hasunoha

Will training make you able to handle souls?

When the tomb was built, they were asked to do something like an initiation ceremony.
Is it OK to be able to handle souls after practicing ascetic practices?
Does it mean that monks practice ascetic practices to acquire such special abilities?

4 Zen Responses

It's going to be

The soul is a function of your mind.
That heart within you that thinks about your precious passing away is called a spirit or tamashii.
It's not flying all over the place. Wouldn't it be a problem if it were flying?
An ascetic practitioner thoroughly examines his mentality. Realize your self-confidence. I stare at the original saga of the heart by practicing zazen or Buddhism.
Therefore, when the mind reaches a state of carapace of my ego and ego, my selfless mind and mind are opened up to sense the moment when humans generate thoughts and thoughts in a selfless heart. So, I know the moments when my thoughts move me. In that sense, it's safe to say that humans are almost swayed by thoughts (thoughts).
It's also easy to see through what other people are worried about, and when they catch what kind of things they misunderstand.
So of course, you can lead to correct rationality by correcting the trajectory of that misunderstanding, misunderstanding, or state being manipulated by your own thoughts, and lead to reliable clarity, attainment of Buddhism, and enlightenment. Therefore, excellent Zen practitioners and practitioners are said to be the great mentors of heaven. It doesn't deal with the soul of the picture space. I can't handle it if it's that kind of dumb.

The Jodo Shinshu doesn't have such an idea.

When a tomb is built, a “monument erection ceremony” is held.
It's a ceremony where people put their hands together for the first time after building a tomb.
It can be said that it is a ceremony of determination to join hands and begin praying for Nembutsu here starting today
There is no point in putting in a soul or letting a Buddha dwell in it.
Shinshu monks do not have such special abilities.

In the Jodo Shinshu sect, I think that when you run out of life, you will attain Buddhism due to the work of Amida.
The person who became a Buddha is not in the tomb.
Since the Buddha is free to exist, he is always by our side and protects us.

I don't know what other sects think, but in the Jodo Shinshu sect, graves are not places to enshrine souls, but places to remember important people who have become Buddhas and pass them on to future generations.

In a ceremony to turn an obsession on and off

Rather than souls, the worshiper's feelings, obsessions, and concepts are included in objects to be worshipped, such as graves, tablets, and Buddha statues.
It means you won't think it's just an object. If you do that, it will be troublesome when repairing or disposing of it.
This may be especially true for Japanese people who have a sense of 8 million gods.
So, it's probably better to switch your mind from a simple object to turning it on to the object you worship or, conversely, turning it off.
There may be monks with mysterious powers, but in general, I think it's just a ceremony.

There are a lot of Jodo Shinshu temples in Hiroshima Prefecture.

 In the case of the Jodo Shinshu sect, it is called a “Buddhist entrance ceremony” or “migration (migration),” but the Buddha is not brought in or transferred by the power of a monk.

Monks are nothing more than messengers who hand over the power of the Buddha to their followers, and they have no special abilities. I'm just listening to the Dharma with everyone.