Is it prohibited to take pictures of Buddha statues?

Kyosuke

Nice to meet you. It's been a while since I answered.
I used to be one person who didn't really understand the reason for “photography prohibited.”
Even when I asked at one temple, the answer was “because ultraviolet rays caused by flashes affect Buddha statues and Buddhist paintings,” which was hard to convince.

However, as I searched for the meaning of life, I realized something.
In a nutshell, it was the importance of “being there to the fullest.”

When confronting and confronting a Buddha statue, which is a “sacred thing,” we experience our “true self.”
“Sacred things” do not mean that they themselves are originally “sacred,” and I think those of us who face them will “be holy.”

It's not on the other side of the viewfinder, and I think “being completely there” is the major meaning of a Buddha statue.
I'm just “there” without doing anything else. The importance of experiencing it is to notice it through a Buddha statue.
In other words, in life, I think the true meaning is that it is not a sports gallery (spectator), but a field = “dojo” where players are required to play the leading role in life.

In our daily lives, we always use our heads “for something,” act, and annoy our minds. Among them, it's hard to notice the importance of “doing nothing.”
The function of the left brain calms down, the hustle and bustle of the heart subsides, and when balance with the right brain is achieved, people are able to “be there perfectly,” and they demonstrate the best performance in life.

Kawano Hideumi

Kyosuke

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

Certainly, “photography is prohibited,” and even at the Josho Temple, a cautionary note is posted when opening the Buddha Hall. Also, a sign saying “Photography is prohibited in the precincts” has been displayed near the entrance to the temple gate for the time being.

Permission or disapproval to photograph Buddha statues is determined within the scope of the rights of ownership and property rights of the temples, shrines, and temples that own and manage Buddha statues, and it is desirable for worshipers to follow that.

Nonetheless, whether or not you can actually comply is largely left up to the morals of the worshipers.

It's different if there is an act that is too remarkable even at a humble temple, but other than that, they almost never strongly reprimand or get angry.

However, as Kono Hideumi also said, I know that as long as we confront “sacred things,” it is still necessary to treat them with consideration as “precious things” and “things that should protect dignity” where a certain amount of “sincerity” should be required.

Of course, I think it will be necessary to think about idolatry separately.

Although Shakyamuni is not directly mentioned, it can be inferred that idol worship was probably not actively acknowledged. (“Jitomyo/ Dharma Light” in the Daehan Nirvana Sutra is often cited as an authority for this)

“Jidoshimei, Dharma Light”... see page below.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/釈迦#.E5.85.A5.E6.BB.85

However, in terms of aiming for integration with the wisdom and mercy of the Buddha on the other side through ascetic practices using Buddha statues as objects of worship, admiration, and contemplation, I also believe that there is room for recognition of idols as an aid for that purpose.

After all, the question is why something must be cherished as a “sacred thing” or “precious thing.”

This is because of the will of mercy, the Buddha saved lost and suffering sentient beings and led them to nirvana, expressed devotion to that law, and eventually went ahead with Buddhism and gained enlightenment so that I could save lost and suffering sentient beings.

I know my humble life as described above. Of course, when I was shooting, I was shown respect for the Buddha statue, so I took the picture.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

Kyosuke
My name is Tetsuya Urakami from Nagomi-an.

We have done repair work on the main hall at the temple where we used to help with memorial services. During that period, the principal image was moved to the guest room and used as a temporary main hall, but surprisingly, the prayers were delighted.
This was because there is usually a distance to the principal image, and there are hanging objects around it, so I can't see it clearly, but I can see it clearly.

However, since the principal image = “something really precious,” it's usually not very clearly visible, and not touching or taking pictures is probably a sign of respect.
I think the act of taking a picture of a Buddha statue leads to viewing it as a work of art, or thing. However, for the temple, the principal image is an object of worship, so photography is probably prohibited.

Incidentally, the principal image of this hermitage was just held in December last year at the Buddhist entrance ceremony. The light back is made of stained glass made by myself. It's a small hermitage, so there are people who pray to look closely and seriously and take pictures because they want to use it as a standby for their cell phones.
If you like, please join Kyosuke for the photo shoot too (^_^)

I'll tell you that when you take a picture of a Buddha statue, you are simultaneously illuminated by a flash called afterlight.

First, the question is how to use photographs of Buddha statues.
If you are a religious person, your professionalism as a religious person is in a position where you can consider religious publicity even when taking pictures of Buddha statues, etc.
As for what does it mean to do religious public relations,
By adding words that would save people to the picture of that Buddha statue, etc., it means treating it with serious responsibility so that it is never taken lightly or that it is respected.

In modern times, there are many people who upload it to their blog due to bad luck.
It can also be used as a magazine cover. There are pros and cons to characters like Sento-kun.
In particular, people who are mischievously treated as one of their own complacency, and at that time they are exposed from the same point of view.
Kyosuke wouldn't be treated like that.
However, when it comes to uploading to a personal blog, I really want them to be more careful.
Please feel in the background of that Buddha statue that there were Buddhist masters, gencers, believers with wishes, and people who were created with a great vow hundreds of years ago.
Buddha statues do not belong to anyone, but there is also the aspect that such people are also relics of ancestors and ancestors who have been cherished.
Hypothetically, how would it feel if someone posted and exposed your parents' relics on your blog without your permission?
If you take that kind of delicate sensibility into consideration, a flash called a small Buddha heart will appear there. This is human sensibility before pros and cons.
Imagine your ancestors, the people who lived in an era of famine, poverty, and war, and the wishes of those people, and think back.
That light without light. If you can feel the light called afterglow, you may be hesitant about who is trying to take a picture.
Surely when you stand in front of the principal image of a temple somewhere, you will be reminded of this, and if you can change the hand you are not trying to photograph, your sensitivity will be further refined, your sensitivity will increase, and you will surely be able to take good pictures even if it is not a Buddha statue.
The story was that if you were to take a picture of a Buddha statue, you would be illuminated and illuminated by a flash called the afterlight of infinite ancestors and deaths, and I wanted you to be a person who could sense it.

To Kyosuke

There is probably some reason at temples where photography is prohibited.
If you have that thought
How about asking the person who manages it?
I would be really happy, and I might secretly approve it.

Incidentally, photography is possible at this mountain without permission.
Please take a picture. And please tell many people. Gassho