About Amazon's monk service

Is there an afterlife?
Seson answered that question with silence.

It's a good idea to ask the Amazon monks like this.
“Did you attain Buddhism by reading the sutras?”
“Please tell me the sutras of your life, not Pokpoku”
This is not an age where all you need to do is read the sutras.
It's about having someone who really has the power to attain Buddhism read the sutras and have them speak the Dharma.
Don't you think that if I give you sutras, that's fine?
That's not what Buddhism is about.
It is a place of “memorial service (to be together)” precisely because it is a place where all of you who are alive can share and nourish the wisdom of the Buddha to be saved from life, old age, illness, death, and suffering.
After leading over at a funeral, he said, “Hey boy. Where did you send my dad just now! Try saying it!” The client asked the question. The boy didn't seem to be able to answer anything.
Please try this out.
Just come and Sutra Pokpoku is 35,000 yen? Rather expensive, right? The monk's dignity is being questioned.
They are people who know that the dignity of a monk does not attain Buddhism by giving sutras.
Don't make assumptions. I will assume that I have attained Buddhism. It must not be viewed as attaining Buddhism.
That's why cheating boys are rampant.
Now, with distance learning, anyone can easily become a monk in a month or so.
What is the memorial service when such a monk comes and offers sutras?
It won't be any different from what you read.
Such memorial services and sutras are no good.
Nobody attains Buddhism. Because no one can be saved. At best, the contents of that wallet will do a good job. Bad Buddha attained the scene. Unformed Buddha.
Therefore, we must correct the illusion that we have attained Buddhism when the requester read the sutras. What do you use to attain Buddhism?
If your suffering from life, old age, illness, and death was not lifted even if I gave them sutras, I just paid for impersonating a parrot.
“Paying” a cosplay monk is not an offering.
A true monk is called a “servant” (ogu). He is an appropriate person to receive memorial services.
Why are memorial services held? This is because it takes away the pain of life, old age, illness, and death.
Are today's Pokpoku monks doing that?
It's called a monk's meal, but is that really a monk?
If everyone doesn't ask for something of a more proper quality for a monk, it won't be an offering, but a payment to a cosplay monk. I think being complicit in that is both an act that destroys Buddhism.

Winkune-sama

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

Amazon's “monk meal,” which has caused a lot of controversy, is neither for nor against, but I believe that the original purpose and practice of Buddhism and Buddhism is “the holy work of sentient beings” (sacred acts to save all sentient beings, those who lose their way into reincarnation), and I believe that the various conveniences, even if convenient, are suitable for the original purpose and practice of Buddhism and Buddhism will eventually become important.

Even with Amazon's “monk service,” I think the question that should be asked is not simply relaxation, but whether true salvation or peace of mind is possible.

Buddhism and business, Buddhism and profit, Buddhism and management... of course, there are times when you think they are incompatible, but in response to changes in the times and environment, the fact that you must play a role in firmly promoting the original purpose and practice of “the sacred work of sentient beings” while maintaining a balance between what should be tolerated and flexible, and what must never be compromising or concessions, is probably the most important way for monks and temples I'm thinking about it.

I know that I would like to continue striving to practice Buddhism from now on while thoroughly reflecting on this immature person, so that they can walk the middle path like a rhinoceros horn in order to surely practice “the sacred work of sentient beings.”

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

This kind of business is made possible because there is such demand.

I'm sure the people who use it either rebelled against the monks they had met up until then, or they had no contact with the monks at all.

Such people have never had a chance to meet a proper monk until now, so they must meet a proper monk.

I don't think all the monks who register there are doing it right. However, since there is a possibility that Amazon will be a window of contact to meet proper monks, there is no denying it unequivocally. At least, I think it's better than when you don't have a funeral or memorial service.

If the bond between the chief priest of the temple and the religious believers is strong, they probably won't request a memorial service on Amazon. I think monks who worry about believers coming to Amazon are actually pathetic.