Monday, August 24, 2015
Monday, August 3, 2015
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Buddhism to help more people
There are more people that are tyring to change Funeral Buddhism to more practically helpful Buddhism. Unlike Edo-era, it is not a mandatory that every family has to tie together with a certain temple any more. People have a right to choose the temple that really helps them.
There are some people that got into Buddhism, not through Japanese Buddhism, but from the preach or books of Dalai Lama's. His thoughts, Tibet Buddhism, are closer to the original Buddhism of Old India. His words are consistent and thoughtful. A lot of people are impressed by his words.
Japanese Buddhism might be at the point where to look around and make a move. Maybe trying to get the original style back, even gradually, might make Japanese Buddhism more attractive and helpful for a lot more people.
There are some people that got into Buddhism, not through Japanese Buddhism, but from the preach or books of Dalai Lama's. His thoughts, Tibet Buddhism, are closer to the original Buddhism of Old India. His words are consistent and thoughtful. A lot of people are impressed by his words.
Japanese Buddhism might be at the point where to look around and make a move. Maybe trying to get the original style back, even gradually, might make Japanese Buddhism more attractive and helpful for a lot more people.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Buddhism easy to enter
Current Japanese people may not feel very good if someone is very enthusiastically religious. It's almost unusual that poeple strongly believe in any religion. A lot of people try not to be diferent than someone next to you in this country, believing a relision makes you different and that makes you stick out in the society. It it normal that you don't have a religion you believe. If you are showing an interest, you become a stranger.
People however still visit tmeples and shrines. Those places are called "power spots" and even younger generations still go there for sightseeing purpose. Well, that's maybe because those poeple are looking for some sort of spiritual power. They just don't find any spiritual power in Buddhism or any other religions, but still they might be still wanting to have a some spiritual power that they grab onto.
Buddhism is slowly getting re-accepted by Japanese people recently. Some religions, you may have to made a life changing decision or hard training to enter, but Buddhism is pretty openly accepting. You can step in to Buddhism without changing or sacrificing a whole lot of your life style. That easy and relaxing religion is probably still a good fit for Japanese people even if it's yet to be common.
People however still visit tmeples and shrines. Those places are called "power spots" and even younger generations still go there for sightseeing purpose. Well, that's maybe because those poeple are looking for some sort of spiritual power. They just don't find any spiritual power in Buddhism or any other religions, but still they might be still wanting to have a some spiritual power that they grab onto.
Buddhism is slowly getting re-accepted by Japanese people recently. Some religions, you may have to made a life changing decision or hard training to enter, but Buddhism is pretty openly accepting. You can step in to Buddhism without changing or sacrificing a whole lot of your life style. That easy and relaxing religion is probably still a good fit for Japanese people even if it's yet to be common.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
How Buddhism has changed
How Japanese Buddhism has changed
Going over the history of Japanese Buddhism really quick.
It came to Japan in 6th century and was used to build constitutional laws. Buddhism was taken into the national poilical system and grew. More monks went to China to learn up-to-date Buddhism later on, then started more original Thoughts and Practices separatedly from the politics. Later, some monks interprated Buddhism based on the citizen’s desires in the domestic battle era. They said that Buddhism can help you simply by praying with words. The citizens also desired to have a funeral based on Buddhism. Those monks answered the request and started connecting Buddhims and life/death. Further, in Edo-era, the goverment make citizens to belong to a temple group to ban Christinanity. This was to prevent revolts again the goverment by gaining arms from the foreing countries. Buddhism again tied with politics and gained an authority. Buddhism then concreted the style that was going on at the time, funeral Buddhism.
Not, the country has been very modernized. Connection between religious beliefs and community has become less, and even the funeral Buddhism is not well accepted in the society. Ever since the Buddhism became “funeral Buddhism”, Japanese people has lost an enthusiasm in any sort of religion.
Satoshi Kajiyama
It came to Japan in 6th century and was used to build constitutional laws. Buddhism was taken into the national poilical system and grew. More monks went to China to learn up-to-date Buddhism later on, then started more original Thoughts and Practices separatedly from the politics. Later, some monks interprated Buddhism based on the citizen’s desires in the domestic battle era. They said that Buddhism can help you simply by praying with words. The citizens also desired to have a funeral based on Buddhism. Those monks answered the request and started connecting Buddhims and life/death. Further, in Edo-era, the goverment make citizens to belong to a temple group to ban Christinanity. This was to prevent revolts again the goverment by gaining arms from the foreing countries. Buddhism again tied with politics and gained an authority. Buddhism then concreted the style that was going on at the time, funeral Buddhism.
Not, the country has been very modernized. Connection between religious beliefs and community has become less, and even the funeral Buddhism is not well accepted in the society. Ever since the Buddhism became “funeral Buddhism”, Japanese people has lost an enthusiasm in any sort of religion.
Satoshi Kajiyama
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Buddhism to Funeral Buddhism, how it's changed
Going over the history of Japanese Buddhism really quick.
It came to Japan in 6th century and was used to build constitutional laws. Buddhism was taken into the national poilical system and grew. More monks went to China to learn up-to-date Buddhism later on, then started more original Thoughts and Practices separatedly from the politics. Later, some monks interprated Buddhism based on the citizen's desires in the domestic battle era. They said that Buddhism can help you simply by praying with words. The citizens also desired to have a funeral based on Buddhism. Those monks answered the request and started connecting Buddhims and life/death. Further, in Edo-era, the goverment make citizens to belong to a temple group to ban Christinanity. This was to prevent revolts again the goverment by gaining arms from the foreing countries. Buddhism again tied with politics and gained an authority. Buddhism then concreted the style that was going on at the time, funeral Buddhism.
Not, the country has been very modernized. Connection between religious beliefs and community has become less, and even the funeral Buddhism is not well accepted in the society. Ever since the Buddhism became "funeral Buddhism", Japanese people has lost an enthusiasm in any sort of religion.
Satoshi Kajiyama
It came to Japan in 6th century and was used to build constitutional laws. Buddhism was taken into the national poilical system and grew. More monks went to China to learn up-to-date Buddhism later on, then started more original Thoughts and Practices separatedly from the politics. Later, some monks interprated Buddhism based on the citizen's desires in the domestic battle era. They said that Buddhism can help you simply by praying with words. The citizens also desired to have a funeral based on Buddhism. Those monks answered the request and started connecting Buddhims and life/death. Further, in Edo-era, the goverment make citizens to belong to a temple group to ban Christinanity. This was to prevent revolts again the goverment by gaining arms from the foreing countries. Buddhism again tied with politics and gained an authority. Buddhism then concreted the style that was going on at the time, funeral Buddhism.
Not, the country has been very modernized. Connection between religious beliefs and community has become less, and even the funeral Buddhism is not well accepted in the society. Ever since the Buddhism became "funeral Buddhism", Japanese people has lost an enthusiasm in any sort of religion.
Satoshi Kajiyama
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