縁と無縁
We Japanese believe that there is some strange power to connect between one and others beyond human power.It calls 縁,that means destiny in English ,although it sounds like slightly different.For us, this connection is considered not only relationship under people, but also the relation between one person and the things around him, for example, a job, a house, a discounted product and etc. The origin of this word comes from Buddhism 因縁生起 .. Buddhism.縁起 means that everyone and everything is connected directly or indirectly with..something and someone. The .shape..respectively..related..birth and death..changing..idea..The word of 因縁生起 is abbreviation of "Connection occurrence" , and 因 is cause and "縁" is the conditions in "因". According to the sutra, Shakyamuni : about 縁起, people do not know easily by keeping profound and slight and the law of t縁起 that realization is not realized easily. Someone still believed lovers connected each other with red string before they had born. In western world,there is the word fatalism,but this means slightly deferent from 縁.On the other hand,person without 縁 incresing rapidly in Japan or in modernised countly.They live alone without any relation with others even family or relatives,after all they will die lonesomely without being noticed by anyone. It calls 無縁仏 in Japanese.Recently NHK special broadcast. about 無縁仏,during program many person tweet about their circomstanse or environment.I think it is a kind of tragedy in cyber network society.