Don't people pray for salvation in Buddhism

Hello L.M.

Of course, there are times when I pray to the Buddha for salvation.
There are monks and Buddhist scholars who only explain the principles of Buddhism and deny established Buddhist teachings, but Buddhism is not thought or philosophy. They save people with the faith of believing and looking up to the Buddha. The essence of Buddhism is to reform one's own mind, and there are various methods and means to reach that point. This is called “convenient.” There is a secular proverb that says “lies are convenient,” but convenience is not a lie. Convenience is an important methodology for making people realize the truth. Also, because it is a method that leads to learning truth without substance, I explain that truth and convenience are two sides of the same coin (convenience means truth).

Therefore, praying for Buddha's salvation does not mean that it is wrong in doctrine if you are not mistaken for the purpose. What is important is the direction for the purpose of how to live and believe in what kind of way of life and belief you can reform your mind and become happy now.
Convenience, even if it is the same convenience, is not determined whether it is true or false depending on the circumstances at that time. For example, just because medicine A (convenient) works for colds does not necessarily mean that it is effective for other illnesses. We need convenience that suits each person.

If basing God and Buddha in L.M's fulfilling way of life today is a way to enrich faith and lead to happiness, praying is also an important convenience. But since you're praying, you'll be saved, so when it comes to the fact that's all you need, the purpose of prayer is off. While gaining peace of mind from God's salvation, how do you refine your own heart and practice training to get closer to the hearts of God and Buddha? If you don't forget that, your prayers are an important convenience and truth.

Good luck! Gassho

Mr. L.M.

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

Of course, prayers are also included in memorial services for the Buddha.

There are memorial services for the “seven branches” (worship, memorial service, repentance, sukiyoshi, exhortation, prayer (or bodaishin), conversion) based on the Kegon Sutra, and “prayer” is also included among them.

Prayers in this case, of course, are performed in search of salvation, but the main thing is to pray, “Please (the master guru) explain Buddhism so that all sentient beings suffering from this reincarnation, including myself, can be saved,” or “may (the principal guru) stay in this world for a long time to save sentient beings.”

In reality, since the fall of Shakyamuni, Buddha and Nyorai have remained absent in this Shabha world. Instead, I'm praying that the Buddhism that was preached by Shakyamuni will be guided to salvation by Guru (correct Buddhist teacher) who preaches Buddhism on behalf of Shakyamuni, in a sense, to the principal deity of Shakyamuni.

Also, by following that teaching and walking in Buddhism, it becomes a place where actual salvation can also be obtained.

I would like to thank the guru who correctly explained Buddhism.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

If you pray the way you drew it, you might think that prayer didn't come to anything when that wasn't the case.
The ultimate in prayer is selfless prayer.
Even that act of praying disappears “my drawing,” and it becomes pure prayer.
When true pure prayer is performed, the power of pure prayer leads one to devotion oneself selflessly and selflessly.
At this time, the self and sense of self are destroyed, so there are times when we are naturally saved by it.
Buddhist prayers are also prayed to make the Buddha's heart and Buddha's heart come true.
It “can't stand people up.”
Don't stand up for people who are personified like God or GOD.
Of course, there are places to stand, but even so, the essence is not to require us to expect anything from the personified or deified Buddha.
Of course, you can pray with hope, but the ultimate in human prayer is to forget “me.”
The act of praying is a wonder, isn't it?
At first, I pray myself, but as those prayers increase, there are times when I lose myself.
When praying next time, I think it would be a good idea to take a look at the essence of the act of praying “what they are doing.”
Cultivating the eyes to be able to see what you are doing now = the eyes of Shinto and Buddha have been opened.
While you are still reading this, you can sense the reaction in your own heart to what is written here, and calmly look at yourself.
Not being controlled by your own subjectivity, what you envision, or what you think hh

That's the difference in feeling between monotheism and polytheism, isn't it? Even when it comes to polytheism, Oriental ones are completely different from Scandinavia and Greece.

Buddhism is originally a double standard. Monks aim to be saved through ascetic practices. Family believers believe in Shinto Buddhism and monks, support ascetic practices, and benefit from them. and so on.
This becomes somewhat complicated due to the popularity of Mahayana Buddhism. Mahajyo (daijo) says, “Even lay believers can practice in the same way as monks!” I insisted. I can't write before and after that in a thousand characters.

Recently, until about the bubble period, “when a religious old woman has something, she always prays to Amida Buddha (Amida Butsu) in search of salvation. I'm always praying even when there's nothing.” There was a stereotype. There were often characters like that in anime and dramas.

It's probably around the mid-90s, and you won't be able to watch it in anime, etc. They have come to be disliked due to incitement to secularization in Europe and America, terrorism by cults, etc.

However, over the past 10 years or so, there has been a rapid increase in the number of programs and publications about monks and Buddhist stories. The trend went round and went out of style.
At one end of that, a “power spot boom occurred.” Yes, power spots. This is a type of sacred place worship where you “receive energy from a place” → to put it bluntly, “ask for salvation in a place.”

In other words, the object of polytheistic prayer isn't even limited to God. More specifically, there are various forms of prayer.
Monks read sutras every morning, and this can also be called a prayer saying, “May the Buddha, gods, successive mentors, your ancestors, everyone, and me all feel so good.”
Incidentally, ascetic practices don't do anything that special. That's why praying every morning is an ascetic practice. By praying repeatedly, we adjust our physical habits, language habits, and mental habits towards salvation called mercy and wisdom.

Then, trends circulate round and round while changing targets and shapes (as an overall trend among ordinary people). This is probably a feeling not found in monotheistic religion. So (if possible) you learn by dividing the stories of groups and monks into cases without making a mess, and if you don't (always) narrow down your major denomination at some timing, you won't be able to gather the inside of your head or heart.

Finally, you can call it whatever you want. It depends on your heart. I don't care, so please call me in a way that is easy to call.