Practice 07_Stupidity, Poverty, and Death Practice

Dr.

Among the terms taught in the common language are these words.

“practice of stupidity, poverty, and death.”

Miho, do you know what it means?

Miho, do you know what it means, Mihochan?

“Idiots, poverty, and death practice”?

I guess “fool” means “be a fool at everything,” “poor” means “wear rags but have a heart of brocade,” and ‘death’ means “it comes to everyone, so you have to be prepared for it”?

Dr.

Ho-ho-ho! Interesting answer.

The answer is this!

Practice for stupidity is “not to be proud”

Practice for poverty is “to know the preciousness of things”

Practice for death is “to lead a selfless life”.

Miho

If possible, please give a more simple explanation, Doctor.

I am not sure what you are referring to when you say "without pride.

Please give me an example.

Dr.

I agree. If you look at life broadly, everyone, regardless of academic experience or superiority or inferiority of intelligence, always has a mind of pride, at least to some extent.

If the main point of this pride is mistaken, it becomes egotism, and one becomes more self-important than necessary. In such a state, self-pride is exacerbated, and one cannot listen to opinions and advice, and complains when one fails in one's work. This is to be aware of the foolishness of life.

Miho,

to be lowly and foolish means not to think of oneself as great

but to be willing to honestly learn from others

In other words, we must always remember to be humble.

Now, please tell us about "poor practice.

Dr.

“Practice of poverty” means to know the preciousness of things.

However, it is not just about valuing things, but it also means to know the value of things and the world's gratitude that is contained in them.

Even if we consider our daily lives, every meal we eat and every piece of clothing we wear contains the life of the object and the endless efforts of people, does it not?

Knowing this and living with a heart of gratitude through our daily lives is called practicing poverty.

Miho

So you are saying that everything around us has a soul.

In other words, it is important to use each and every object with care, and to give thanks for those things that are no longer needed, and to let go of them.

Next, please tell us about the practice of death.

Dr.

“Practice of death” is a selfless life. Everything in life is a naked journey.

All positions, honors, and power are borrowed from life.

Nevertheless, we try to protect the gains we have once made.

If we could look at everything with a selfless and equal heart, there would be no conflict.

To gain this mind is the practice of death.

Miho

It means to live each day to the fullest, knowing that you have received life as an offshoot spirit of God and that you are grateful to be kept alive in the world of the great ogosama.

In other words, if we are born naked and will be naked again when we die, why not go naked on the road?

That is why you are saying that we should not forget to be grateful for the rewards.

Dr.

Yes, that's right. Miho, I have learned a lot in this short time.

It is best for human beings to practice with fools and poor people.

Listen with your eyes, listen with your ears, and try to see with your eyes, and you will surely misunderstand.

Humans are creatures that like to wear colored glasses.

But if you leave it like this, you will become useless in the future!

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● Among the terms that we have had people instruct us in the common language is “practice of idiocy, poverty, and death.”

The practice of idiocy means not to be proud. In other words, the practice of poverty is to know the preciousness of things, and the practice of death is to devote oneself to a selfless life.

However, if the main point of pride is misunderstood, it becomes egotism, which makes one more self-important than necessary and leads to a feeling of contempt for others.

In such a state of mind, self-pride is exacerbated, and one is unable to listen to the opinions and advice of others, but only perseveres in one's own selfishness.

Moreover, if the results are bad, they complain that others are to blame, resent others, and fall further and further into an irredeemable state of mind.

This is a manifestation of the foolishness of life, and to be aware of this is called "fool's practice.

To be aware of this is called the practice of fools.

However, this does not mean merely valuing things, but rather knowing the value of things and the world's favor that is contained in them.

Originally, the word “poverty” literally means the hardships of life due to poverty and lack of material resources.

It is a condition of consequence, and at its root, poverty of mind is one of the causes of poverty.

When we delve deeply into our daily lives, even a meal or a piece of clothing contains the life of the object and the endless efforts of people.

To know these blessings and to live with a mind of gratitude through our daily life is the practice of poverty.

The practice of death is a life of selflessness, which in turn means to be devoted to a view of equality in all things.

Life is naked at birth and naked at death. All is naked on the road."

No matter what your position, honor, or power, when your life is over, you return it to society, and even your own body, the most important thing in your life, is returned to the earth.

Everything is a borrowed life. Therefore, once you have obtained a right, you must not hold on to it.

Trying to do so will cause a struggle.

Once again, everything is on loan.

If you can think this way, you can look at everything with a selfless and equal mind, and there will be no struggle.

In other words, to attain this mindset is the practice of death.

If we devote ourselves to the practice of being stupid, poor, and dying, we will be able to live a cheerful and fresh life without being obsessive about it.

Also, you will be able to rejoice and wish for the happiness of others from the bottom of your heart.

If you practice good sense, you will cause conflict.

Being sensible puts a thick coat of makeup on the soul.

Therefore, it is easiest to be a fool, and to be poor and destitute.

It is better for human beings to practice stupidity, poverty, and death.

Hear with your eyes, see with your ears, and you will make mistakes because you see with your eyes.

Human beings want to wear colored glasses, so they make selfish assumptions and self-serving judgments.

If you do that, you will become a useless person.

Loving and living a life of devotion is the source of all happiness and joy.

If you lose money, the person who picks it up may keep it alive, but if you treat things roughly, they will never live again.

Looking at Japan at home and abroad, reconstruction work in the disaster-stricken areas has only just begun, and problems related to the nuclear power plant are piling up.

In addition, it is clear from the political, economic, and diplomatic situations that the people of Japan are not yet in a position to truly live with peace of mind.

In the midst of such a situation, I believe it is time for us to humbly straighten ourselves up and realize what we should be and what we should do.

There are too many mistakes in the human mind. It is rather strange for a penny-pinching person to think he or she is so proud of being a penny-pinching person and to make fun of the gods and Buddha. A penny is still a penny, no matter how much they try to bluff their way to it.

A penny is a penny, and if you do your part, it will serve the purpose of a penny. If a penny is worth 100 yen or 1,000 yen, it will not be a good thing. I am only one sen.

It is one-tenth of ten sen. If you are humble enough to say that you are a lightweight, the ten sen will be outranked.

Ten sen is valuable only when ten such honorable one sen are gathered together. Therefore, without a sen of fools, there would be no ten sen, and there would be no 100 million yen.

One sen is the first step toward peace and harmony."

We must become "a sen of fools.

Let us all play our roles as “Honorable is a sen” and do our utmost to help the afflicted areas recover as quickly as possible and become the foundation for the rebuilding of Japan.