New Year's Eve

At first, everyone, Thank you for your condolence. I think span of human life is really wonder, and mystery. We are born in this world without reasons and die without reasons. Some or many people want to reason. However, there is only colossal tide hard to understand. I think we can define that reasoning is a kind of belief in this case. My grandmother seems to went pure land.



This year, I have had a tough year. However, last year was more tough. Two years ago, it was more tough than last year. Three years ago, it was more tough than two years ago. I hope next year will be a good year.



This tide of life is also wonder. We can't have our life in our power. Money sometimes bring the power to control our life but basically the impossibility doesn't change. The sun rises every day and the sun sets every day. Norse is on face vertically, mouth is on face widthwise. Evidently, we can't know our future and our past. There is just present and future and past in our present. It is an obvious fact. And the present is the factor which make future and past. Thus the present is most important.



Tomorrow, 2007 will be the present. There are sill many things we have to consider and have to consider again. System of market economy, global warming, human rights, small government, myself, yourself, and so on. Every year I found I have a suburban point of view. I want to relearn next year too.



Well, today I don't have enough time to write this blog. I wish everyone good luck for the coming year. Thank you for your reading and your comment and messages on this year and best regards for coming year. I leave 2006 a little ahead of you. Bye and see you again in 2007.

New Year's Eve

At first, everyone, Thank you for your condolence. I think span of human life is really wonder, and mystery. We are born in this world without reasons and die without reasons. Some or many people want to reason. However, there is only colossal tide hard to understand. I think we can define that reasoning is a kind of belief in this case. My grandmother seems to went pure land.



This year, I have had a tough year. However, last year was more tough. Two years ago, it was more tough than last year. Three years ago, it was more tough than two years ago. I hope next year will be a good year.



This tide of life is also wonder. We can't have our life in our power. Money sometimes bring the power to control our life but basically the impossibility doesn't change. The sun rises every day and the sun sets every day. Norse is on face vertically, mouth is on face widthwise. Evidently, we can't know our future and our past. There is just present and future and past in our present. It is an obvious fact. And the present is the factor which make future and past. Thus the present is most important.



Tomorrow, 2007 will be the present. There are sill many things we have to consider and have to consider again. System of market economy, global warming, human rights, small government, myself, yourself, and so on. Every year I found I have a suburban point of view. I want to relearn next year too.



Well, today I don't have enough time to write this blog. I wish everyone good luck for the coming year. Thank you for your reading and your comment and messages on this year and best regards for coming year. I leave 2006 a little ahead of you. Bye and see you again in 2007.

空 : Part Three (Chinese śūnya, 無)

It might be that Chinese Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism, is not so much Buddhism as Chinese thought. It might be that we can say we call Chinese thought affected by Buddhism as Chinese Buddhism. I suppose I should explain about 無(mu, in Japanese) rather than 空(Kuu in Japanese, śūnya in Sanskrit).



Generally speaking 無 means "nothing" in Japanese and Chinese. And Chinese monks used this Kanji as a religious philosophical term. 無 is originally Taoism's term. 無 is a term seems to expressed situation that outlines are of obscurity and indistinct, and the term didn't referring to definite something. Therefore, Taoist didn't use this term as an opponent term of 有(being) but used as a supportive term of 有(being).



When Buddhism was introduced to China, Chinese understood Buddhism in the context of Taoism. Because Buddhism was a totally different culture from Chinese culture. Buddhism has a different train of thought from Chinese. It was a compelling reason. I can say this worked as a filter between central Asia and China.



When Chinese read Buddhist books(sutra), they found that Indians (central Asians too) were mentioning about truth with denying. Like human is not human, pot is not pot. It looked ambiguity. Then they thought śūnya is a similar concept to 無. Therefore, Taoism's 無 flew in Buddhism by itself. Early Chinese buddhists had a predilection to regard śūnya as 無. Chinese buddhists change their understanding through a clash of ideas between Chinese buddhism and Taoism.



Chinese buddhists realized that 無 is just a twinned idea of 有(being), but śūnya is the term which sublates 無 and 有(being) and is the term of a high order. And 無 came to used as a term which support and reinforce Buddhist philosophy. And, at last, 無 was embodied with śūnya.



sublate;



aufheben in German. A fundamental concept of Hegelian dialectic. Denying one thing, but preserving the thing as a momentum and using the thing as higher-level concept.



For a long period, 無 had been an auxiliary term. But it was changed to a central term of Buddhism by Zen monks. Zen buddhism is a acme of perfection of Chinese Buddhism. Perfecting means amalgamating with Chinese culture in this case. Especially, 無 become the most important word by 公案 (Kouan). 公案 is a kind of a question. One day 趙州(Jyoushuu) was asked by monks "A dog has the capability to become Buddha?" Jyoushuu answered "無". This discussion called 趙州無字(Jyoushuu Muji) was included in a Koan book, and 無 became very very famous term. This 無 Jyoushuu said is used as a term which transcends fundamental concept of existence or nonexistence, and which express the world of the buddha's enlightenment.



I took the photo near Takanodai station in Kodaira city, Tokyo.

空 : Part Three (Chinese śūnya, 無)

It might be that Chinese Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism, is not so much Buddhism as Chinese thought. It might be that we can say we call Chinese thought affected by Buddhism as Chinese Buddhism. I suppose I should explain about 無(mu, in Japanese) rather than 空(Kuu in Japanese, śūnya in Sanskrit).



Generally speaking 無 means "nothing" in Japanese and Chinese. And Chinese monks used this Kanji as a religious philosophical term. 無 is originally Taoism's term. 無 is a term seems to expressed situation that outlines are of obscurity and indistinct, and the term didn't referring to definite something. Therefore, Taoist didn't use this term as an opponent term of 有(being) but used as a supportive term of 有(being).



When Buddhism was introduced to China, Chinese understood Buddhism in the context of Taoism. Because Buddhism was a totally different culture from Chinese culture. Buddhism has a different train of thought from Chinese. It was a compelling reason. I can say this worked as a filter between central Asia and China.



When Chinese read Buddhist books(sutra), they found that Indians (central Asians too) were mentioning about truth with denying. Like human is not human, pot is not pot. It looked ambiguity. Then they thought śūnya is a similar concept to 無. Therefore, Taoism's 無 flew in Buddhism by itself. Early Chinese buddhists had a predilection to regard śūnya as 無. Chinese buddhists change their understanding through a clash of ideas between Chinese buddhism and Taoism.



Chinese buddhists realized that 無 is just a twinned idea of 有(being), but śūnya is the term which sublates 無 and 有(being) and is the term of a high order. And 無 came to used as a term which support and reinforce Buddhist philosophy. And, at last, 無 was embodied with śūnya.



sublate;



aufheben in German. A fundamental concept of Hegelian dialectic. Denying one thing, but preserving the thing as a momentum and using the thing as higher-level concept.



For a long period, 無 had been an auxiliary term. But it was changed to a central term of Buddhism by Zen monks. Zen buddhism is a acme of perfection of Chinese Buddhism. Perfecting means amalgamating with Chinese culture in this case. Especially, 無 become the most important word by 公案 (Kouan). 公案 is a kind of a question. One day 趙州(Jyoushuu) was asked by monks "A dog has the capability to become Buddha?" Jyoushuu answered "無". This discussion called 趙州無字(Jyoushuu Muji) was included in a Koan book, and 無 became very very famous term. This 無 Jyoushuu said is used as a term which transcends fundamental concept of existence or nonexistence, and which express the world of the buddha's enlightenment.



I took the photo near Takanodai station in Kodaira city, Tokyo.

空 : Part Three (Chinese śūnya, 無)

It might be that Chinese Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism, is not so much Buddhism as Chinese thought. It might be that we can say we call Chinese thought affected by Buddhism as Chinese Buddhism. I suppose I should explain about 無(mu, in Japanese) rather than 空(Kuu in Japanese, śūnya in Sanskrit).



Generally speaking 無 means "nothing" in Japanese and Chinese. And Chinese monks used this Kanji as a religious philosophical term. 無 is originally Taoism's term. 無 is a term seems to expressed situation that outlines are of obscurity and indistinct, and the term didn't referring to definite something. Therefore, Taoist didn't use this term as an opponent term of 有(being) but used as a supportive term of 有(being).



When Buddhism was introduced to China, Chinese understood Buddhism in the context of Taoism. Because Buddhism was a totally different culture from Chinese culture. Buddhism has a different train of thought from Chinese. It was a compelling reason. I can say this worked as a filter between central Asia and China.



When Chinese read Buddhist books(sutra), they found that Indians (central Asians too) were mentioning about truth with denying. Like human is not human, pot is not pot. It looked ambiguity. Then they thought śūnya is a similar concept to 無. Therefore, Taoism's 無 flew in Buddhism by itself. Early Chinese buddhists had a predilection to regard śūnya as 無. Chinese buddhists change their understanding through a clash of ideas between Chinese buddhism and Taoism.



Chinese buddhists realized that 無 is just a twinned idea of 有(being), but śūnya is the term which sublates 無 and 有(being) and is the term of a high order. And 無 came to used as a term which support and reinforce Buddhist philosophy. And, at last, 無 was embodied with śūnya.



sublate;



aufheben in German. A fundamental concept of Hegelian dialectic. Denying one thing, but preserving the thing as a momentum and using the thing as higher-level concept.



