect. I suddenly thought Why do memorial services and funerals have to be monks? Certainly, we can read sutras on Buddhist altars, but do monks who have gone to ascetic practices have tremendous power? It doesn't mean anything like giving an offering, and I...

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There are so many idiots in the world that I don't like it

No matter where you look, there are only people who are unable to make rational judgments by leaving it up to old stereotypes and temporary emotions. If you think about it normally, alcohol should be banned in the same way as drugs, military power should not be possessed, the emperor system...

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I want to know the meaning of words said by someone

An older person at work said, “Mr. ◯◯ has impermanent actions, isn't he?” It wasn't said during a conversation, but out of the blue. I couldn't ask that person directly what it meant. No matter how much I thought about it, I don't know if it meant a good meaning or a bad meaning, or if it gave me...

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About the sky.

What is the sky, for example, is a combination of flesh, skin, and internal organs, and there is no reality. Other animals and plants are also made of all kinds of things, such as home appliances and cars, and there is no reality. Is it like there are no nukes?

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Japanese sutras with a high threshold

Why are Japanese Buddhist sutras listed in kanji, and they didn't create something like a separate handbook on how to live for believers to be easy to understand? I can only think that it exists only for monks to recite sutras.

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One person...

there's nothing wrong with the loss of one useless person What does it mean to write it like this here That's because I want to take care of it, right Goodbye

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I want to die

I want to die, I want to die, it's irresistible. I think I'm going to die soon. No one will be sad when I die. It doesn't matter if you die or if it's hell. That's the limit. They just die because they're not worth living for. Hell is fine, but if anything, I'd like to go to the Pure Land of...

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Funeral Buddhism

If you look at Buddhist books, Buddhism is seen as something for holding funerals. It's sad. Things like that are well-written. If that's the case, I don't think it would be nice if we didn't have a funeral... How about it.

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He committed suicide hoping for an afterlife.

Thank you for listening to my worries until now

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