100万部に迫るベストセラー『なぜ生きる』（高森顕徹先生監修）

I've included a link to Amazon. Please check it out if you're interested! www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4925253018 --- The "80/50 problem" has been gaining attention in the media. "80/50" refers to an 80-year-old parent and a 50-year-old child. When we hear the words "NEET" (neet) or "hikikomori," we tend to imagine young people in their 20s, but in Japan today, there are hundreds of thousands of hikikomori in their 40s, and they will soon be in their 50s. By that time, their parents will already be in their 80s. In other words, parents in their 80s are left to care for their children in their 50s. This is the "80/50 problem," one of Japan's social issues as the country faces a super-aging society. Parents must work to support their children, even though they themselves are approaching the age when they need care. Coming home exhausted after a day's work, only to find their 50-year-old children lounging around the house. Seeing this makes parents angry, and they can't help but worry about their child. "It's fine as long as I can still work, but what would happen to my child if I were to be hospitalized or die?" Worrying and angry about their son, they find every day difficult, and they wish they could just die. But they cannot die alone and leave their son behind, so they live in agony. But what about their child? In fact, they are suffering even more than their parents. They worry that they are a social misfit. Even if they go out into the world and find a job, they won't last long. They think that no matter what they do from now on, it will all be no good, that they would be better off dead, and that they are only causing trouble for their parents, and that it would be better if they didn't exist. They try to escape reality by playing games and watching TV, but they find no joy in living anywhere. The parent also "want to die." The child also "want to die." Parents are consumed with the idea of ​​killing their children and then dying themselves, while children are consumed with the idea of ​​causing some major incident and then dying themselves. These pent-up feelings came to the surface in the Kawasaki massacre of 20 people and the murder of the former Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. "What was the purpose of my life?" "Why do I live?" "Why do I have to live when it's so painful?" In the Reiwa era, recent incidents suggest that these questions will weigh ever more heavily on humanity. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Click here for the official "Understanding Buddhism" LINE. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ・Video and column updates ・Mini-sections explaining Buddhist terminology in simple terms ・LINE friend-only events, etc. ▼Click here for the official "Understanding Buddhism" LINE. https://lin.ee/GbzwYBX ----------------------------------------------------------------- Click here for the 20-part free email course. ----------------------------------------------------------------- https://peraichi.com/landing_pages/vi... ↑The free email course reveals the answer to the "meaning of life" taught in Buddhism. Register and receive a bonus booklet, "Five Common Misconceptions That Keep You from Being Happy!" ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to my YouTube channel here -----------------------------------------------------------------    / @bybuddhism   ----------------------------------------------------------------- A community where you can ask Ryuta Kikutani questions "Reiwa Gobo" ----------------------------------------------------------------- https://reiwagobou.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- About me ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dropped out of Waseda University in 1988 to pursue a career as a Buddhist lecturer. Received a Buddhist lecturer certification from the Jodo Shinshu Shinrankai sect and began giving public lectures across the country. Started an email newsletter in 2010, writing for one of the largest Buddhist newsletters with 12,000 subscribers. Since 2014, I have also been providing video lectures for online courses connecting the entire nation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gift ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ◆Booklet "Five Common Misconceptions That Keep You From Being Happy" https://kikutaniryuta.com/gift/017/in...