For a long period, 無 had been an auxiliary term. But it was changed to a central term of Buddhism by Zen monks. Zen buddhism is a acme of perfection of Chinese Buddhism. Perfecting means amalgamating with Chinese culture in this case. Especially, 無 become the most important word by 公案 (Kouan). 公案 is a kind of a question. One day 趙州(Jyoushuu) was asked by monks "A dog has the capability to become Buddha?" Jyoushuu answered "無". This discussion called 趙州無字(Jyoushuu Muji) was included in a Koan book, and 無 became very very famous term. This 無 Jyoushuu said is used as a term which transcends fundamental concept of existence or nonexistence, and which express the world of the buddha's enlightenment.



I took the photo near Takanodai station in Kodaira city, Tokyo.

空 : Part Three (Chinese śūnya, 無)

It might be that Chinese Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism, is not so much Buddhism as Chinese thought. It might be that we can say we call Chinese thought affected by Buddhism as Chinese Buddhism. I suppose I should explain about 無(mu, in Japanese) rather than 空(Kuu in Japanese, śūnya in Sanskrit).



Generally speaking 無 means "nothing" in Japanese and Chinese. And Chinese monks used this Kanji as a religious philosophical term. 無 is originally Taoism's term. 無 is a term seems to expressed situation that outlines are of obscurity and indistinct, and the term didn't referring to definite something. Therefore, Taoist didn't use this term as an opponent term of 有(being) but used as a supportive term of 有(being).



When Buddhism was introduced to China, Chinese understood Buddhism in the context of Taoism. Because Buddhism was a totally different culture from Chinese culture. Buddhism has a different train of thought from Chinese. It was a compelling reason. I can say this worked as a filter between central Asia and China.



When Chinese read Buddhist books(sutra), they found that Indians (central Asians too) were mentioning about truth with denying. Like human is not human, pot is not pot. It looked ambiguity. Then they thought śūnya is a similar concept to 無. Therefore, Taoism's 無 flew in Buddhism by itself. Early Chinese buddhists had a predilection to regard śūnya as 無. Chinese buddhists change their understanding through a clash of ideas between Chinese buddhism and Taoism.



Chinese buddhists realized that 無 is just a twinned idea of 有(being), but śūnya is the term which sublates 無 and 有(being) and is the term of a high order. And 無 came to used as a term which support and reinforce Buddhist philosophy. And, at last, 無 was embodied with śūnya.



sublate;



aufheben in German. A fundamental concept of Hegelian dialectic. Denying one thing, but preserving the thing as a momentum and using the thing as higher-level concept.



For a long period, 無 had been an auxiliary term. But it was changed to a central term of Buddhism by Zen monks. Zen buddhism is a acme of perfection of Chinese Buddhism. Perfecting means amalgamating with Chinese culture in this case. Especially, 無 become the most important word by 公案 (Kouan). 公案 is a kind of a question. One day 趙州(Jyoushuu) was asked by monks "A dog has the capability to become Buddha?" Jyoushuu answered "無". This discussion called 趙州無字(Jyoushuu Muji) was included in a Koan book, and 無 became very very famous term. This 無 Jyoushuu said is used as a term which transcends fundamental concept of existence or nonexistence, and which express the world of the buddha's enlightenment.



I took the photo near Takanodai station in Kodaira city, Tokyo.

空 : Part Three (Chinese śūnya, 無)

It might be that Chinese Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism, is not so much Buddhism as Chinese thought. It might be that we can say we call Chinese thought affected by Buddhism as Chinese Buddhism. I suppose I should explain about 無(mu, in Japanese) rather than 空(Kuu in Japanese, śūnya in Sanskrit).



Generally speaking 無 means "nothing" in Japanese and Chinese. And Chinese monks used this Kanji as a religious philosophical term. 無 is originally Taoism's term. 無 is a term seems to expressed situation that outlines are of obscurity and indistinct, and the term didn't referring to definite something. Therefore, Taoist didn't use this term as an opponent term of 有(being) but used as a supportive term of 有(being).



When Buddhism was introduced to China, Chinese understood Buddhism in the context of Taoism. Because Buddhism was a totally different culture from Chinese culture. Buddhism has a different train of thought from Chinese. It was a compelling reason. I can say this worked as a filter between central Asia and China.



When Chinese read Buddhist books(sutra), they found that Indians (central Asians too) were mentioning about truth with denying. Like human is not human, pot is not pot. It looked ambiguity. Then they thought śūnya is a similar concept to 無. Therefore, Taoism's 無 flew in Buddhism by itself. Early Chinese buddhists had a predilection to regard śūnya as 無. Chinese buddhists change their understanding through a clash of ideas between Chinese buddhism and Taoism.



Chinese buddhists realized that 無 is just a twinned idea of 有(being), but śūnya is the term which sublates 無 and 有(being) and is the term of a high order. And 無 came to used as a term which support and reinforce Buddhist philosophy. And, at last, 無 was embodied with śūnya.



sublate;



aufheben in German. A fundamental concept of Hegelian dialectic. Denying one thing, but preserving the thing as a momentum and using the thing as higher-level concept.



For a long period, 無 had been an auxiliary term. But it was changed to a central term of Buddhism by Zen monks. Zen buddhism is a acme of perfection of Chinese Buddhism. Perfecting means amalgamating with Chinese culture in this case. Especially, 無 become the most important word by 公案 (Kouan). 公案 is a kind of a question. One day 趙州(Jyoushuu) was asked by monks "A dog has the capability to become Buddha?" Jyoushuu answered "無". This discussion called 趙州無字(Jyoushuu Muji) was included in a Koan book, and 無 became very very famous term. This 無 Jyoushuu said is used as a term which transcends fundamental concept of existence or nonexistence, and which express the world of the buddha's enlightenment.



I took the photo near Takanodai station in Kodaira city, Tokyo.

空 : Part Two (Indian śūnya 2)

A makes B which makes C which makes D which makes E which makes F which makes G which makes F which makes G which makes H which makes I which makes J which makes......Z makes A.



B can't exist without A which can't exist without Z which can't exist without Y which can't exist without X which can't exist without..........



Every things need their origin. Suppose a man made a knife. The man is totally different from knife. The man is a human. Knife is a material to cut something. People tend to think the essence of knife is totally different from human. But the knife's essence can't exist without a essence that the man made the knife. It means the man irrefutably has the essence of the knife. To make mean give the essence, and making itself and "to be made by" are also an essences too.



Any essences can't exist alone. Suppose there is a pot. Pot has many essences. Color, figure, weight, temperature and so on. Each essences can't exist alone. Suppose the pot doesn't have color, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have figure, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have weight, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have temperature, it isn't pot. suppose the pot doesn't have weight again, even if it doesn't have weight, it has a weight that 0 kilo grams. All essences have to exist together. Namely, no thing has special quality in the fullest sense. If one essence is special quality, the essence can exist without relationships. But such essence is not in this universe.



We tend to think there are essential qualities in materials and in things. However, Buddhism denies the view. Nāgārjuna wrote 中論(Cyuuron in Japanese) and this book is one of most important books. According to Nāgārjuna, śūnya means "A lacks A's essential qualities.". The essential qualities means intrinsic and inalterable kind, that is, essential qualities are quality which was not made by and which is not tied to anything. Traditionally, dharma(principle) had been regarded as entity by Buddhists but Nāgārjuna defined dharma is also śūnya, dharma doesn't have essential qualities. If a thing has essential quality, the thing can't exist because it doesn't have relationship. I think I can say "every things can exist because of śūnya. ", every things can exist because every things don't have entity.



Then, what is the dharma? Nāgārjuna said dharma is expediential word to lead us to the enlightenment. Traditionally, buddhism think there are two kind of truth. One is a truth of commoner, the other is the truth of buddha. Dharma is the truth of people who don't get enlightenment. And the world which people who realize enlightenment see is the truth of Buddha.



Buddhist realize śūnya to quell the truth of commoner's view including dharma. Dharma is inferior wisdom. The world which buddha realized is the superior wisdom. "realize" is the phase of that dharma affects one's personal quality.



Nāgārjuna and his students thought the root cause interfere realizing enlightenment is commoner's view including dharma. They thought segmentalization of the world and diversification of the world is the culprit. They thought, that is, to categorize with words and to think there are essential qualities and these adhesion from them are two sides of the same coin.



Nāgārjuna explained about quality of śūnya that not depending on, quietude, not to be discuss by commoner's view, have no separation, no diversity. That is śūnya have a quality that śūnya doesn't have quality. śūnya doesn't have quality, thus, śūnya has quality that śūnya has quality that śūnya doesn't have quality.



Human doesn't have Human's unique quality thus human can exist. Unique quality is a view of commoners. If human has unique quality in the real sense of the term, human doesn't exist in this world because the human doesn't have any relationships with this world. Relationship is the evidence that a thing can't monopolize its quality. As for the meaning of the quality, I already explained. Human's quality is śūnya, thus human can exist.



Traditionally, Indian philosophers think we can explain the truth only with denial. Not all philosophers but this view established about 3,000 years ago, as I recall.



A is not A. Therefore A is not A means A is A because of the denial. Buddhist deny the essential quality, therefore, new existence which is śūnya were established by Buddhist.



It maybe that I should explain about 唯識思想(Yoga buddhists), however I skip about them. They tried to get enlightenment by meditation and some of them thought every one has the nature become Buddha, everyone has the nature of Buddha and it is just smutted by adventitious causes.





I took the photo at Tamagawa Jyousui Ryokudo in Kokubunji city, Tokyo.

空 : Part Two (Indian śūnya 2)

A makes B which makes C which makes D which makes E which makes F which makes G which makes F which makes G which makes H which makes I which makes J which makes......Z makes A.



B can't exist without A which can't exist without Z which can't exist without Y which can't exist without X which can't exist without..........



Every things need their origin. Suppose a man made a knife. The man is totally different from knife. The man is a human. Knife is a material to cut something. People tend to think the essence of knife is totally different from human. But the knife's essence can't exist without a essence that the man made the knife. It means the man irrefutably has the essence of the knife. To make mean give the essence, and making itself and "to be made by" are also an essences too.



Any essences can't exist alone. Suppose there is a pot. Pot has many essences. Color, figure, weight, temperature and so on. Each essences can't exist alone. Suppose the pot doesn't have color, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have figure, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have weight, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have temperature, it isn't pot. suppose the pot doesn't have weight again, even if it doesn't have weight, it has a weight that 0 kilo grams. All essences have to exist together. Namely, no thing has special quality in the fullest sense. If one essence is special quality, the essence can exist without relationships. But such essence is not in this universe.



We tend to think there are essential qualities in materials and in things. However, Buddhism denies the view. Nāgārjuna wrote 中論(Cyuuron in Japanese) and this book is one of most important books. According to Nāgārjuna, śūnya means "A lacks A's essential qualities.". The essential qualities means intrinsic and inalterable kind, that is, essential qualities are quality which was not made by and which is not tied to anything. Traditionally, dharma(principle) had been regarded as entity by Buddhists but Nāgārjuna defined dharma is also śūnya, dharma doesn't have essential qualities. If a thing has essential quality, the thing can't exist because it doesn't have relationship. I think I can say "every things can exist because of śūnya. ", every things can exist because every things don't have entity.



Then, what is the dharma? Nāgārjuna said dharma is expediential word to lead us to the enlightenment. Traditionally, buddhism think there are two kind of truth. One is a truth of commoner, the other is the truth of buddha. Dharma is the truth of people who don't get enlightenment. And the world which people who realize enlightenment see is the truth of Buddha.



Buddhist realize śūnya to quell the truth of commoner's view including dharma. Dharma is inferior wisdom. The world which buddha realized is the superior wisdom. "realize" is the phase of that dharma affects one's personal quality.



Nāgārjuna and his students thought the root cause interfere realizing enlightenment is commoner's view including dharma. They thought segmentalization of the world and diversification of the world is the culprit. They thought, that is, to categorize with words and to think there are essential qualities and these adhesion from them are two sides of the same coin.



Nāgārjuna explained about quality of śūnya that not depending on, quietude, not to be discuss by commoner's view, have no separation, no diversity. That is śūnya have a quality that śūnya doesn't have quality. śūnya doesn't have quality, thus, śūnya has quality that śūnya has quality that śūnya doesn't have quality.



Human doesn't have Human's unique quality thus human can exist. Unique quality is a view of commoners. If human has unique quality in the real sense of the term, human doesn't exist in this world because the human doesn't have any relationships with this world. Relationship is the evidence that a thing can't monopolize its quality. As for the meaning of the quality, I already explained. Human's quality is śūnya, thus human can exist.



Traditionally, Indian philosophers think we can explain the truth only with denial. Not all philosophers but this view established about 3,000 years ago, as I recall.



A is not A. Therefore A is not A means A is A because of the denial. Buddhist deny the essential quality, therefore, new existence which is śūnya were established by Buddhist.



It maybe that I should explain about 唯識思想(Yoga buddhists), however I skip about them. They tried to get enlightenment by meditation and some of them thought every one has the nature become Buddha, everyone has the nature of Buddha and it is just smutted by adventitious causes.





I took the photo at Tamagawa Jyousui Ryokudo in Kokubunji city, Tokyo.

空 : Part Two (Indian śūnya 2)

A makes B which makes C which makes D which makes E which makes F which makes G which makes F which makes G which makes H which makes I which makes J which makes......Z makes A.



B can't exist without A which can't exist without Z which can't exist without Y which can't exist without X which can't exist without..........



Every things need their origin. Suppose a man made a knife. The man is totally different from knife. The man is a human. Knife is a material to cut something. People tend to think the essence of knife is totally different from human. But the knife's essence can't exist without a essence that the man made the knife. It means the man irrefutably has the essence of the knife. To make mean give the essence, and making itself and "to be made by" are also an essences too.



Any essences can't exist alone. Suppose there is a pot. Pot has many essences. Color, figure, weight, temperature and so on. Each essences can't exist alone. Suppose the pot doesn't have color, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have figure, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have weight, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have temperature, it isn't pot. suppose the pot doesn't have weight again, even if it doesn't have weight, it has a weight that 0 kilo grams. All essences have to exist together. Namely, no thing has special quality in the fullest sense. If one essence is special quality, the essence can exist without relationships. But such essence is not in this universe.



We tend to think there are essential qualities in materials and in things. However, Buddhism denies the view. Nāgārjuna wrote 中論(Cyuuron in Japanese) and this book is one of most important books. According to Nāgārjuna, śūnya means "A lacks A's essential qualities.". The essential qualities means intrinsic and inalterable kind, that is, essential qualities are quality which was not made by and which is not tied to anything. Traditionally, dharma(principle) had been regarded as entity by Buddhists but Nāgārjuna defined dharma is also śūnya, dharma doesn't have essential qualities. If a thing has essential quality, the thing can't exist because it doesn't have relationship. I think I can say "every things can exist because of śūnya. ", every things can exist because every things don't have entity.



Then, what is the dharma? Nāgārjuna said dharma is expediential word to lead us to the enlightenment. Traditionally, buddhism think there are two kind of truth. One is a truth of commoner, the other is the truth of buddha. Dharma is the truth of people who don't get enlightenment. And the world which people who realize enlightenment see is the truth of Buddha.



Buddhist realize śūnya to quell the truth of commoner's view including dharma. Dharma is inferior wisdom. The world which buddha realized is the superior wisdom. "realize" is the phase of that dharma affects one's personal quality.



Nāgārjuna and his students thought the root cause interfere realizing enlightenment is commoner's view including dharma. They thought segmentalization of the world and diversification of the world is the culprit. They thought, that is, to categorize with words and to think there are essential qualities and these adhesion from them are two sides of the same coin.



Nāgārjuna explained about quality of śūnya that not depending on, quietude, not to be discuss by commoner's view, have no separation, no diversity. That is śūnya have a quality that śūnya doesn't have quality. śūnya doesn't have quality, thus, śūnya has quality that śūnya has quality that śūnya doesn't have quality.



Human doesn't have Human's unique quality thus human can exist. Unique quality is a view of commoners. If human has unique quality in the real sense of the term, human doesn't exist in this world because the human doesn't have any relationships with this world. Relationship is the evidence that a thing can't monopolize its quality. As for the meaning of the quality, I already explained. Human's quality is śūnya, thus human can exist.



Traditionally, Indian philosophers think we can explain the truth only with denial. Not all philosophers but this view established about 3,000 years ago, as I recall.



A is not A. Therefore A is not A means A is A because of the denial. Buddhist deny the essential quality, therefore, new existence which is śūnya were established by Buddhist.



It maybe that I should explain about 唯識思想(Yoga buddhists), however I skip about them. They tried to get enlightenment by meditation and some of them thought every one has the nature become Buddha, everyone has the nature of Buddha and it is just smutted by adventitious causes.





I took the photo at Tamagawa Jyousui Ryokudo in Kokubunji city, Tokyo.

空 : Part One (Indian śūnya 1)

Even though I want to write a kind of philosophical blogs, I think, at first, I should explain about basic Buddhist thoughts to write them. I will explain about 空 serially.



空 sounds くう(Kuu) in Japanese, śūnya in sanskrit. According to a "Oxford Sanskrit-English dictionary", 空 originally means empty, void, hollow, barren, desolate and deserted. Example of śūnya are "a riderless horse." and "a kingless kingdom.". Thus, śūnya expresses situations lacking something expected. My hands feel itchy now because the dictionary is old. śūnya also means the famous "Zero" too.



Buddhist monks, especially Māhayāna Buddhist monks, regarded śūnya as the word express the nucleus of buddhism. Māhayāna Buddhism consist of Chinese one, Tibetan one, Japanese one and so on.



In Buddhism, Initially śūnya was used as a part of one word express vacant house. The word also means empty and quiet and afield place, for instance, mountains, forests, cave and all that. It is said the experience of meditation at "vacant house" became a basic concept of after śūnya. (It might be that the explanation is a bit strained interpretation, I think.) It is said the concept of śūnya　was established as a concept of a state of perfect self-effacement from the experience of meditation. Buddhists explain centrality that component parts of us are śūnya and the world is also śūnya. Buddha said "Jettison an idea adhering self, regard the world as śūnya, and you will overcome death."　And, latter-day sutra preached especially to regard self and properties as śūnya. This was defined as śūnya's samadhi. From this samadhi, Buddhist preached "no-phasis" and "nothing to make a wish for".



There is a big sutra, 般若-経(Hannya-kyou in Japanese) (般若 means wisdom, 経 means sutra.) explains śūnya as stance which never obsess everything. This sutra regards the Buddha's essence as wisdom completed, and call disciplinants who seek this wisdom as bodhisattva, and preaches Buddha regards everything has no inherency, and Buddha preached "no-obsession".



The reason Hannya-kyou insist śūnya　is that there was a sect preached dharma has inherency. The concept of śūnya was fostered through argument.And there was a great monk in India. His name was 龍樹(Ryuujyu in Japanese, Nāgārjuna in sanskrit). He is regarded as ancestry of all buddhist sects by Chinese buddhism and Japanese buddhism.



That's enough for today.



I have a plan to write blogs about śūnya.



1, Indian śūnya　1

2, Indian śūnya　2

3, Chinese śūnya

4, Japanese śūnya

5, Random thoughts about śūnya of our own time.



I took the photo at Kitain-temple in Kawagoe city. Buddha is preaching.

