People who can't live even if they are alive

Autumn sunset
Hello, I'm Kaoru Shakuri from the Otani school of Shinshu.

> There are many people in the world who lose their lives under extreme and miserable circumstances.
There are situations where even babies and young children are unforgiving.
I have no choice but to think that I can't even find the meaning of being born without training or enduring hardships.

The Buddha showed the mechanism by which people live (the four holy days of suffering and their causes, and the state in which suffering has disappeared and the means to become so).
Then, the Buddha himself said, “Be diligent (work).”

However, times have passed, and the question of how to save babies and young children in the first place for people who are not in a situation where they can make an effort like Autumn Yuhi said has become questionable.
What was born from this is the teaching that “it is Buddhism that saves all people (Mahayana).”

In Japan, Kukai's “Immortal Buddha (becoming Buddha as it is),” Saicho and Nichiren's “Ichijo Thought (like everyone rides the same vehicle),” and “Jodo Osei (everyone is born in the Pure Land and becomes a Buddha)” by Shinran, my founder, and his mentor Honen, spread.

In the Jodo Shinshu sect, it is conveyed by the nenbutsu of “Namu Amida Buddha,” which is an expression of Amida Buddha's original wish to “save all people,” that everyone will pass away in the Pure Land no matter what circumstances they are in (club 1 place).

The fact that “all people can be saved is Buddhism (Mahayana)” is at the root of Japanese Buddhism.
Among them, interpretations of “what is being saved” and “why can we say that” are divided depending on the denomination, so I hope you can listen to them at a temple you have a connection with.

May all people live and die in peace without suffering.

Namu Amida Buddha
Namu Amida Buddha

I read Aki Yuhi's question, and I thought that maybe Aki Yuhi herself is having a very difficult time living right now.
As you know, the birth of life is a probability that can only be thought of as a miracle, and it is said that if life can be formed where there is nothing, a jumbo jet would have been assembled after a gust of wind blows into the junk storage area.
However, we were born into this world.
If you can be thankful for this, that alone has a lot of meaning in your life.

“I'm sleepy in the morning, but I have to wake up”
There are many people who are worried about not being able to do this thing, which seems obvious to many people.
“Life is hard, but let's live”
It's hard to jump one step into this idea. Everyone is trying to decide that they are prepared to live through hardships. Some people make lovers and families and support each other; others run for pleasure, find something they are passionate about and turn away from suffering, overcome it, and face themselves thoroughly...
In Buddhism, this work is called ascetic practice.

I would like Buddhism to support people who can't even live, and I want them to know that it is the Buddha who saves such people.

Hello, Autumn Yuhi.

Buddha created the beginning of Buddhism. Buddha learned about the suffering that humans can experience when they are born (Yumon Tour). It's the suffering of “life, old age, illness, and death.”
Furthermore, I realized that the cause of suffering... the root cause... is “ignorance.”
“Ignorance” means what you don't know/what you don't understand is scary and painful.

Well, if you don't know/don't know, if it's not painful... that doesn't seem to be the case.
> There are many people in the world who lose their lives under extreme and miserable circumstances. There are situations where even babies and young children are unforgiving. I have no choice but to think that I can't even find the meaning of being born without training or enduring hardships.
Hard times are painful for us and for them. What is painful is painful. I don't understand what I don't understand.
If so, it's probably about staring at what you understand without understanding what you don't understand.

Why on earth are they (women) born there and die of old age and illness? What do we do when we know that fact?
I thought that these major issues (in the Zen sect, they are called the Great Suspect/Kensei Kofan) would gather in one place.
“Where is my battlefield?”
There isn't much I can do in this world as a grain of sand. If the wind blows even where you stand, it will fly away somewhere.
If so, “Where is my battlefield?” I want to think about this.

