ZAZEN-Introduction-

Mankind;All of you were just born in this world for only very happy life.

But many many people are suffering from various affairs.
Surely as the saying that "life is struggling hard",we have to admit the fact.
However we want this irrecovereable own life to be significant,and come to an end saying "I have been lucky."

It is My Load Buddha that show "the way" that liberate human beings from every sufferings.
Buddha had awaked from every delusion and realized the true sight and system of all this world and the next world.
And Buddha explained that the way of living based on truth is the way of human beings.
The teachings of Buddha who awaked first of all mankind is the only teachings that save human beings.

Every day we see many criminal news of fraud,violence,murder and so on.
And there is no end to terrorism and warfare.
Environments of family,community,nation and world are getting worse.
If that is the case,whatever will become of human in future,I woner.
I don't think that education and discipline can help children become better.
When children are spoiled and hopeless,human become to an end.

It is now.
It is the time we look at the teachings of Buddha.
It is the Buddha teachings that is just for the sake of human happiness.
It is the teachings that is for peace and happiness of family,community,nation and world.

Buddhism sutra is the next of that.
Zen is the base of practice.
Just looking at the text is not enough.
Practice lead to realization.
Practice of Buddhism is BUTSUDO.
the base of BUTSUDO is Zen.
You can acquire the effect as much as you do even in five or ten minitues' practice.

Every day you may be kept busy and busy with various affairs,aren't you?
You may have practically no time meditating on yourself.
It may be too late when you notice that you may have been passing almost of your life.

Some of them lose themself and waste thier precious lives.
Above all,the most tragic affair is self-destruction.

Life is never "struggling" in the least.
Life is irrecoverable,wonderful things originally.
The way to happiness････that is to notice the truth and to practice BUTSUDO.

Because all of you were born in this world for only very happy life.

How about sitting for a moment?

Respectfully
Chief priest of Saikoji Temple
Houko Ito

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