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January 13, 2026
The Act of Wisdom
First, I will talk about “The Act of Wisdom.”
About the Act of Wisdom, I have said until
now that “It is an Act of reading well,
thinking well, and understanding the correct
information of ‘Buddha-nature’ and
‘The Law of Origin, which is established with
Buddha-nature as its main body,’ and then
discussing it with others, etc.”
This is an undeniable fact.
The Mind called “Zen-Jō” that
supports Wisdom
However, here I would like to talk about
an important “Mental Function” that
supports the function of Wisdom
when you use it.
That is the mind called “Zen-Jō.”
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Have you ever heard of the word “Zen“?
Zen is a word that is commonly heard.
For example, Zen Gym, Zen Fitness,
Zendesk, etc.
“Zen” in “Zen-Jo” that I mentioned now
refers to this Zen.
Zen Gym and Zen Fitness are the training
Gym where special practices such as Zazen —
Keep sitting quietly– or Yoga are practiced
to achieve “Mental Concentration.”
Meanwhile, Zendesk is a company that
facilitates companies’ customer management.
It centralizes the management of customer
inquiries from multiple channels, such as
email, chat, phone, and social media, on a single
screen, and enabling fast and efficient responses.
It is a cloud-based customer service platform
that can be described as an assistant company
that makes a company’s customer management
smoother and more efficient for companies.
The original meaning of Zen and Jō
What I am trying to talk about here now is
the heart that Zen or “Zen-Jō” originally
meant.
Both Zen and Jō mean “Mental Concentration
Power.” However, there are crucial differences
between Zen and Jō in the process of achieving
concentration as follows.
Zen gains concentrative power by using
only the power of thought, that is,
by thinking well. In other words, Zen achieves
concentration by thinking one thing
concentrically.
On the other hand, Jō is the act of achieving
mental concentration by using all powers,
including the power of Thought, as well as
all power of Desires and Joys such as
Satisfaction, Agreement, Enlightenment,
Understanding, Intuitive power, Physical Health,
Physical Strength, and Mental Wealth.
From this, it can be said that the meaning of
Jō is broad, while Zen is narrow, since
it concentrates only on the power of Thought.
In conclusion, Zen is a part of Jō.
In other words, Zen is a part of Jō, and
is originally Jō.
However, due to certain circumstances,
Zen was separated from Jō and given
a different name, “Zen.” (Table Below)
So why was Zen separated from Jō?
This is because in real society and
the world, many complex and serious
problems often arise, and “Zen’s power
of Thought” came to the forefront and
was overwhelmingly used to fight against
them.
For this reason, Zen was separated from
Jō and placed at the beginning of “Zen-Jō.”
(Table Below)
In other words, the reason for placing Zen
at the beginning of “Zen-Jō” signifies that
“Zen’s power of Thought” struggles with
the various complex problems of the real
world. Doing so makes easier to gain
the heart of Jō later.
Two facts can be known
from the above
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As long as Zen is needed, this society is
“a many-problems society,”
a Problematic Society.
When Zen becomes less needed,
and Zen returns to Jō, this society will
have fewer problems. However, given
the current situation, it seems likely that
this “Problematic Society” will continue
for some time to come.
➁
The fact that “Zen” was taken from the
word “Zen-Jō” and placed at the head of
“Zen-Jō” indicates that the Zen’s thinking
ability, that is, “Thinking well”, is most
effective when it comes to solving
problems.
For example, let’s say when you are
doing your job, you cannot get many
results.
In such cases, if you use “Zen’s thinking
ability” and do your job with thinking well,
you’ll be able to do “Productive Work”
with good results.
“Thinking well” attracts Work well.
Question
Why are these “Zen and Jō” related to
the “Act of Wisdom”?
What is the relationship between
“Zen-Jō” and “Wisdom”?
Answer
“The Strong Concentration” of Zen-Jō
works to protect Wisdom.
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Now, I’ll backtrack a bit and talk about
Wisdom. Wisdom is a power that performs
important functions, such as guiding human
behavior in the right direction, clarifying the
causal relationships between things,
using the imagination, and having many
other great functions.
For example, the fact that
“All things and events possess Buddha-nature“
can also be revealed through the
function of Wisdom.
However, that Wisdom has a major
weakness. The weakness, that is,
the disadvantage of Wisdom, is that
when exposed to internal and external
Winds, the fire of wisdom is easily
extinguished.
In that case, External winds refer to
when many different people say many
things or when a variety of different
information is provided in a jumbled
manner, which may cause Wisdom to
become confused and prevent it from
exerting Wisdom’s full power.
On the other hand, Internal winds refer
to the anxiety, confusion, extreme
suffering, and suffering from illness,
etc, which arise when a person’s mind
encounters some kind of bad event.
When bothered by these mental turmoil,
Wisdom also can, as expected, be
prevented from exerting good wisdom.
Then this is where the “Zen-Jō”
mentioned earlier comes in.
Zen and Jō’s “Strong Concentration Power”
can be likened to a Quiet Room.
(Image below.)
When Wisdom is placed in this “Quiet Room,”
it is well protected from both internal and
external winds. And the fire of Wisdom
continues to burn brightly
like a candle flame, and emits its light.
As a result, “The fire of Wisdom protected
by Zen-Jō” continues to emit the light of
superior wisdom, no matter how chaotic
society may be, or how chaotic hearts
may be.
For this reason, “The Wisdom firmly
protected by Zen and Jō” can be called
“The Wisdom with truely power.”
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