空 : Part One (Indian śūnya 1)

Even though I want to write a kind of philosophical blogs, I think, at first, I should explain about basic Buddhist thoughts to write them. I will explain about 空 serially.



空 sounds くう(Kuu) in Japanese, śūnya in sanskrit. According to a "Oxford Sanskrit-English dictionary", 空 originally means empty, void, hollow, barren, desolate and deserted. Example of śūnya are "a riderless horse." and "a kingless kingdom.". Thus, śūnya expresses situations lacking something expected. My hands feel itchy now because the dictionary is old. śūnya also means the famous "Zero" too.



Buddhist monks, especially Māhayāna Buddhist monks, regarded śūnya as the word express the nucleus of buddhism. Māhayāna Buddhism consist of Chinese one, Tibetan one, Japanese one and so on.



In Buddhism, Initially śūnya was used as a part of one word express vacant house. The word also means empty and quiet and afield place, for instance, mountains, forests, cave and all that. It is said the experience of meditation at "vacant house" became a basic concept of after śūnya. (It might be that the explanation is a bit strained interpretation, I think.) It is said the concept of śūnya　was established as a concept of a state of perfect self-effacement from the experience of meditation. Buddhists explain centrality that component parts of us are śūnya and the world is also śūnya. Buddha said "Jettison an idea adhering self, regard the world as śūnya, and you will overcome death."　And, latter-day sutra preached especially to regard self and properties as śūnya. This was defined as śūnya's samadhi. From this samadhi, Buddhist preached "no-phasis" and "nothing to make a wish for".



There is a big sutra, 般若-経(Hannya-kyou in Japanese) (般若 means wisdom, 経 means sutra.) explains śūnya as stance which never obsess everything. This sutra regards the Buddha's essence as wisdom completed, and call disciplinants who seek this wisdom as bodhisattva, and preaches Buddha regards everything has no inherency, and Buddha preached "no-obsession".



The reason Hannya-kyou insist śūnya　is that there was a sect preached dharma has inherency. The concept of śūnya was fostered through argument.And there was a great monk in India. His name was 龍樹(Ryuujyu in Japanese, Nāgārjuna in sanskrit). He is regarded as ancestry of all buddhist sects by Chinese buddhism and Japanese buddhism.



That's enough for today.



I have a plan to write blogs about śūnya.



1, Indian śūnya　1

2, Indian śūnya　2

3, Chinese śūnya

4, Japanese śūnya

5, Random thoughts about śūnya of our own time.



I took the photo at Kitain-temple in Kawagoe city. Buddha is preaching.

空 : Part One (Indian śūnya 1)

Even though I want to write a kind of philosophical blogs, I think, at first, I should explain about basic Buddhist thoughts to write them. I will explain about 空 serially.



空 sounds くう(Kuu) in Japanese, śūnya in sanskrit. According to a "Oxford Sanskrit-English dictionary", 空 originally means empty, void, hollow, barren, desolate and deserted. Example of śūnya are "a riderless horse." and "a kingless kingdom.". Thus, śūnya expresses situations lacking something expected. My hands feel itchy now because the dictionary is old. śūnya also means the famous "Zero" too.



Buddhist monks, especially Māhayāna Buddhist monks, regarded śūnya as the word express the nucleus of buddhism. Māhayāna Buddhism consist of Chinese one, Tibetan one, Japanese one and so on.



In Buddhism, Initially śūnya was used as a part of one word express vacant house. The word also means empty and quiet and afield place, for instance, mountains, forests, cave and all that. It is said the experience of meditation at "vacant house" became a basic concept of after śūnya. (It might be that the explanation is a bit strained interpretation, I think.) It is said the concept of śūnya　was established as a concept of a state of perfect self-effacement from the experience of meditation. Buddhists explain centrality that component parts of us are śūnya and the world is also śūnya. Buddha said "Jettison an idea adhering self, regard the world as śūnya, and you will overcome death."　And, latter-day sutra preached especially to regard self and properties as śūnya. This was defined as śūnya's samadhi. From this samadhi, Buddhist preached "no-phasis" and "nothing to make a wish for".



There is a big sutra, 般若-経(Hannya-kyou in Japanese) (般若 means wisdom, 経 means sutra.) explains śūnya as stance which never obsess everything. This sutra regards the Buddha's essence as wisdom completed, and call disciplinants who seek this wisdom as bodhisattva, and preaches Buddha regards everything has no inherency, and Buddha preached "no-obsession".



The reason Hannya-kyou insist śūnya　is that there was a sect preached dharma has inherency. The concept of śūnya was fostered through argument.And there was a great monk in India. His name was 龍樹(Ryuujyu in Japanese, Nāgārjuna in sanskrit). He is regarded as ancestry of all buddhist sects by Chinese buddhism and Japanese buddhism.



That's enough for today.



I have a plan to write blogs about śūnya.



1, Indian śūnya　1

2, Indian śūnya　2

3, Chinese śūnya

4, Japanese śūnya

5, Random thoughts about śūnya of our own time.



I took the photo at Kitain-temple in Kawagoe city. Buddha is preaching.

空 : Part Two (Indian śūnya 2)

A makes B which makes C which makes D which makes E which makes F which makes G which makes F which makes G which makes H which makes I which makes J which makes......Z makes A.



B can't exist without A which can't exist without Z which can't exist without Y which can't exist without X which can't exist without..........



Every things need their origin. Suppose a man made a knife. The man is totally different from knife. The man is a human. Knife is a material to cut something. People tend to think the essence of knife is totally different from human. But the knife's essence can't exist without a essence that the man made the knife. It means the man irrefutably has the essence of the knife. To make mean give the essence, and making itself and "to be made by" are also an essences too.



Any essences can't exist alone. Suppose there is a pot. Pot has many essences. Color, figure, weight, temperature and so on. Each essences can't exist alone. Suppose the pot doesn't have color, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have figure, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have weight, it is not pot. Suppose the pot doesn't have temperature, it isn't pot. suppose the pot doesn't have weight again, even if it doesn't have weight, it has a weight that 0 kilo grams. All essences have to exist together. Namely, no thing has special quality in the fullest sense. If one essence is special quality, the essence can exist without relationships. But such essence is not in this universe.



We tend to think there are essential qualities in materials and in things. However, Buddhism denies the view. Nāgārjuna wrote 中論(Cyuuron in Japanese) and this book is one of most important books. According to Nāgārjuna, śūnya means "A lacks A's essential qualities.". The essential qualities means intrinsic and inalterable kind, that is, essential qualities are quality which was not made by and which is not tied to anything. Traditionally, dharma(principle) had been regarded as entity by Buddhists but Nāgārjuna defined dharma is also śūnya, dharma doesn't have essential qualities. If a thing has essential quality, the thing can't exist because it doesn't have relationship. I think I can say "every things can exist because of śūnya. ", every things can exist because every things don't have entity.



Then, what is the dharma? Nāgārjuna said dharma is expediential word to lead us to the enlightenment. Traditionally, buddhism think there are two kind of truth. One is a truth of commoner, the other is the truth of buddha. Dharma is the truth of people who don't get enlightenment. And the world which people who realize enlightenment see is the truth of Buddha.



Buddhist realize śūnya to quell the truth of commoner's view including dharma. Dharma is inferior wisdom. The world which buddha realized is the superior wisdom. "realize" is the phase of that dharma affects one's personal quality.



Nāgārjuna and his students thought the root cause interfere realizing enlightenment is commoner's view including dharma. They thought segmentalization of the world and diversification of the world is the culprit. They thought, that is, to categorize with words and to think there are essential qualities and these adhesion from them are two sides of the same coin.



Nāgārjuna explained about quality of śūnya that not depending on, quietude, not to be discuss by commoner's view, have no separation, no diversity. That is śūnya have a quality that śūnya doesn't have quality. śūnya doesn't have quality, thus, śūnya has quality that śūnya has quality that śūnya doesn't have quality.



Human doesn't have Human's unique quality thus human can exist. Unique quality is a view of commoners. If human has unique quality in the real sense of the term, human doesn't exist in this world because the human doesn't have any relationships with this world. Relationship is the evidence that a thing can't monopolize its quality. As for the meaning of the quality, I already explained. Human's quality is śūnya, thus human can exist.



Traditionally, Indian philosophers think we can explain the truth only with denial. Not all philosophers but this view established about 3,000 years ago, as I recall.



A is not A. Therefore A is not A means A is A because of the denial. Buddhist deny the essential quality, therefore, new existence which is śūnya were established by Buddhist.



It maybe that I should explain about 唯識思想(Yoga buddhists), however I skip about them. They tried to get enlightenment by meditation and some of them thought every one has the nature become Buddha, everyone has the nature of Buddha and it is just smutted by adventitious causes.





I took the photo at Tamagawa Jyousui Ryokudo in Kokubunji city, Tokyo.

空 : Part One (Indian śūnya 1)

Even though I want to write a kind of philosophical blogs, I think, at first, I should explain about basic Buddhist thoughts to write them. I will explain about 空 serially.



空 sounds くう(Kuu) in Japanese, śūnya in sanskrit. According to a "Oxford Sanskrit-English dictionary", 空 originally means empty, void, hollow, barren, desolate and deserted. Example of śūnya are "a riderless horse." and "a kingless kingdom.". Thus, śūnya expresses situations lacking something expected. My hands feel itchy now because the dictionary is old. śūnya also means the famous "Zero" too.



Buddhist monks, especially Māhayāna Buddhist monks, regarded śūnya as the word express the nucleus of buddhism. Māhayāna Buddhism consist of Chinese one, Tibetan one, Japanese one and so on.