When it comes to fighting, that guy is evil, and the logic of winning and losing might be for me with justice, enemies, and losing, but that's not the case. It means they're all standing in the same place, just like the horizon is connected, and the Earth is a single spaceship. I think they're all in the same position.
They might be pathetic when viewed from a safe place, but they're not pathetic. They're in the same group, so if they think that, they'll probably stop thinking.
And, as a solution to this big problem... I wonder if it's about joining hands from what we can do. Start with what you understand without understanding what you don't understand.

I said something bossy, but even though there are things I can do, I haven't done that much. It's about a small amount of help.
Buddhism also preaches freedom and equality. Thanks to Aki Yuhi, I was able to study. Thank you very much.

This world is completely unrelated to human ideals, wishes, and desires.
Even in ancient India, babies were taken away by eagles, many young people died in wars, and Buddha also lost his mother early. In modern India, women are still in a terrible position.
Even in Japan, if you turn on the TV, crime news will never stop. Exactly, the world exists as a way of being that has nothing to do with one's own wishes and demands.
The great earthquake and the great tsunami, poor children today, as if they were only born to be abused... I can't talk without tears.
It's the way this world doesn't turn out the way it wants, it's a form of suffering.
That's why. That's why, that's why! Humans eliminate unfairness and suffering in this world, and a sense of compassion arises that they want to save all people, reduce suffering, and get rid of worries.
This is the natural religious mentality of humans, which extends not only to Buddhism, but to all religions.
This is compassion for others. Your question should go there too.
Furthermore, we should spread that sense of compassion and create a world where all people who exist in this world respect all lives, coexist, and live peacefully without conflict.

This is because the spirit of compassion is the spirit of ego, violence, and inhumanity.
It is an age where it is said that “religion is unnecessary.”
What about the neighboring country, China?
As a result of taking religious beliefs from people, we have created a human nation where girls who fall down on the road pretend not to see them.
What about Japan today, laughing at that? It's not a Buddhist country, a Shinto country, or a religious nation. That's why I think compassion must not be lost even if Buddhism and religion disappear.
Crimes and incidents are constant precisely because the world is becoming a religious nation called ego.
That's why I think we have to change that way of life.

We can gradually brighten the darkness of the human world in this world if more people take a look at this, know the fearsome things about ego and selfishness, and want to have a sense of mercy.
We should spread the heart of compassion in order to eliminate people who can't live even if they are living. This is absolutely impossible for us alone. I would like to ask for everyone's cooperation and support.

Autumn sunset

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is a humble answer to the question.

There was an incident where Saito Riku (5 years old at the time) starved to death due to abandonment of childcare in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture... I think this incident was also slightly in the intention of the question... I'm sorry if I made a mistake.

Also, in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture last month, there was an incident where Sayane Kishimoto, 3 years old, weakened and died due to abuse and abandonment of childcare...

Anyway, why did such a terrible thing happen... I cried when I was so, too merciless...

To be honest, it was such a pathetic and sad event that I thought it was unavoidable even if people thought that there was no god or Buddha, just like in this world where mercy falls short of these children...

To be clear, don't you think that the autumn sunset is the kind of person who appreciates, respects, worships, worships, and praises gods and Buddhas somewhere far away, and asks for mercy and salvation. If that is the case, then this is not the case; in Buddhism, it is important that you yourself, Autumn Sunset Himself, and Jusei himself prepare each of you so that they can have mercy and wisdom similar to gods and Buddhas, and save those in such a difficult situation, and it is a place you should aim for.

In this way, the determination not to give up and to walk and practice this Buddhism until one attains enlightenment to save all sentient beings is called “Bodhi Heart.”

Please, I would be grateful if you could take this opportunity to nourish your “Bodhi Heart” even on the fall sunset.

Also, while studying and practicing Buddhism, I would like to have the courage to work on altruism and mercy for those in distress so that their worries and suffering can be healed and saved as much as possible. I believe that will lead to saving as many people as possible, such as Saito Riku and Kishimoto Sayane.

Let's work together to aim for a world where tragedies such as abusive deaths do not occur. Finally, I sincerely pray for the souls of the children who have been abused to death, starting with Saito Riku and Kishimoto Sayane.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho