オウム真理教 Aum Shinrikyo.

オウム真理教 

昨日（３月２０日）「NHKスペシャル・オウム真理教」を見た。恐ろしい教団だ。サリン事件は３０年前の３月２０日であったが、教団は１１月に国家転覆を謀る戦争を準備していた。サリンの入ったドラム缶４００本を、ソ連から買った軍事用ヘリコプターに載せ、東京の上空から、ばら撒く計画だったそうだ。１０００万人が死ぬところだった。また、オーストラリアに、東京都ほど広いウランの鉱山を買い、上九一色村の化学室でウランを抽出して原爆を作っていたそうだ。11月戦争が起こっていたら日本は大混乱で壊滅状態になっていたところだ。

カリスマ的教祖の信者団体は恐ろしい。ヒトラー、麻原、統一教会教祖、トランプなど、切りがない。自衛するしかないい。

Aum Shinrikyo

Yesterday (March 20), I watched NHK Special: Aum Shinrikyo. What a terrifying cult. The sarin gas attack took place thirty years ago on March 20, but the group was preparing for a war in November aimed at overthrowing the state. They reportedly planned to load 400 drums filled with sarin onto military helicopters purchased from the Soviet Union and scatter the gas over Tokyo from the air. Ten million people could have died. In addition, they bought a uranium mine in Australia as large as Tokyo, and in their chemical lab in Kamikuishiki Village, they were extracting uranium to build a nuclear bomb. If the “November War” had actually broken out, Japan would have been thrown into chaos and left in ruins. Charismatic leaders with devoted followers are truly dangerous. Hitler, Asahara, the founder of the Unification Church, Trump—the list goes on. The only option is to protect ourselves by ourselves.

親切な人 Kind People

親切な人 

３月１０日、女房と大高緑地公園に梅を見に行った。車で行ったのだが、とても親切な人に会った。駐車場が満車で困っていたら、近くに車を停めたばかりの娘さんと母親らしき人が来て、駐車場内の空車スペースを親身になって探してくれた。いくら探してもないので、別の駐車場を紹介してくれた。そこは遠いし坂なので女房はどうしようか迷っていたら、娘さんは「ここを使って下さい。私達が別の駐車場に行きます」と言われ、そのスペースを譲ってもらった。女房も私も、こんな親切な人に会ったことがない。「人に親切に」とは言うものの、実行は難しい。娘さん親子には感服し、また感心した。人に親切にすべきだと実感した。

kind People

On March 10, my wife and I went to see the plum blossoms at Ōdaka Ryokuchi Park. We went by car, and there we met some truly kind people. The parking lot was full and we were at a loss, when a young woman and her mother, who had just parked nearby, came over and earnestly helped us look for an empty space.

No matter how much we searched, none could be found, so they suggested another parking lot. But it was farther away and up a slope, so my wife hesitated. Then the young woman said, “Please use this space. We’ll go to the other lot instead,” and they gave us their spot.

Neither my wife nor I had ever met such kind people before. We often say “Be kind to others,” but putting it into practice is not easy. I was deeply impressed and moved by the young woman and her mother. It made me realize again how important it is to be kind to others.