In Buddhism, Initially śūnya was used as a part of one word express vacant house. The word also means empty and quiet and afield place, for instance, mountains, forests, cave and all that. It is said the experience of meditation at "vacant house" became a basic concept of after śūnya. (It might be that the explanation is a bit strained interpretation, I think.) It is said the concept of śūnya　was established as a concept of a state of perfect self-effacement from the experience of meditation. Buddhists explain centrality that component parts of us are śūnya and the world is also śūnya. Buddha said "Jettison an idea adhering self, regard the world as śūnya, and you will overcome death."　And, latter-day sutra preached especially to regard self and properties as śūnya. This was defined as śūnya's samadhi. From this samadhi, Buddhist preached "no-phasis" and "nothing to make a wish for".



There is a big sutra, 般若-経(Hannya-kyou in Japanese) (般若 means wisdom, 経 means sutra.) explains śūnya as stance which never obsess everything. This sutra regards the Buddha's essence as wisdom completed, and call disciplinants who seek this wisdom as bodhisattva, and preaches Buddha regards everything has no inherency, and Buddha preached "no-obsession".



The reason Hannya-kyou insist śūnya　is that there was a sect preached dharma has inherency. The concept of śūnya was fostered through argument.And there was a great monk in India. His name was 龍樹(Ryuujyu in Japanese, Nāgārjuna in sanskrit). He is regarded as ancestry of all buddhist sects by Chinese buddhism and Japanese buddhism.



That's enough for today.



I have a plan to write blogs about śūnya.



1, Indian śūnya　1

2, Indian śūnya　2

3, Chinese śūnya

4, Japanese śūnya

5, Random thoughts about śūnya of our own time.



I took the photo at Kitain-temple in Kawagoe city. Buddha is preaching.

About The Warming of Our Planet

Slavoj Zizek, philosopher in Slovenia, says we must say China shouldn't develop under normal conditions and China must advance a suggestion of per capita carbon dioxide elimination control.



By 2040, ice of arctic will vanish. Thus, we have to take strong measures to avert it now.

In the book, as to theory should be universally applied, Slavoj Zizek says he doesn't agree with people insist to take measures thoughtlessly, and he says we need theory controlling our industrials.



That is, he indicates imperfection of market, market can chose worser ways. The example he mentioned is "Beta and VHS". Everyone knows Beta is better. But our market choose VHS, although we should have choose Beta if we seek best picture quality. He says we need another theory to lead this world to furthermore better situation.



I think it is difficult to understand what happen to me now, what I am now. Slavoj Zizek says it is difficult to understand what happen to this world now, what we are now. I think it is too difficult to let friend on car running fast because we can't stop the car, the development of industry.



We are getting on a bus and we think things will be better but no one intend to brake. Even though we can't brake now, we must slow this bus to buy ourself some time to think and to switch careers because we know this road doesn't continue and we know we would crash.



I decided to cut back my utility costs more. If we cut back 1% of our amount of consumption, the future may change. Christmas illumination is beautiful this year too. But I think there are places which doesn't need to be illuminated. If those bulbs are not light-emitting diode, it maybe that those should be turned off.



On this occasion, I checked detail of electricity supply out. In Japan, as of 1993, 31.2% of energy supplied of Japan is provided by nuke plants.　19.1% of total amount is provided by oil-fired plant. 12.0% is provided by coal thermal power plant. 22% is LNG(Liquefied Natural Gas). 12.3% is hydro power. 3.2% is others.



As of 2000, 34.1 % by nuclear power, 9.1% by oil-fired plant, 18.4% by coal, 26.4% by LNG, 9.6% by hydro power, 1.9% by others. It means 55.9% of total amount is provided by thermal power. It is taller figure more than I expected.



The carbon-dioxide emission per 1kWh is:



Nuke : 22 grams

Hydro : 12 grams

LNG : 608 grams

Oil : 742 grams

Coal : 975 grams



In Japan, the more environment get worse, the more the number of anti-nuke plants people is decreasing. For a period of time, nuke plants are regarded as danger plants, but thermal power generation is the danger one now. Even though nuke plants are not safe, it seems to be the best transitional measure among we have for Japan.　



I took the photo in front of Tokorozawa station. I don't like the trees because their blue color makes me to feel cold!!!

About The Warming of Our Planet

Slavoj Zizek, philosopher in Slovenia, says we must say China shouldn't develop under normal conditions and China must advance a suggestion of per capita carbon dioxide elimination control.



By 2040, ice of arctic will vanish. Thus, we have to take strong measures to avert it now.

In the book, as to theory should be universally applied, Slavoj Zizek says he doesn't agree with people insist to take measures thoughtlessly, and he says we need theory controlling our industrials.



That is, he indicates imperfection of market, market can chose worser ways. The example he mentioned is "Beta and VHS". Everyone knows Beta is better. But our market choose VHS, although we should have choose Beta if we seek best picture quality. He says we need another theory to lead this world to furthermore better situation.



I think it is difficult to understand what happen to me now, what I am now. Slavoj Zizek says it is difficult to understand what happen to this world now, what we are now. I think it is too difficult to let friend on car running fast because we can't stop the car, the development of industry.



We are getting on a bus and we think things will be better but no one intend to brake. Even though we can't brake now, we must slow this bus to buy ourself some time to think and to switch careers because we know this road doesn't continue and we know we would crash.



I decided to cut back my utility costs more. If we cut back 1% of our amount of consumption, the future may change. Christmas illumination is beautiful this year too. But I think there are places which doesn't need to be illuminated. If those bulbs are not light-emitting diode, it maybe that those should be turned off.



On this occasion, I checked detail of electricity supply out. In Japan, as of 1993, 31.2% of energy supplied of Japan is provided by nuke plants.　19.1% of total amount is provided by oil-fired plant. 12.0% is provided by coal thermal power plant. 22% is LNG(Liquefied Natural Gas). 12.3% is hydro power. 3.2% is others.



As of 2000, 34.1 % by nuclear power, 9.1% by oil-fired plant, 18.4% by coal, 26.4% by LNG, 9.6% by hydro power, 1.9% by others. It means 55.9% of total amount is provided by thermal power. It is taller figure more than I expected.



The carbon-dioxide emission per 1kWh is:



Nuke : 22 grams

Hydro : 12 grams

LNG : 608 grams

Oil : 742 grams

Coal : 975 grams



In Japan, the more environment get worse, the more the number of anti-nuke plants people is decreasing. For a period of time, nuke plants are regarded as danger plants, but thermal power generation is the danger one now. Even though nuke plants are not safe, it seems to be the best transitional measure among we have for Japan.　



I took the photo in front of Tokorozawa station. I don't like the trees because their blue color makes me to feel cold!!!

About The Warming of Our Planet

Slavoj Zizek, philosopher in Slovenia, says we must say China shouldn't develop under normal conditions and China must advance a suggestion of per capita carbon dioxide elimination control.



By 2040, ice of arctic will vanish. Thus, we have to take strong measures to avert it now.

In the book, as to theory should be universally applied, Slavoj Zizek says he doesn't agree with people insist to take measures thoughtlessly, and he says we need theory controlling our industrials.



That is, he indicates imperfection of market, market can chose worser ways. The example he mentioned is "Beta and VHS". Everyone knows Beta is better. But our market choose VHS, although we should have choose Beta if we seek best picture quality. He says we need another theory to lead this world to furthermore better situation.



I think it is difficult to understand what happen to me now, what I am now. Slavoj Zizek says it is difficult to understand what happen to this world now, what we are now. I think it is too difficult to let friend on car running fast because we can't stop the car, the development of industry.



We are getting on a bus and we think things will be better but no one intend to brake. Even though we can't brake now, we must slow this bus to buy ourself some time to think and to switch careers because we know this road doesn't continue and we know we would crash.



I decided to cut back my utility costs more. If we cut back 1% of our amount of consumption, the future may change. Christmas illumination is beautiful this year too. But I think there are places which doesn't need to be illuminated. If those bulbs are not light-emitting diode, it maybe that those should be turned off.



On this occasion, I checked detail of electricity supply out. In Japan, as of 1993, 31.2% of energy supplied of Japan is provided by nuke plants.　19.1% of total amount is provided by oil-fired plant. 12.0% is provided by coal thermal power plant. 22% is LNG(Liquefied Natural Gas). 12.3% is hydro power. 3.2% is others.



As of 2000, 34.1 % by nuclear power, 9.1% by oil-fired plant, 18.4% by coal, 26.4% by LNG, 9.6% by hydro power, 1.9% by others. It means 55.9% of total amount is provided by thermal power. It is taller figure more than I expected.



The carbon-dioxide emission per 1kWh is:



Nuke : 22 grams

Hydro : 12 grams

LNG : 608 grams

Oil : 742 grams

Coal : 975 grams



In Japan, the more environment get worse, the more the number of anti-nuke plants people is decreasing. For a period of time, nuke plants are regarded as danger plants, but thermal power generation is the danger one now. Even though nuke plants are not safe, it seems to be the best transitional measure among we have for Japan.　



I took the photo in front of Tokorozawa station. I don't like the trees because their blue color makes me to feel cold!!!

About The Warming of Our Planet

Slavoj Zizek, philosopher in Slovenia, says we must say China shouldn't develop under normal conditions and China must advance a suggestion of per capita carbon dioxide elimination control.



By 2040, ice of arctic will vanish. Thus, we have to take strong measures to avert it now.

In the book, as to theory should be universally applied, Slavoj Zizek says he doesn't agree with people insist to take measures thoughtlessly, and he says we need theory controlling our industrials.



That is, he indicates imperfection of market, market can chose worser ways. The example he mentioned is "Beta and VHS". Everyone knows Beta is better. But our market choose VHS, although we should have choose Beta if we seek best picture quality. He says we need another theory to lead this world to furthermore better situation.



