Welfare Culture and Arts Festival IN Taieji Temple (Welfare Symposium, Band Performance, Exhibition and Sales) 2025 ・Report The Welfare Culture and Arts Festival was held on November 2nd (Sunday) and 3rd (Monday, holiday) at the main hall of Taieji Temple and Shukubo. Participation was made by the Ise City Council of Social Welfare Futami Kobo Somin, Yokkaichi City Council of Social Welfare and the exhibition and sale of works and works of the Ise Hometown Association, and there was more sales than expected. (I gave all the sales.) (1) (2) (3) ・I exhibited the works of Ise Kamezukai, Shinogien, Futamien, Futamien, and Mie Jibi Gakuin. Thank you for coming to the exhibition. (1) (2) (3) We provided a place for activities and a place for people to gather for your works. And what stands out is that the moon-viewing work that matches this season while using newspaper was made for this day by the Ise Kamereikai. I think there was a difficult creative process. Thank you very much for providing a wonderful work. On the 2nd, the first part of the special lecture (13:00 ~ 14:30 on the 2nd, main hall) Mr. Masanori Hosoe, director of the NPO Tomoni Isle Facility, former newspaper reporter, and support for social participation of people with mental disabilities. He is actively active in the "NHK Special Death Discharge" Takiyama Hospital Discharge Support Liaison Council, and this lecture explained the current situation and issues in the society of people with mental disabilities, his own efforts, and the possibility of temples as expectations for temples. (1) (2) Part 2: Symposium(Aiming for a society that supports each other)(2nd Japan main hall, speakers) ・Taieji Temple (Shingon sect) abbot Mr. Miyama Nagata (chairman of the Mie Gonyukai) ・Jokuji Temple (Jodo sect) abbot Toshiki Hirai (chairman of the Mie Prefectural Social Workers Association) ・Toshunji Temple (Rinzai sect) abbot Mr. Soizumi Fukano (chairman of the Yamaguchi Nursery School) ・Taieji temple official priest Mr. Kenji Hoshino (mental health worker) ・(Yes)Wellnet 21 Representative Rei Iya (Certified Social Worker) The other speakers also gave lectures full of insight and consistent social support. In addition, he came all the way from Yamaguchi with the partner of the speaker, Chief Minister Fukano and the chief priest of Kishu Inunomaru. (He came with me by car.) I am sorry that I have caused a burden. The person who came out in the story, a former nurse, wanted to live out his life at the temple, and I was able to get acquainted with the abbot of Fukano, whom he did not know, and the abbot himself was supported at the temple, and I sympathized with him that it was a support that was actively and in the true sense of the word, such as going on a drive with the abbot. (1) (2) (3) (4) All the performers took the stage as volunteers. As the initiator, I spoke from the standpoint of a mental health worker and a monk. Viktor Frankl is the founder of logotherapy (existential analysis) (born in Vienna, Austria. Jewish psychiatrist 1905~1997) He published his experiences in Nazi concentration camps and became known to many people. And I talked about logotherapy and Buddhism. Frankl's {Mental personality itself cannot get sick. "Behind mental illness, even in the eyes of psychiatrists, there is almost (unclearly) a serious mental personality." Frankl was regarded as a tenet of psychiatry. }While utilizing the theory of logotherapy from an existential standpoint, I tried to provide theoretical support not only at the emotional level, but also with the passion and motivation of the welfare field. In addition, I talked about the "ontological proof of God and Buddha" that can be used indirectly in the field, only from the standpoint of realism and from a monk's point of view. ① ② ③ … Read More →