Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

I want to commit suicide and make my parents regret it

I'm currently a college student, and I'm living with my mother, who is related by blood, and her remarriage partner. I started this life when I was in the upper grades of elementary school. At first, I was able to live that life without any hardships, but gradually it became difficult to live...

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I feel that my actions are impermanent and that the sky is empty

In Buddhism, impermanent actions = everything changes. You think empty = everything has no substance, right? I'm sorry if I'm wrong. In difficult times, this idea helps a lot. The pain I'm having now will end someday. It can be a little easier if you think that everything is an illusion shown by...

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I don't need an incompetent person

I'm talking about work. I'm currently doing accounting. It's been half a year with no experience. The person taking over is doing accounting and general affairs. What the president and the person taking over were talking about today was about trying to do general affairs on a temporary basis....

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I'm thinking about death

Come on, it's painful to be alive. I shouldn't write it in this place too often, but let me tell you a simple story. Feel free to skip reading it. My father died before I went to elementary school, and my mother became depressed. My mother and I lived together while going back and forth...

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I'm wondering if I should confess my sins

I am attending a medical vocational school. I cheated a year ago. It's common at vocational schools, and my seniors were asking me questions about the past. The same question as that question came up in the first question. I remember all the answers to those questions, and so did everyone...

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Relationship with younger brother

I have a younger brother who is two years younger. My brother is 30 years old and single. My younger brother left home when he graduated from high school, started supporting himself, and after that, I wonder if he would come back once every 1 to 2 years. My parents are also lonely, but they...

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Amitabha and Jesus? Amitabha's way of believing.

They are interested in Buddhism, especially the Jodo Shinshu sect, but the questions of “what is Amida Nyorai” and “what does it mean to believe (Amida Buddha)” were unresolved, and as I looked it up, I came across sentences like this. 〈The devotion recommended by Shinran Shonin does not...

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About the sky

Recently, I've been reading books about Buddhism, etc., and I'm still in a state where I don't seem to understand “the sky,” which is probably one of the important elements in understanding Buddhism. The sky is not nothing, the sky does not increase or decrease, and the sky is made up of...

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I'm in the process of changing jobs due to relationships.

I'm thinking about changing jobs right now because of my relationships. For some reason, I wasn't well thought of by the people who are at the core of my department from the time I joined. I think he learned his job quickly, and I think he made fewer mistakes. Until now, there have been many...

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It's hard to have a job or environment that I don't want.

Nice to meet you. I am a single mother with 2 children with a history of divorce. Since I was single, I have had esthetic and massage qualifications, and I have been working related to them. I used to work part-time at night when my income was insufficient for living. My parents' house is...

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I really hate people. How can I forgive?

I have a younger brother who is 12 years apart. My younger brother is a half-father sibling. My younger brother's father was caught many times for drugs, and when he drank alcohol, he went on a rampage at home and destroyed things. He was a kind person with good roots. No matter how bad...

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Why do they sing Namu Amida Buddha

I'm always indebted to you. Also, I have a new question, and I would like to ask you a question. I would appreciate your answers and advice. My family is the Jodo Shinshu, so why do we have to chant Namu Amida Buddha and Nembutsu in the Jodo Shinshu sect? to be born in the Pure Land...

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The purpose of life

“Right now, I have no happiness or unhappiness. However, a moment will pass.” This is Dazai Osamu's act of disqualifying as a human. Speaking of Osamu Dazai, there are many cases where it is captured as a negative image, and it is also said that this line is also a phrase when he decided to...

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Is it your heart that is suffering?

I started reading various Buddhist books because I wanted to become a supple, strong, and enlightened person with personality. All of the content is difficult to understand, but there are some things that are particularly difficult to understand. This means that our suffering is caused not by...

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Enlightened monk

Good evening. I'm worried, What is the percentage of enlightened monks How long is it? A person who has enlightened is a monk doing it? I'm sorry for being rude.

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I think justice is dirty and evil is beautiful

Excuse me for the question I don't think it's a question that can be spelled out within 1000 characters, but I'll try to keep it as brief as possible I've always had a habit of thinking about a lot of things At one point, I arrived at that answer so that something could break. I haven't...

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What is the wisdom of living?

Happy new year. We look forward to working with you again this year. From now on, I'm going to get a job after graduation, so I'm worried about what's going to happen... () ・°・ Most of the time I wasn't studying, are there any tips for continuing my studies from now on? There are many times...

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Regrets about getting a job

I'm a working person in my first year as a new graduate after graduating from graduate school. After getting lost in job hunting, I declined from a large company and joined a mid-sized company that I was interested in the job description. However, after I declined, I realized that the...

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The monk's puja is stupid, so can you forgive me if I refuse it?

My father passed away, and I was introduced to a funeral home, and I decided to leave it to a monk at a temple. A memorial service was held on the 49th and the first anniversary, but maybe because of old age (close to 90 years old?) The sutras also spanned a long period of time while taking a...

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About suicide

I always think about dying. There are certainly causes of suffering, but even if they are resolved, I think committing suicide is the most enjoyable thing for me, and it is a way to be happy. However, committing suicide is also an act that causes trouble to many people. I would like to receive...

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