Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

Please tell me how to get better at reciting sutras like a monk!

I would like to ask you a question. My name is Harusora. I've been chanting sutras when visiting temples for over 3 years. Sutras begin with the Kaikyo Sutra, and include penitents, the Three Gods, the Heart Sutra, and the principal mantra. However, I can't recite sutras well like a...

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I'm afraid of prophecies

Hello. I watched humanity perish in January and March 20 of this year, and since then I haven't had a good mentality. The reason for its collapse is that a star called Betelgeuse explodes as a supernova, and what is called a gamma-ray burst that comes out at that time hits directly, and the...

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On satisfaction, greed, ambition, and self-defense

Good evening. We look forward to working with you again. I don't often continue to feel satisfied regardless of work or private life. For example, work went well, and I had a great time with friends, etc., and I feel very satisfied. However, when I got home and calmed down, I came up with...

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Life is at a rock bottom

I'm 38 years old and single. There were also people in their 20s who were considering getting married, but I was busy with work due to changing jobs from the age of 30, and I became single until this age. When it comes to job types, the salary system isn't that good, and if you try to change...

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Does enlightenment suppress the function of the left brain?

https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight/transcript?language=ja In the video above, a brain scientist named Jill Bolt Taylor talks about her experience when one day the function of the left brain declined significantly due to a stroke in the left brain and she...

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Flowers offered to graves

I have a day off next week, so I'm thinking of going alone to my grandmother's grave, who passed away last year. I'd like to talk to my grandmother. Even now that I'm writing this way, I still can't stop crying for some reason. Maybe you still don't believe this time has come. So I would like...

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The monks at Hatsubon and the family temple are not allowed to come

My father-in-law (husband's father) passed away last year, and this year will be the first Bon Festival. It seems that the chief priest of the family temple and his father-in-law had a close personal relationship. Since the chief priest was unwell since 5 to 6 years ago, it is said that all...

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About the death penalty

　A few months ago, I watched a news program on TV interviewing the mother of a child (girl) who was the victim of the Ikeda Childhood Murder Incident. Fifteen years have passed since the incident, and even now that the perpetrator's sentence has been executed, when I know the situation at the...

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Is loneliness necessary for [enlightenment]

As the title says. How to master [enlightenment] Is solitude essential?

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Could you please give me some love?

Every day, my heart feels heavy and I feel like I can't hold it alone. I also tried cowselling, etc., but in the end, I couldn't open my heart I stopped it. I want you to encourage me to open my heart. I want to trust people.

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Is it OK to live like this?

We are a family of 5 with a husband and 3 children. Each of the children is living away from home. Since I quit my job last year, I haven't been able to decide on my next job easily. My husband continues to work even after retirement. Even so, I feel sorry that my young and healthy self...

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Names for newborn children

A child was born just the other day. I think the name is the first gift that a married couple can give to their children, and since their husband's name is in kanji, they say they want to add sanzui, but I often see opinions such as sanzui not being very good, and I have come to feel hazy no...

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Is there any point in consulting with a famous monk

I've been worried for a long time because I can't get rid of my habit of skipping work. Therefore, I consulted with various people and received various advice. In the end, not much of the problem was solved, but I am grateful to everyone who listened to this kind of consultation. Well, I only...

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About dating a deputy chief priest who has a wife and wife

I have someone (single) that I'm in a serious relationship with. It's been 6 years already, and from the beginning of our relationship “We can't get married.” “But seriously. I think it's important” It is said. In fact, they have been really kind and supported both mentally and...

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I want to know why my daughter committed suicide

Nice to meet you. My mother is in her 50s. Last summer, my daughter hanged herself with her husband's belt in her room at home, and she passed away quietly and quietly while her family was in another room. I was still in middle school. The morning of the same day was as usual. They were...

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I can't trust something that seems to be happy that I haven't visited in a long time.

I haven't had a girlfriend in a long time. This is my first time in five and a half years since an event like the one I wrote in my profile happened. She is a woman who, like me, loves reading, has very firm thoughts, is wonderful internally and very cute on the outside. But thank goodness,...

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I want to be friends with monks!!

This is my first time asking a question ‼ ︎ Am I originally a monk chanting sutras? read it aloud? I liked the voice of time, and I was interested in monks. About 3 years ago, there was a memorial service at a relative's house, and when I was wondering if the chief priest around 60 to 70...

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I was told to break up due to debt but I don't want to break up

Due to his family troubles, he ended up with a debt of 5 million I can't afford it, so it's a waste of my time, so let's break up for each other I was told to be happy with someone new. I didn't feel like we were divided because it wasn't a debt he made out of gambling or anything. However, I...

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I'm worried about my career path

I'm entering my fourth year of college this year. Currently attending a 4-year college Job hunting is right around the corner. I've been a baker since I was in elementary school I had a dream called I didn't go that route and chose a university. However, job hunting is getting...

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Please tell me an interesting story

I always enjoy watching it. At first, I got an account to discuss my concerns, While I was reading the monks' warm words to others, I was encouraged, encouraged, and made me feel kind, even though I wasn't supposed to have anything to do with it. I especially like the answers that tell me...

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