I think it is difficult to understand what happen to me now, what I am now. Slavoj Zizek says it is difficult to understand what happen to this world now, what we are now. I think it is too difficult to let friend on car running fast because we can't stop the car, the development of industry.



We are getting on a bus and we think things will be better but no one intend to brake. Even though we can't brake now, we must slow this bus to buy ourself some time to think and to switch careers because we know this road doesn't continue and we know we would crash.



I decided to cut back my utility costs more. If we cut back 1% of our amount of consumption, the future may change. Christmas illumination is beautiful this year too. But I think there are places which doesn't need to be illuminated. If those bulbs are not light-emitting diode, it maybe that those should be turned off.



On this occasion, I checked detail of electricity supply out. In Japan, as of 1993, 31.2% of energy supplied of Japan is provided by nuke plants.　19.1% of total amount is provided by oil-fired plant. 12.0% is provided by coal thermal power plant. 22% is LNG(Liquefied Natural Gas). 12.3% is hydro power. 3.2% is others.



As of 2000, 34.1 % by nuclear power, 9.1% by oil-fired plant, 18.4% by coal, 26.4% by LNG, 9.6% by hydro power, 1.9% by others. It means 55.9% of total amount is provided by thermal power. It is taller figure more than I expected.



The carbon-dioxide emission per 1kWh is:



Nuke : 22 grams

Hydro : 12 grams

LNG : 608 grams

Oil : 742 grams

Coal : 975 grams



In Japan, the more environment get worse, the more the number of anti-nuke plants people is decreasing. For a period of time, nuke plants are regarded as danger plants, but thermal power generation is the danger one now. Even though nuke plants are not safe, it seems to be the best transitional measure among we have for Japan.　



I took the photo in front of Tokorozawa station. I don't like the trees because their blue color makes me to feel cold!!!

十七条憲法 Seventeen Article Constitution of Japan

Hmm, should I call Japan civilization? Although I haven't heard Japanese researchers call Japan civilization, some famous non-Japanese researchers call Japan civilization. Hmm, might be. Although it is our honor, I look doubtful a little. Likely, it depend on definitions too.



I suppose Japan is a country which is not in Chinese culture area and which is affected by Chinese civilization. Chinese called Japan "倭", which is a derogatory term. But Japan called itself 日の本の国, which means "country where sun rise". 聖徳太子(Shotoku Taishu) sent a message to Chinese Emperor. The introduction was:



日出處天子致書日沒處天子(This is very famous sentence in Japan)



"The Emperor whose country is where the sun rises send this letter to the Emperor whose country is where the sun sets."



I think this is a gutsy letter. It is said Chinese emperor exploded so much. I suppose Shotoku Taishi declared that Japan was civilized by writing this letter. The representative example of the civilizing was Japan's first constitution.



Shoutoku Taishi is the first person who established constitution in Japan. It is called Seventeen Article Constitution established in early 7th century.(604, 602, 603, opinion is divided). The first article's first sentence was 以和為貴 written in Chinese classic. 以和為貴 is "和を以て貴しと為し。, Wa wo mote toutoshi to nashi" in Japanese. It means "Place importance on harmony.".



It is often said 以和為貴 is a spirit of Japanese. Someone say this is an evidence that Japanese love peace. Hmm, might be. However, I think this article don't say "we love peace". I think this says "Don't stir up a fight.". Because the next sentence is 無忤為宗。. It means "place importance on "no rebellion". Japan in this era was an union consist of local ruling families. There was no civilized laws. The local ruling families often brought on wars. Shotoku Taishi aspired to becoming peace country by making a centralized government ruled by constitution. In addition, he was the person established Horyu-ji temple known as the existing oldest timber building in the world.





Shotoku Taishi was an academian who studied confucianism and buddhism. It is said the concept of "以和為貴" is a syncretic concept originated in Confucianism and Buddhism. As for Confucianism, Someone said the base was 五行(Gogyo) which consist of 仁義礼智信. Put simply, 仁 is nurturance. 義 is moral and ethics. 礼is norms in society, 智 is ability to make decisions by right. 信 is honesty. As for Buddhism someone said he thought the harmony is the concept in which all livings should live. Shotoku Taishi chanted the praises of Buddhism.



The first article is:



(I hope these English make sense. It was a little difficult to translate because these are classic Chinese words. I translated these sentence in Chinese to English.)



一曰。以和為貴。無忤為宗。人皆有黨。亦少達者。是以或不順君父。乍違于隣里。然上和下睦。諧於論事。則事理自通。何事不成。





Firstly, place importance on harmony, and regard that a matter of prime importance is not to defy. people tend to form groups but person of integrity is rare. Therefore people tend not to accordance with lord and father, and tend to jeopardize relations with neighboring people. However, if we discuss with superiors and inferiors with peaceful mind, it is speak for itself that things accord with reason by itself, things are put over whatever we do.



二曰。篤敬三寳。三寳者仏法僧也。則四生之終帰。萬国之極宗。何世何人非貴是法。人鮮尤悪。能教従之。其不帰三寳。何以直枉。



Secondly, espouse three treasures. Three treasures are Buddha, its philosophy and monks, those are supreme cornerstones of which all livings live on the authority, and are rule of all countries. In any worlds, any people respect its philosophy. People who are flagrantly immoral are rare. Good education makes people to follow the right way. However, If we don't follow Buddha's lore, people can't righten their heart.





三曰。承詔必謹。君則天之。臣則地之。天覆地載。四時順行。万氣得通。地欲覆天。則致壊耳。是以君言臣承。上行下靡。故承詔必慎。不謹自敗。





Thirdly, when you are ordered by emperor, never fail to follow the order. Emperor is heaven. Vassals are ground. Heaven covers ground, and ground let heaven on. Therefore revolution of the four seasons behave accurately and "qi" of all things circulates. If ground covers heaven, this cosmos will be collapsed. Therefore, vassals must follow emperor's order. Inferiors must follow superiors. Thus, when you are ordered by emperor, follow the order respectfully. If people don't follow it, the world will be ruin by itself.



四曰。群卿百寮。以礼為本。其治民之本。要在乎礼。上不礼而下非齊。下無礼以必有罪。是以群臣有礼。位次不乱。百姓有礼。国家自治。



Forth, high officers and regular servants must place importance on courtesy(norms in society) as principle. Fundamental of ruling is courtesy. If superior don't place important on it, inferior's eutaxy roil. If inferior don't place important it, inevitably it will be crime-infested. Therefore when vassals are not in a state of confusion, people are not in a state of confusion. When people

place importance on courtesy, the country is governed by itself.



Well, like this, Japan was affected by Chinese civilization. At this phase, Japan civilized but I think at least Japan was not a civilization at this phase. As for the achievement of Shotoku Taishi, opinion is devided. He was the face of Japanese bank bills.



I think this constitution is better constitution than current Japan's constitution in a certain sense. Because this constitution reflects national backgrounds well.



Hmm, I hope my translation is OK.



I took the photo at Tamagawa Josui ryokudo in Kokubunji city, Tokyo.

十七条憲法 Seventeen Article Constitution of Japan

Hmm, should I call Japan civilization? Although I haven't heard Japanese researchers call Japan civilization, some famous non-Japanese researchers call Japan civilization. Hmm, might be. Although it is our honor, I look doubtful a little. Likely, it depend on definitions too.



I suppose Japan is a country which is not in Chinese culture area and which is affected by Chinese civilization. Chinese called Japan "倭", which is a derogatory term. But Japan called itself 日の本の国, which means "country where sun rise". 聖徳太子(Shotoku Taishu) sent a message to Chinese Emperor. The introduction was:



日出處天子致書日沒處天子(This is very famous sentence in Japan)



"The Emperor whose country is where the sun rises send this letter to the Emperor whose country is where the sun sets."



I think this is a gutsy letter. It is said Chinese emperor exploded so much. I suppose Shotoku Taishi declared that Japan was civilized by writing this letter. The representative example of the civilizing was Japan's first constitution.



Shoutoku Taishi is the first person who established constitution in Japan. It is called Seventeen Article Constitution established in early 7th century.(604, 602, 603, opinion is divided). The first article's first sentence was 以和為貴 written in Chinese classic. 以和為貴 is "和を以て貴しと為し。, Wa wo mote toutoshi to nashi" in Japanese. It means "Place importance on harmony.".



It is often said 以和為貴 is a spirit of Japanese. Someone say this is an evidence that Japanese love peace. Hmm, might be. However, I think this article don't say "we love peace". I think this says "Don't stir up a fight.". Because the next sentence is 無忤為宗。. It means "place importance on "no rebellion". Japan in this era was an union consist of local ruling families. There was no civilized laws. The local ruling families often brought on wars. Shotoku Taishi aspired to becoming peace country by making a centralized government ruled by constitution. In addition, he was the person established Horyu-ji temple known as the existing oldest timber building in the world.





Shotoku Taishi was an academian who studied confucianism and buddhism. It is said the concept of "以和為貴" is a syncretic concept originated in Confucianism and Buddhism. As for Confucianism, Someone said the base was 五行(Gogyo) which consist of 仁義礼智信. Put simply, 仁 is nurturance. 義 is moral and ethics. 礼is norms in society, 智 is ability to make decisions by right. 信 is honesty. As for Buddhism someone said he thought the harmony is the concept in which all livings should live. Shotoku Taishi chanted the praises of Buddhism.



The first article is:



(I hope these English make sense. It was a little difficult to translate because these are classic Chinese words. I translated these sentence in Chinese to English.)



一曰。以和為貴。無忤為宗。人皆有黨。亦少達者。是以或不順君父。乍違于隣里。然上和下睦。諧於論事。則事理自通。何事不成。





Firstly, place importance on harmony, and regard that a matter of prime importance is not to defy. people tend to form groups but person of integrity is rare. Therefore people tend not to accordance with lord and father, and tend to jeopardize relations with neighboring people. However, if we discuss with superiors and inferiors with peaceful mind, it is speak for itself that things accord with reason by itself, things are put over whatever we do.



二曰。篤敬三寳。三寳者仏法僧也。則四生之終帰。萬国之極宗。何世何人非貴是法。人鮮尤悪。能教従之。其不帰三寳。何以直枉。



Secondly, espouse three treasures. Three treasures are Buddha, its philosophy and monks, those are supreme cornerstones of which all livings live on the authority, and are rule of all countries. In any worlds, any people respect its philosophy. People who are flagrantly immoral are rare. Good education makes people to follow the right way. However, If we don't follow Buddha's lore, people can't righten their heart.





三曰。承詔必謹。君則天之。臣則地之。天覆地載。四時順行。万氣得通。地欲覆天。則致壊耳。是以君言臣承。上行下靡。故承詔必慎。不謹自敗。





Thirdly, when you are ordered by emperor, never fail to follow the order. Emperor is heaven. Vassals are ground. Heaven covers ground, and ground let heaven on. Therefore revolution of the four seasons behave accurately and "qi" of all things circulates. If ground covers heaven, this cosmos will be collapsed. Therefore, vassals must follow emperor's order. Inferiors must follow superiors. Thus, when you are ordered by emperor, follow the order respectfully. If people don't follow it, the world will be ruin by itself.



四曰。群卿百寮。以礼為本。其治民之本。要在乎礼。上不礼而下非齊。下無礼以必有罪。是以群臣有礼。位次不乱。百姓有礼。国家自治。



Forth, high officers and regular servants must place importance on courtesy(norms in society) as principle. Fundamental of ruling is courtesy. If superior don't place important on it, inferior's eutaxy roil. If inferior don't place important it, inevitably it will be crime-infested. Therefore when vassals are not in a state of confusion, people are not in a state of confusion. When people

place importance on courtesy, the country is governed by itself.



Well, like this, Japan was affected by Chinese civilization. At this phase, Japan civilized but I think at least Japan was not a civilization at this phase. As for the achievement of Shotoku Taishi, opinion is devided. He was the face of Japanese bank bills.



I think this constitution is better constitution than current Japan's constitution in a certain sense. Because this constitution reflects national backgrounds well.



Hmm, I hope my translation is OK.



I took the photo at Tamagawa Josui ryokudo in Kokubunji city, Tokyo.

十七条憲法 Seventeen Article Constitution of Japan

Hmm, should I call Japan civilization? Although I haven't heard Japanese researchers call Japan civilization, some famous non-Japanese researchers call Japan civilization. Hmm, might be. Although it is our honor, I look doubtful a little. Likely, it depend on definitions too.



I suppose Japan is a country which is not in Chinese culture area and which is affected by Chinese civilization. Chinese called Japan "倭", which is a derogatory term. But Japan called itself 日の本の国, which means "country where sun rise". 聖徳太子(Shotoku Taishu) sent a message to Chinese Emperor. The introduction was:



日出處天子致書日沒處天子(This is very famous sentence in Japan)



"The Emperor whose country is where the sun rises send this letter to the Emperor whose country is where the sun sets."



I think this is a gutsy letter. It is said Chinese emperor exploded so much. I suppose Shotoku Taishi declared that Japan was civilized by writing this letter. The representative example of the civilizing was Japan's first constitution.



Shoutoku Taishi is the first person who established constitution in Japan. It is called Seventeen Article Constitution established in early 7th century.(604, 602, 603, opinion is divided). The first article's first sentence was 以和為貴 written in Chinese classic. 以和為貴 is "和を以て貴しと為し。, Wa wo mote toutoshi to nashi" in Japanese. It means "Place importance on harmony.".



It is often said 以和為貴 is a spirit of Japanese. Someone say this is an evidence that Japanese love peace. Hmm, might be. However, I think this article don't say "we love peace". I think this says "Don't stir up a fight.". Because the next sentence is 無忤為宗。. It means "place importance on "no rebellion". Japan in this era was an union consist of local ruling families. There was no civilized laws. The local ruling families often brought on wars. Shotoku Taishi aspired to becoming peace country by making a centralized government ruled by constitution. In addition, he was the person established Horyu-ji temple known as the existing oldest timber building in the world.





Shotoku Taishi was an academian who studied confucianism and buddhism. It is said the concept of "以和為貴" is a syncretic concept originated in Confucianism and Buddhism. As for Confucianism, Someone said the base was 五行(Gogyo) which consist of 仁義礼智信. Put simply, 仁 is nurturance. 義 is moral and ethics. 礼is norms in society, 智 is ability to make decisions by right. 信 is honesty. As for Buddhism someone said he thought the harmony is the concept in which all livings should live. Shotoku Taishi chanted the praises of Buddhism.



The first article is:



(I hope these English make sense. It was a little difficult to translate because these are classic Chinese words. I translated these sentence in Chinese to English.)



一曰。以和為貴。無忤為宗。人皆有黨。亦少達者。是以或不順君父。乍違于隣里。然上和下睦。諧於論事。則事理自通。何事不成。





Firstly, place importance on harmony, and regard that a matter of prime importance is not to defy. people tend to form groups but person of integrity is rare. Therefore people tend not to accordance with lord and father, and tend to jeopardize relations with neighboring people. However, if we discuss with superiors and inferiors with peaceful mind, it is speak for itself that things accord with reason by itself, things are put over whatever we do.



二曰。篤敬三寳。三寳者仏法僧也。則四生之終帰。萬国之極宗。何世何人非貴是法。人鮮尤悪。能教従之。其不帰三寳。何以直枉。



Secondly, espouse three treasures. Three treasures are Buddha, its philosophy and monks, those are supreme cornerstones of which all livings live on the authority, and are rule of all countries. In any worlds, any people respect its philosophy. People who are flagrantly immoral are rare. Good education makes people to follow the right way. However, If we don't follow Buddha's lore, people can't righten their heart.





三曰。承詔必謹。君則天之。臣則地之。天覆地載。四時順行。万氣得通。地欲覆天。則致壊耳。是以君言臣承。上行下靡。故承詔必慎。不謹自敗。





Thirdly, when you are ordered by emperor, never fail to follow the order. Emperor is heaven. Vassals are ground. Heaven covers ground, and ground let heaven on. Therefore revolution of the four seasons behave accurately and "qi" of all things circulates. If ground covers heaven, this cosmos will be collapsed. Therefore, vassals must follow emperor's order. Inferiors must follow superiors. Thus, when you are ordered by emperor, follow the order respectfully. If people don't follow it, the world will be ruin by itself.



四曰。群卿百寮。以礼為本。其治民之本。要在乎礼。上不礼而下非齊。下無礼以必有罪。是以群臣有礼。位次不乱。百姓有礼。国家自治。



Forth, high officers and regular servants must place importance on courtesy(norms in society) as principle. Fundamental of ruling is courtesy. If superior don't place important on it, inferior's eutaxy roil. If inferior don't place important it, inevitably it will be crime-infested. Therefore when vassals are not in a state of confusion, people are not in a state of confusion. When people

place importance on courtesy, the country is governed by itself.



Well, like this, Japan was affected by Chinese civilization. At this phase, Japan civilized but I think at least Japan was not a civilization at this phase. As for the achievement of Shotoku Taishi, opinion is devided. He was the face of Japanese bank bills.



I think this constitution is better constitution than current Japan's constitution in a certain sense. Because this constitution reflects national backgrounds well.



Hmm, I hope my translation is OK.



I took the photo at Tamagawa Josui ryokudo in Kokubunji city, Tokyo.

40 questions

This is from Willow. Please answer them on your blog.

(OH!! I didn'T erase Willows answers!! I eraced them Dec 15th)





1. Where were you 1 hour ago?



I got on a train, was reading a book named Sakano-ue-no-kumo.



2. Who will be your next kiss!



My tooth brash will kiss :)



3. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?



Yes, a cushion's color is pink.



4.When is the last time you went to the mall?



I send a mail to Amazon.co.jp. I returned a book of Haiku because someone had ripped out a page!!!



5.Are you wearing socks right now!



Yes, white one.



6. When was the last time you went out of town?



Last month, in Hokkaido.



7. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?



No, but I'll go movie to watch "letters from Iwojima".



8. What was the last thing you had to drank?



Coffee.



9. What are you wearing right now?



Jersey.



10. Have you been in a car wash?



Aha.



11. Last thing you ate?



Sukiyaki.



12. Where were you last week on Saturday?



I was in my bed for my cold.



13. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?



No.



14. When was the last time you ran?



Today, at a station.



15. What's the last sporting event you watched?



Asia series.





16. What is your favorite class?



Philosophy.



17. Your dream vaction?



Romulan Star Empire.



18. Last three people houses you were in?



Last three? Hmm, Gasmen.



19. How old are your parents?



My mother is 61 years old and father is 63 years old if he alive.



20. Do you miss anyone?



Yes, I miss my father and ground fathers.



21. Last play you saw?



I play something every day.



22. What are your plans for today?



All that is left is sleeping eating and taking a bath.



23. Who is the last person that commented on your page?



Willow san.



24. Ever go to camp?



Yes, my friend liked to take me to camp.



25. Were you an honor roll student in school?



I haven't gotten the highest score.



26. What do you want to know about the futrue?



Yes, but except my own things.



27. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?



No.



28. Where is your best friend located?



In Tokyo area.



29. Do you have a tan?



No, I don't like to tan.



30. How old do you want to be/were you when you have kids?



35 y/o





31. Do you collect anything?



Books and CDs.



32. Last time you got stopped by a cop or pulled over?



8 years ago. When I rode bicycle double.



33. Have you ever drank your soda from a straw?



Of course.



34. How do you like your dranks?



I become an "air plane". Always I smile.



35. Do you like hot sauce?



No. I don't like hotter tasting foods.



36. Last time you took a shower?



I took a shower in the morning today.



37. Who do you have a crush on?



I haven't crush on for long time. I suppose I did it when I was a junior high school student and was a elementary school student.



38. What is your mood?



Oh, I have to stop shut off the heat!



39. Are you someone's best friend?



Yes.



40. Are you rich?



Hmm, yes, my life is rich in taste in many sense.



Please pass this on to your friend.

40 questions

This is from Willow. Please answer them on your blog.

(OH!! I didn'T erase Willows answers!! I eraced them Dec 15th)





1. Where were you 1 hour ago?



I got on a train, was reading a book named Sakano-ue-no-kumo.



2. Who will be your next kiss!



My tooth brash will kiss :)



3. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?



Yes, a cushion's color is pink.



4.When is the last time you went to the mall?



I send a mail to Amazon.co.jp. I returned a book of Haiku because someone had ripped out a page!!!



5.Are you wearing socks right now!



Yes, white one.



6. When was the last time you went out of town?



Last month, in Hokkaido.



7. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?



No, but I'll go movie to watch "letters from Iwojima".



8. What was the last thing you had to drank?



Coffee.



9. What are you wearing right now?



Jersey.



10. Have you been in a car wash?



Aha.



11. Last thing you ate?



Sukiyaki.



12. Where were you last week on Saturday?



I was in my bed for my cold.



13. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?



No.



14. When was the last time you ran?



Today, at a station.



15. What's the last sporting event you watched?



Asia series.





16. What is your favorite class?



Philosophy.



17. Your dream vaction?



Romulan Star Empire.



18. Last three people houses you were in?



Last three? Hmm, Gasmen.



19. How old are your parents?



My mother is 61 years old and father is 63 years old if he alive.



20. Do you miss anyone?



Yes, I miss my father and ground fathers.



21. Last play you saw?



I play something every day.



22. What are your plans for today?



All that is left is sleeping eating and taking a bath.



23. Who is the last person that commented on your page?



Willow san.



24. Ever go to camp?



Yes, my friend liked to take me to camp.



25. Were you an honor roll student in school?



I haven't gotten the highest score.



26. What do you want to know about the futrue?



Yes, but except my own things.



27. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?



No.



28. Where is your best friend located?



In Tokyo area.



29. Do you have a tan?



No, I don't like to tan.



30. How old do you want to be/were you when you have kids?



35 y/o





31. Do you collect anything?



Books and CDs.



32. Last time you got stopped by a cop or pulled over?



8 years ago. When I rode bicycle double.



33. Have you ever drank your soda from a straw?



Of course.



34. How do you like your dranks?



I become an "air plane". Always I smile.



35. Do you like hot sauce?



No. I don't like hotter tasting foods.



36. Last time you took a shower?



I took a shower in the morning today.



37. Who do you have a crush on?



I haven't crush on for long time. I suppose I did it when I was a junior high school student and was a elementary school student.



38. What is your mood?



Oh, I have to stop shut off the heat!



39. Are you someone's best friend?



Yes.



40. Are you rich?



Hmm, yes, my life is rich in taste in many sense.



Please pass this on to your friend.

忘年会

忘年会(Bounenkai) is party Japanese hold at the end of the year. 忘 means "forget". 年 means "year". 会 means "banquet". The purpose for which the party is hold is forgetting suffering from bad affair which happen in the year. Japanese hold Bounenkai parties　here and there.



Person of many contacts have to attend more than 10 year-end parties. As for a person whom I know attend 23 parties during the end of year days. Bounekai is tough. We have to drink at every parties. Especially, to go out for a drink with someone just for　business is not fun in most cases.



We , each other, pour beer, sake and other alcoholic drinks. I suppose Americans sometimes drink Japanese sake with Japanese bottle. Then you will find a protruding part on rim. This protruding part has a meaning. As a formality, you shouldn't use the part to pour. You should turn the part sideways. Although I think no Japanese get on you even if you has used it because you are non-Japanese.



The pourer has circular form. Circle means 円(en) in Japanese. 円 is a same sounding word of 縁(en). 縁 means bond. Protruding part is cutting the circle. That is, to use the part means "I cut tie with you". It seems there are Japanese don't know about it. But I don't meet with someone use the part to cut with other one, but it is a manner.



In Japan, there are many lightweight drinkers. A DNA sequence is the cause. It is said this DNA , which can't produce enough number of enzyme to break down acetaldehyde, is from Mongol. To force them to drink is danger.



Last night I was drunk a little. Tenpura's oil was tough. The sake was not delicious. I don't like sweet sake. Dry sake is best. It is said those who like sweet sake are not maven. Sweet sake doesn't accord with Japanese foods. Dry sake improves the taste of Japanese foods.

Last night Seibu line(train) caused a fatal accident and the travel was confused. I got be very tired. I wanted to rest at home than I drink.

忘年会

忘年会(Bounenkai) is party Japanese hold at the end of the year. 忘 means "forget". 年 means "year". 会 means "banquet". The purpose for which the party is hold is forgetting suffering from bad affair which happen in the year. Japanese hold Bounenkai parties　here and there.



Person of many contacts have to attend more than 10 year-end parties. As for a person whom I know attend 23 parties during the end of year days. Bounekai is tough. We have to drink at every parties. Especially, to go out for a drink with someone just for　business is not fun in most cases.



We , each other, pour beer, sake and other alcoholic drinks. I suppose Americans sometimes drink Japanese sake with Japanese bottle. Then you will find a protruding part on rim. This protruding part has a meaning. As a formality, you shouldn't use the part to pour. You should turn the part sideways. Although I think no Japanese get on you even if you has used it because you are non-Japanese.



The pourer has circular form. Circle means 円(en) in Japanese. 円 is a same sounding word of 縁(en). 縁 means bond. Protruding part is cutting the circle. That is, to use the part means "I cut tie with you". It seems there are Japanese don't know about it. But I don't meet with someone use the part to cut with other one, but it is a manner.



In Japan, there are many lightweight drinkers. A DNA sequence is the cause. It is said this DNA , which can't produce enough number of enzyme to break down acetaldehyde, is from Mongol. To force them to drink is danger.



Last night I was drunk a little. Tenpura's oil was tough. The sake was not delicious. I don't like sweet sake. Dry sake is best. It is said those who like sweet sake are not maven. Sweet sake doesn't accord with Japanese foods. Dry sake improves the taste of Japanese foods.

Last night Seibu line(train) caused a fatal accident and the travel was confused. I got be very tired. I wanted to rest at home than I drink.

40 questions

This is from Willow. Please answer them on your blog.

(OH!! I didn'T erase Willows answers!! I eraced them Dec 15th)





1. Where were you 1 hour ago?



I got on a train, was reading a book named Sakano-ue-no-kumo.



2. Who will be your next kiss!



My tooth brash will kiss :)



3. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?



Yes, a cushion's color is pink.



4.When is the last time you went to the mall?



I send a mail to Amazon.co.jp. I returned a book of Haiku because someone had ripped out a page!!!



5.Are you wearing socks right now!



Yes, white one.



6. When was the last time you went out of town?



Last month, in Hokkaido.



7. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?



No, but I'll go movie to watch "letters from Iwojima".



8. What was the last thing you had to drank?



Coffee.



9. What are you wearing right now?



Jersey.



10. Have you been in a car wash?



Aha.



11. Last thing you ate?



Sukiyaki.



12. Where were you last week on Saturday?



I was in my bed for my cold.



13. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?



No.



14. When was the last time you ran?



Today, at a station.



15. What's the last sporting event you watched?



Asia series.





16. What is your favorite class?



Philosophy.



17. Your dream vaction?



Romulan Star Empire.



18. Last three people houses you were in?



Last three? Hmm, Gasmen.



19. How old are your parents?



My mother is 61 years old and father is 63 years old if he alive.



20. Do you miss anyone?



Yes, I miss my father and ground fathers.



21. Last play you saw?



I play something every day.



22. What are your plans for today?



All that is left is sleeping eating and taking a bath.



23. Who is the last person that commented on your page?



Willow san.



24. Ever go to camp?



Yes, my friend liked to take me to camp.



25. Were you an honor roll student in school?



I haven't gotten the highest score.



26. What do you want to know about the futrue?



Yes, but except my own things.



27. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?



No.



28. Where is your best friend located?



In Tokyo area.



29. Do you have a tan?



No, I don't like to tan.



30. How old do you want to be/were you when you have kids?



35 y/o





31. Do you collect anything?



Books and CDs.



32. Last time you got stopped by a cop or pulled over?



8 years ago. When I rode bicycle double.



33. Have you ever drank your soda from a straw?



Of course.



34. How do you like your dranks?



I become an "air plane". Always I smile.



35. Do you like hot sauce?



No. I don't like hotter tasting foods.



36. Last time you took a shower?



I took a shower in the morning today.



37. Who do you have a crush on?



I haven't crush on for long time. I suppose I did it when I was a junior high school student and was a elementary school student.



38. What is your mood?



Oh, I have to stop shut off the heat!



39. Are you someone's best friend?



Yes.



40. Are you rich?



Hmm, yes, my life is rich in taste in many sense.



Please pass this on to your friend.