Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

Unconvincing Dharma Fables

Let me ask you a question. If it's hard to answer, please go through. It was in Osho's puja for my mother's 49th memorial service. “Where will the dead go?” Osho asked my nephew. My nephew, who is in elementary school, answered, “In my heart.” That's what my late mother taught me. My...

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Buddhism is not Buddha's teaching.

I'm examining human truth under the name Mutou Genji on novel submission sites such as Kakuyom. For the time being, I understood that the human truth I had arrived at was close to the Buddha. Buddha is still sweet, though. So I asked a question. The Buddha doesn't teach after death or...

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Buddha's teachings: postscript

(Question: Supplementary explanation of Buddha's teachings) (https://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/47023?page=1)より Is what is written here really true?

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About the contents of Sutanipata “874 Forms Will Disappear”

Thank you for your answers as always. In one of the parts of Suttanipata I don't understand There are the following sections. Please teach me from the monk. In 873, “How do forms disappear for those who have practiced? How do pleasure and suffering disappear? Please explain to me how it...

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ANESTHESIOlogist

The main task of an anesthesiologist is to eliminate “body aches.” A monk's main job is to get rid of “heartache.” A job that is close to patients. A job that is close to those seeking salvation. Pretty much the same thing. If we can cooperate with each other, wouldn't we be able...

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The degree of success in the Shinshu sect and the Jodo sect

I contracted cancer at this age. If you think about it, the other half of my life is over. Here, I thought I wasn't studying how to die, and I wanted to learn the Jodo religion, which I had been interested in for a long time. My parents' house is not a Jodo sect or Shinshu sect, so I don't...

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What is selflessness

What does selfless mean?

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Let go

Five hours have passed since I let go. Believe that letting go will be the driving force for tomorrow, and believe that by letting go, you can see new things again. It's painful to let go, but I'll let go. Is Bon-san good at letting go?

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I'm thinking of committing suicide (please answer as soon as possible)

I'm a middle 3 girl. I'm thinking about suicide. I'm tired of so many things. I don't even know why I became so sick. Even if I think about the causes, etc., I arrive at this conclusion “because of my personality.” They are also self-harming. When my parents found out “I didn't think you...

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Questions about the Buddhist way of thinking

A person who recently learned about and is studying Buddhism I have a question, please let me know 1 Correction that is a word of truth that never changes, such as impermanent behavior or total suffering I thought that was true, but contrary to that, what I thought was correct was...

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Buddha's teachings

What are Buddha's teachings summed up in a nutshell? Even if I read it in a hasunoha or book, it doesn't come up very well, or it's hard to understand, or even if I put it together myself, it's confusing, so I asked the question.

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suicides

Nobody said suicide was bad. Nor is it a crime in a world where what you say wins and what you do wins. I just lost the energy to commit suicide.

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I want to pray to the Buddha

I've also done things that aren't good even if they aren't major misdeeds. Is it permissible for such a person to go before the Buddha, talk about all his bad deeds up until now, repent, and pray in front of the Buddha? I've come to think that bad behavior that I think would be good isn't good,...

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Why is it so difficult to leave home?

Why is it so difficult to score at home? It's a tub spin

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5 billion years from now, even if all living things die out, including humans

It is said that after 5 billion years, the Sun's life will run out. Build even a spaceship that is impossible with modern science Unless we escape the solar system, All living things will die out, including humans. Even if you leave descendants and pass on the baton of life to future...

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“Contentment” and “inherently nothing”

I'm always indebted to you. There are many things I learn through questions and answers, and I am thankful for every day. I like the words “contentment” and “inherently nothing.” While we have various material and mental problems in our lives, I'm being helped by these words while making...

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Why shouldn't we die

An acquaintance told me about a mutual friend the other day, “I'm scared that type of kid is about to commit suicide.” But I couldn't say anything. I can only think of death and life as personal freedom. Of course, I want them to be happy, but even if they say they want to die, I don't think...

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Is it good for the chief priest to be kidding around at haunted spots?

On the “Misuzu's Ambition” channel on YouTube, I saw a plan where the chief priest went to a haunted spot with the club's mom and received customer service while drinking alcohol by the club's mom. The moment I saw that project, it seemed like they were making a fool of those who had passed...

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I think having sex friends is a loss.

The following is not an elegant story. A “sex friend” or affair (mistress relationship) for the purpose of sexual activity. I and a few of my friends have experienced that kind of relationship. I received a small amount of what I get from my mistress, so I can divide it into the past where...

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I definitely want to ask you something

I'm worried about this time of day, but good morning. Did your personality change before and after you became a monk? Thank you for your support.

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