my appreciation

On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land

52 How gratifying! You have associated with a friend in the orchid room and have become as straight as mugwort growing among hemp.
[No.2, Page 23, col 2, paragraph 108, Content]


53. “A friend in the orchid room” indicates a person of virtue. The implication is that the company of a virtuous person works as a good influence, just as one is imbued with fragrance on entering a room filled with orchids. It is said that mugwort supported by hemp plants grows upright.
[No.2, Page 30, col 2, paragraph 183, Footnotes]


it was my biggest benefit in my life.
I am grateful to all members and staffs for giving me this opportunity


The Four Debts of Gratitude
One who studies the teachings of Buddhism must not fail to repay the four debts of gratitude.
[No.6, Page 43, col 2, paragraph 12, Content]

On Repaying Debts of Gratitude
4 What can we say, then, of persons who are devoting themselves to Buddhism? Surely they should not forget the debts of gratitude they owe to their parents, their teachers, and their country.
[No.88, Page 690, col 1, paragraph 1, Title]

never let me go

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機内にて。
カズオ・イシグロのブッカー賞受賞作を映画化。

文学的な美しさが映像で十二分に表現されている。
ストーリーも素晴らしい、映像やキャストも素晴らしい。
淡々と語られるストーリーには、激しい起伏は無いものの、心の中にじわじわと迫ってくるものがある。
ラストではポロっと泣いてしまった。

派手ではないけれど、ずっと頭の中から離れない秀作。