The words that had been written for more than two years on the evangelism bulletin board of "Enmyoji" in Hirosaki (Shinteramachi, Hirosaki City) caught the eye of Twitter users while traveling and collected more than 40,000 retweets. I am sympathizing with you.

Enmei-ji is one of the temples in Shinteramachi, and currently the 25th generation Masahiro Shimotsuma is the chief priest. The evangelism bulletin board posts Buddhist teachings and words in front of the gate, and has been installed on the wall along the prefectural road for about 20 years at the temple. "People who are full and those who are hungry have different opinions," he said in late November 2019.

It all started when a Twitter account "Alley Master" who was traveling in the Tsugaru region found this bulletin board and tweeted "I think so" on May 1st. There are more than 40,000 retweets and more than 250,000 likes, and comments such as "justice or evil changes depending on the position" and "opinions change when you are full and when you are hungry" (sic). rice field.

Mr. Shimoma, who learned of the reaction on Twitter, said he was "surprised." The words on the bulletin board are said to have been quoted from a thread in the SNS legal language group used by Mr. Shimoma. Mr. Shimoma reveals, "It's not a word of the dharma talk that appears in the sutra, but it can be viewed in various ways like the reaction of a tweet."

In the background, it is said that there was the theme song "Dismembered Issho" for Rennyo's 500th anniversary. "There are differences in each position and opinion, but the important thing is to recognize each other. The reason why I dared to write" different "in hiragana is that elementary and junior high school students often pass in front of this temple, so children should also properly. I wanted it to be transmitted, "says Shimoma.

It is said that it was Mr. Shimoma's daughter who wrote the characters. Mr. Shimoma smiles, "My daughter knew that her character was spread and said she wanted to rewrite it because she was embarrassed." Initially, the evangelism bulletin board was updated once a month, but it has been left unattended for more than two years from the middle to the present. "I thought I had to change it, but now it's in the limelight. I can't update it for a while," he said.