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Books to understand Buddhism

I recently learned about the teachings of Buddhism, and I am very attracted to it.

So, when I read the book “The Japanese Buddha Is So Interesting You Can't Sleep,” it was so interesting that even I, who wasn't good at reading books, quickly read it through, and I fell in love with Buddhism even more.

I wanted to read more books and learn more about Buddhism, but are there any books recommended by monks?

The Buddha's teachings, about the Buddha, the lives of monks, famous monks, Buddha statues, temples, etc...
I want to know anything about Buddhism. Shamefully, I've never been interested in this kind of thing until now, and let alone read a book, I haven't taken my studies seriously, so I don't know almost anything...

Something, you should read this! Well, if you read this, you'll understand it very well! If there is a book like that, could you please let me know? It doesn't matter if it's a novel or a comic. We look forward to working with you.

4 Zen Responses

We are dissatisfied

“We Dissatisfied — Why Aren't We Satisfied?” by Albomulle Sumanasara
I recommend it.
I think the volume is easy to read.

“Buddha, Words of Life” by Makoto Miyashita, Nagaoka Shoten, 486 yen+tax
Some of the Buddha's many teachings have been picked up and briefly explained. It's a common teaching regardless of denomination, so I think anyone can read it. However, while it's easy to read, it's difficult to execute.

I started with manga...

・Hijiri ☆ old man https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E8%81%96%E2%98%86%E3%81%8A%E3%81%AB%E3%81%84%E3%81%95%E3%82%93-1-%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0-KC-%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%91/dp/4063726622

・Sittakabutta https://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=%E3%82%B7%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%96%E3%83%8 3% E 3% 82% BF

・Secrets of Manga Buddhism https://kids.gakken.co.jp/himitsu/079/

Recommended books

When I was in high school, I got lost in choosing my career path, and what I picked up was Hirosachiya's Buddhist encyclopedia. My father wasn't asking me to take over or go on to a religious university. Even though I learned that there are two sectarian universities in the Jodo sect, the Buddhist University and Taisho University, I switched to the humanities because I was originally focused on science. It's an excellent overview book and I recommend it. There are also criticisms of recommendations in comics, but I would recommend Tezuka Osamu's “Buddha,” then “Peacock King,” where esoteric Buddhism is cool, and “Fancy Dance,” where Zen training is interesting. At my house, I was only allowed to take Buddhist films to movie theaters. So, the first movie I watched at a movie theater in my first year of elementary school was “Tenpyo no Sato.” There's no way I can understand it, and I only remember the scene in fragments. I certainly thought this was a novel by Yasushi Inoue, but this is the story of Kanshin Kazujo making Mahaya Kaidan for the first time in Japan. Then, when I was in middle school and high school, I played “Peacock King” with my younger sisters by imitating the nine character mark on the movie pamphlet. Since then, I've been paying attention to Fancy Dance since it first came out, and I loved it so much that I bought the first one, the deluxe edition, paperback book, and image CD. There was something that made me yearn for ascetic practice. The movie got tangled up, but it was impressive that they came to see the skinhead boy or girlfriend. The film was also well-made, and anyway, it was shot by the director of “Sharwi Dance,” so I loved it and bought a videotape. I love this movie so much that I don't know how many tens or hundreds of times I've watched it. I don't have a DVD, but I wonder if there is one? I would like to have one.