Zen Dialogues

Reflections from Japan's Buddhist Traditions

What are the goals of Buddhism?

First, is the teaching of Buddhism about reducing suffering as much as possible and destroying suffering? If that is the case, it is impossible to completely destroy afflictions and suffering as long as they are “people.” This is because the sense of separation between oneself and others, and...

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boy

Oh, who else Say what's appropriate! Give people advice that you can't even do It's usually a donation, and they say a lot of expensive money When my body is in danger, I run away Threaten people by putting out Shinto and Buddhism Don't take advantage of people's worries and pretend to be...

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Why do humans live

Why do humans have to live? I don't know why I'm alive. I think about committing suicide 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. There's always “death” in my head. If the meaning of humans having to live is to leave descendants, then I am a person who should die. I don't have a girlfriend,...

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I was bullied and decided to quit...

I was bullied at my part-time job. My opponent is a person (one person) who is in the same part-time job and entered the same period 2 years ago. If you also talk to the store manager, “It's not like you did anything. I want you to do your best at work because I'll do something about it.” I...

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Which sect of Buddhism suits you

　While I was looking for guidelines for living, I began to think that Buddhism might be right for me. There is also the fact that the university is Christian, so I looked up not only Christian denominations, but also Islam and Shinto, but I have the impression that it is different from my own...

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Pregnant due to infidelity

I had an affair with someone at work. They had a physical relationship for the first time in February, and the two of them met 3 times in total. When it was the third time, it seems that they found out at a later date that they had met, and I received an email from my wife. The man I'm...

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You can't be happy unless you're beautiful, so what should you do about being clumsy

I hate my face and it's irresistible. The forehead is wide, the eyes are narrow, and the nose is low, and it doesn't change even if there are no products and makeup does not change (only people with good roots change with makeup) Because of that, people have always hated me. Once upon a time,...

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Common sutras

Hello. I read hasunoha all the time. I have a question. The other day I attended the funeral of a relative of an acquaintance so many times that I attended the wake, and I suddenly thought about it. Are there any unified sutras regardless of denomination? Originally, Buddha probably spread...

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Do good things

This is my first question. Thank you to the monks who read it. And thank you for your support. I want to be someone who helps people. If you're a human, it might be natural, but I think that's how I live my life. The above content alone seems like a good thing, but it inevitably bothers...

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Work worries

I work in the service industry. Recently, I've been particularly concerned about complaints from customers, and I haven't been able to work the way I want. Within myself, I always do my best for customers, but it may not be the best from the customer's point of view... Despite such...

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The chief priest of a mysterious temple

We have been in a relationship since last month, and we did an inheritance-related job. The content was to sort out the rights relationships because there are 4 rights holders each for land and buildings within the same plot, and the rights are complicated. There is land owned by a certain temple...

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How to become a monk who lives for others

Hello. My parents' house is a temple that has continued since the Edo period. I've been looking forward to taking over the house since I was little, and now I'm not hesitating about becoming a monk. I'm currently enjoying my college life, but I'm planning to take over the house after graduation....

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About the death of a parent

Please. My mom has been in the hospital since a week ago The state of unconsciousness continues. I'm an only child and I'm on good terms with my mother When I think about my mother if things happen to me My heart is about to burst. I can't sleep every day, and food doesn't go through my...

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I want to be comfortable

I'm tired of struggling with relationships. I don't want people to do things I don't like being done to me I don't intend to do it. But it hurts important people. Whether consciously or unconsciously. I was bullied the whole time in middle school and high school. I have close...

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The essence of Buddhism

What kind of teaching is the essence of Buddhism? Thank you ❗

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You can't get away with it.

I'm indebted to you. I've heard a lot of things since I lost my daughter, and I thought about how I could live my life facing forward. → when I'm sad, my daughter is sad too → no matter how sad she is → let's face forward and live for my daughter and the family left behind now → let's overcome...

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I want you to understand that when you die yourself, you don't want to make others regret it

I will write the question for the second time. I helped him at his parents' house during the Obon festival, and there were days 47 for him. In his greetings to the parishioners, he talked again about his relationship with me. That was the case at funerals, but they are already famous. It exists...

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Why do people become anxious

People get anxious, probably because they can't see the future. Even if you calm your mind by copying sutras, or even if you visit temples and shrines and ask God or the principal image for your will to fulfill, your anxiety won't go away. The time is right now. What should I do about this...

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I don't understand the meaning of living

Recently, I don't understand why I have to live this far. They were treated as less than livestock by their classmates due to bullying, and their existence was denied, and even when they became ill, they couldn't easily gain understanding from those around them, and they lived despite...

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I want to disappear

Nice to meet you. Excuse me for the question. It's been a long time, but please stay with me. please. When I was young, my parents divorced and I was taken in by my mother. My parents quarreled every day until they got divorced. I myself have also been beaten by my father. I couldn't...

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