前回記事から１年空いて再スタートです。昨年の９月に松岡家に赤ちゃんが産まれた。４人目だから「シロウ」でも良かったが次男坊だから「ジロウ」です。長女との歳の差は１６歳。３９歳にして初孫な気分で、理屈抜きでとにかく可愛い。「ようこそ！一緒に楽しもう！」なんて言いたいが、「残念だったね。一緒に修行しよう」っていうのが仏教的には正しい声の掛け方らしい。昨年になるが、臨済宗だか浄土真宗だかのお坊さんと30分程度の席を共にする時間があった。「また生まれ変わってきて会えたりするんですかね？」なんて訪ねたら「可能性はありますが、亡くなった本人の為にそうならないよう願いましょう」そう言って「輪廻」の話をしてくれた。人が亡くなると「成仏」か「輪廻」の２つの道があるらしい。成仏は「意識」で輪廻は「魂」の概念だそうだ。大前提に「みんな成仏したい」のだが、「オマエはまだダメもう一回修行してこい」と言われ泣く泣く生まれ変わってくるのが輪廻だそうだ。そして、輪廻には必要な修行に応じて６つの領域があるらしい。苦しい順に読んで字のごとくの地獄界。飢え苦しむ餓鬼界。動物の領域である畜生界。闘いの絶えない修羅界。我々の人間界。天上界。成仏出来るまで永遠にどこかの領域に輪廻して修行は続くのだそう。成仏を目指してこの世で修行をしているのだから苦しくて当たり前ということらしい。だから生まれてきた赤ちゃんには「残念だったね。輪廻してきちゃったんだ。一緒に修行に励もう。。。」ってのがお坊さん的に正しい声の掛け方なのだ。だから赤ん坊は泣いて生まれてくる。なんてオチまでつけてくれた。何かをする為ではなくて、ただ修行の為に生まれてきただけ。そりゃ何をやっても上手くいかなくて当たり前だ。さすがは坊主の説教で何だかすごく楽になった。輪廻の６つの領域はいつも人間界のどこかにあるし、自分の中にも６種の心があるように思う。自身のありようで、いつどの領域にでも落ちてしまうわけだが、どこに落ちようが「ま、どうせ修行だし」と思えれば楽なもんだ。ごちゃごちゃ悩んで焦ることの多い昨年だったが、ようやく「まぁこんなもんか」と思えるようになってきた。我が子の誕生はありがたい事に、いつも修行の機会を与えてくれる。2000年、職人修行開始で長女。2003年、KOMA創業で長男。2009年、自社製品展開の準備で次女。その修行のどれもが楽しかったから、やっぱり我が子には「ようこそ！一緒に楽しもう！」と声を掛けようと思う。そして、ジロウが生まれての新たな修行は、本格的な海外展開を目指してスタートです。 Matsuoka family had baby born on September last year. Given 4th children, I may be able to name him as "Sirou", however, as second son, I have named him as "Jiro." There is 16 years difference between first daughter and him. For me, as if first grandson at my age of 39 years old, he is cute without any reason. I would like to say to him "Welcome ! Let's enjoy life with me !" However, from the point of appropriate buddhist words would be "I am sorry. Let's train with me." Last year, I had an opportunity to have a same table for about 30 minutes with a buddhist in either Ringai school or Soto school. Replying to my question "Are we able to meet again after re-born ?". "It would be possible, however, for the sake of the dead person, we would be better not to expect so." And he explained about the metempsychosis. When people die, there would be 2 ways, one is entering into Nirvana, the other is entering into metempsychosis. Entering into Nirvana belongs to "consciousness" area and entering into metempsychosis belongs to "soul" area. Despite everybody's wish entering into Nirvana, metempsychosis would be re-born with tears sentenced as "you have not been adequately grown up, thus, need training again." There are 6 regions in the metempsychosis. Expressed in order of pains The world of the hell, literally The world of hungry suffering from hungry The world of animals The world of Asura where fights are always prevailing The world of human-being we belong to The world of heaven Until entering into Nirvana, trainings are supposed to continue at any one of the world. Given training for entering into Nirvana, it would be natural to live with feeling pains. So, to appropriate words for babies would be "I am sorry for your metempsychosis. Let's train with me." from the point of buddhists. He put punchlines as "That is why babies are born crying." We are born not to do something but to train ourselves. So, it would be quite natural we always encounter challenges whatever we do. He is buddhist, I was relieved with his explanations somehow. 6 kinds of worlds in the metempsychosis would exist anywhere in the world of human-beings and it appears to me that I always have 6 kinds of minds. We may fall in to any world of minds depending on our own responsibility, however, it would be relieved once we think it sa "it would be just one of trainings." I have frequently frustrated with concerning various stuffs last year, I have gradually become able to think them as "That is what it is" at last. In 2000, the first daughter was born when I started training as craftsman of furnitures. In 2003, the first son was born when I established KOMA. In 2009, the second daughter was born when I had prepared KOMA own products I have enjoyed each training, thus, I would like to say to my second son "Welcome ! Let's enjoy tighter !" And, new training with Jiro would be start for the full-scale overseas development of KOMA. Written by Shigeki Matsuoka
