Oyako No Tame No Futsu Kyo Nyumon Gaman Ga Tanoshiku Naru Gijutsu (Gentosha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Nowadays, it is more difficult than ever to get children to be patient. It is no wonder, since even adults have a hard time with it. However, there is a surprising shortcut. It is Buddhism. Buddhism teaches "no-self. The term "no-self" refers to the state in which pain disappears and one is able to tolerate it spontaneously. When you become selfless, irritation and anger disappear, and the trivial things in life become joyful. The author, who is well known as a doctor of robotics, noticed that when he tried to make robots in a technology class at a junior high school, the children who were working by hand enthusiastically, even though they kept making mistakes and thinking about them, were in a state of selflessness. This is a completely new introduction to Buddhism that explains the effects of making things and doing handiwork, as well as the practice of gassho (joining hands), sutra reading, and zazen (sitting meditation).

今、子供に我慢させることは何より難しい。大人でさえ苦手なのだから当然だ。だが、意外な近道がある。それは仏教だ。仏教は「無我」を説く。無我とは、「苦痛が消え、自然に我慢できる状態」をいう。無我になると、イライラや腹立ちが消え、人生の些事が喜びに変わる。ロボット博士として名高い著者は、中学の技術授業でロボット作りが試みられた時、失敗を繰り返し考えながらも夢中で手作業する子供たちが、いつしか無我の境地にいることに気付いた。物作り、手仕事がもたらす効果を、合掌・読経・坐禅と並んで説いた、全く新しい仏教入門。