This will be the last of my posts about my father, Fukujuro, for the time being. They were nothing particularly special, just some memories of a father and son from a poor cab driver's family. The buddhist priest of the Jōdo sect who came to read a sutra gave us a talk after reciting the Nembutsu. The content of the talk was about luck and fate. Through reincarnation, the process by which a living being is reborn many times—not only as human beings but also as other creatures including animals—at this moment we are living our given lives as human beings. He explained that the idea that we should not leave this as a mere coincidental "luck" of the moment but must find the meaning of our time in life by respecting our relationships with other people constitutes the concept of “en,” or a fated relationship. I was grateful for the wisdom of the doctrine, which frees us from the all-consuming sorrow of loss caused by death through such abstract concepts. In Japan, when a person dies, they are customarily cremated. After being cremated for about an hour in the chamber, the white bones come out in pieces, which are then collected, put in an urn, and placed in a tomb. But before that final step, there is a period of 49 days during which we welcome the cremated remains into our homes and pray for the dead. We are going through that period at the moment. I would like to put my palms together in a prayer for my father once again, in gratitude for the reincarnation and all the fated relationships during the time he has lived. Namu Amida Buddha. 南無阿弥陀仏 🙏 translation: @tabi_the_fat

❚ #englishbelow 親愛的爸爸 - 我的幹話能力絕對是遺傳 小時候就常聽爸爸和他的朋友們講幹話 一群中年男子笑到流淚 成何體統 媽媽在一邊嘴角上揚得很無奈 但這樣簡單的日子很快樂 - 慢慢的 爸爸的朋友們一個個遇到中年危機 一個日子過得比一個還掉漆 慶幸爸爸還是爸爸 但沒什麼可以放鬆心情講幹話的人了 於是我們全家聚在一起的時候 他就不會放過任何機會 - 有時候跟一般話很多的父親一樣 愛發表長篇大論 更多時候是耍笨或講瘋話 以前會覺得不管哪一種的他都很讓人難為情 可現在我很驕傲 因為我爸長得帥又超鬧超好笑 - 希望我親愛的爸爸可以一直一直不會老 - - - My dearest dad - I definitely took over the ability of trash talk from my dad. When I was a kid, my dad often did trash talks with his friends. So I could often see a bunch of mid-aged men laughing with tears, and my mom feeling helpless standing on the side. Sometimes I miss the old simple and happy times. - Gradually, dad’s friends went through some mid-aged crisis. They put a lot of effort to live in the normal lives, normal but hard. I’m glad dad is still dad, but he doesn’t have many people to do trash talks with anymore. So when the family get together, he never lets go the opportunity. - Sometimes he’s like other talkative fathers, giving speeches without asking if we want to listen. But more times he’s playing goofy and speaking nonsense like he used to. When I was younger, I always felt embarrassed about that. But now, I think he’s a super cool dad, because he can be really funny. - I just hope my dad will never grow old. - - - #happyfathersday #dad #ilovemydad #pingtung #placeforfamily #amida #fairy #艾米達精靈谷茶樹莊園

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