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If you hear the story “children choose their own parents before they are born,” those who grew up being abused may be deeply hurt.
In Buddhism, reincarnation and causality are explained. But that doesn't mean they “chose their own parents to be abused.”
Shinran Shonin is in “Takaso Wakan,”
“I've passed away three times and it's lukewarm and now it's easy to get prickly”
It is written as.
People are living this life while being reincarnated over and over again. However, it is not explained that each and every one of those lives will turn out the way you want.
In Buddhism, this Shaba world is also described as a place of ascetic practice.
There are also people who are blessed with good relationships and grew up in loving families. This is sometimes called “good luck.”
On the other hand, there are also people who are born into families with constant strife and suffering. This is sometimes described as an “opposite relationship.”
However, it cannot be said that a good marriage is absolutely good, and a reverse marriage is absolutely bad.
There are also people who know people's pain through reverse relationships and become kinder people than anyone else.
There are also people who hurt people while growing up in a friendly relationship.
Therefore, the value of life is not determined simply by “which family you were born into.”
Also, it is impossible to assert to a fool that “they are born by choosing their own parents.”
If you say that is true, abused children may be taken by abused children as “you chose it, so it can't be helped.”
That's just too bad a story.
At least, Buddhism isn't a teaching that blames those who suffer.
It's a teaching that values how to stay close to that suffering and live from there instead of saying “it's your fault.”
Therefore, rather than continuing to think about “whether or not you chose your parents,” I think that how to live from here and now is more important than continuing to think about “whether or not you chose your parents.”
You can't change where you were born on your own.
However, while having that experience, you can gradually cultivate what kind of life you go through in the future.
Even if you have a painful past, it doesn't mean that it will determine your future.
Buddhism is not a teaching that blames the past; it is a teaching that values “now, this step.”