Strange, isn't it?
I thought that too when I was a student. But when I actually became a monk, it was completely different.
Among the volunteers who rushed in due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the one who rushed in was a monk. It is also a monk who continues to volunteer for the Great East Japan Earthquake. They are always rushing in even when it's a heavy rain disaster or a landslide disaster. Among them, there are more than a few monks who sacrificed themselves too much and their families collapsed. But that's completely unknown.
According to the Heisei 16 Soto sect census, the average annual income of a monk is only less than 20,000 yen different from the average of Japanese citizens. Moreover, most of them are annotated with 3 million or less. About half of them specialize in monks, and the other half are people with regular jobs and part-time jobs. There are many people who were in general employment until they were replaced, and there are also many people who have left their homes. There are also monks who are single. Rather, now everything is full of succession issues. But everyone is supposed to be hereditary in due course.
Incidentally, this amount of income indicates that it is an urban legend that everyone earns a lot of money with kakana fees. Apart from some of the most prominent examples in the nation.
In another survey for parishioners, it is known that the percentage of people who wear normal clothes and want to be proselytized from a general perspective is so high that it is comparable to those who want to be proselytized by looking like a monk.
The temple is a religious corporation. It's like doing all the work for a small company with a monk and his family. Conversely, in recent years, there is also a part where becoming a clinical psychologist or diversifying seems to be popular. But it is supposed that only memorial services and funerals are held.
Since ancient times, there have always been zazen ceremonies, Buddha's birth parties, various lectures, telephone puja, and telephone consultation desks, but only memorial services and funerals (short for short)
The monks in the Theravada eat meat. According to the sutras of the Southern Legend, Buddha died from being hit by pork rather than a poisonous mushroom. Bullshit “Carnivores are broken monks!” What I was saying is much black history.
Single monks also have training sessions. There are also those that require participation every year. But once you get the qualification, it's over.
In the first place, the image of being a monk and ascetic practice is clearly a Christian monastery.
When it comes to public perception of Buddhism, it is actually extremely difficult to search for the correct answer. Well, the problem is that there are so many people involved in Buddhism who share that worldly insight... it's a strange world.