The future of Buddhism

As you said, the Mahayana sutras may be different from the Buddha's teachings.
Speaking of the Jodo Sanbu Sutra, which the Jodo sect bases its teachings on,
In the sutras, the Buddha is supposed to introduce the existence of a Buddha called Amida Buddha to his disciples and followers, but this may be fiction (story).
However, I think Jataka Monogatari is also used in Theravada Buddhism and Southern Buddhism.
If the essence of Buddhism is included in that story, I think it can be “used” as teaching.
What is important as the direction that Buddhism aims for is the reduction of worries and suffering.
Teaching that leads to erasing and controlling worries such as greed, anger, laziness, and pride will help reduce worry and suffering.
If there is such a thing as primitive Buddhism, then if you compare it to a law, primitive Buddhism may have a relationship like a constitution and the Mahayana sutras a law.
The teachings of each denomination are like local government regulations.
The Constitution cannot be easily changed, but laws and regulations may change.
For example, I think there is a possibility that Japanese Buddhism will change in the future to approach Theravada Buddhism.
It is an image of a new sect being formed in addition to the so-called 13 sects, and I think conventional sects and Theravada Buddhism can get along well in Japan.

I would be grateful if you could take a look. It comes up on Amazon etc.
I wrote it from the viewpoint of “In the Jodo Shinshu sect, to which I belong, how should I reconcile the teachings of Shakyamuni with the teachings of the Jodo Shinshu sect?” I want monks from other denominations to follow suit.
As you can see my point of view in the Amazon review section, they are generally disliked by internal Jodo Shinshu monks, but it seems to be accepted by people who like Buddhism in general.
If you're interested, my book “Is Japanese Buddhism Buddhism Buddhism?” I would be honored if you would advance to (Sanga, 3 volumes have been released up to now).
From the viewpoint of Shakyamuni's Buddhism, I think it will be okay if both Mahaya and Japanese sects of Buddhism are reinterpreted. Up until now, I feel like I've really just forgotten about Shakyamuni's Buddhism.

The Mahayana non-Buddhist theory is just biased reporting, so it's not a big problem.

＞Primitive Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism are quite different

Hasunoha recognizes that it has already been refuted a few years ago. From the perspective of “how to paraphrase selflessness,” primitive Buddhism and every sect did the same thing.

＞Ritsuzo wasn't given much emphasis

In Zen Buddhism, there is something called a ritsuri (shingi). However, people who just want to say the Mahayana non-Buddhism theory look away, saying, “No, Zen Buddhism is an exception...” The Soto sect is the largest single school in Japan, though.
You are also free not to report that the Buddha made a will to “change or abolish detailed precepts as necessary.”

＞Japanese monks are no different from home

I experienced both the Soto sect and Thai Theravada Buddhism, but the Soto sect dojo was much tougher. Note, however, that both “are not aimed at doing tough things in themselves.”

See also below. I trained in Southeast Asia, and I was amazed that the image that spread in the Showa era was full of big lies.
https://hasunoha.jp/questions/26298

Be sure to check this out too
https://hasunoha.jp/questions/27356
https://hasunoha.jp/questions/22559

＞False sutras

False sutras are scriptures born in the Chinese cultural sphere, and there is nothing good or bad about the word false sutra itself. It's something you learn in your first year of college.
It's not a sutra collection, but the same things are written all the same in Shoho Genzō and Dhammapada.
https://hasunoha.jp/questions/3160

＞As the ages go by

it will disappear. In the first place, it was simply incited by scholars critical of Buddhism and anti-authoritarian people of the Zen-Kyodai generation and their sympathizers.
Rather, I learned exactly the same thing at Sojiji Temple in Japan and meditation temples in Southeast Asia, and Elder Sumanasara also said, “The essence is exactly the same.” If the Soto sect and Achira are the same, then the Jodo religion, which simply changed the definition of terms, is the same. Even when it comes to esoteric Buddhism, “Japanese esoteric Buddhism is a non-Buddhist theory, but Tibetan esoteric Buddhism is wonderful!” It's just being criticized for the double standard

In fact, Japanese monks have been selected as the president of the World Buddhist Youth Federation and the World Buddhist Outstanding Leader Award. It's just that the Japanese were bashing Japan without permission

Buddhism has changed in various ways and has been handed down to the present day. It began with Buddha's teachings (primitive Buddhism), and after the fall of the Buddha, it became many sectional Buddhism, which eventually became Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. Theravada Buddhism was introduced to Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and Mahayana Buddhism was introduced to Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan.
In Theravada Buddhism, the purpose is for each individual to become an Arakhan by becoming a monk, but in Mahayana Buddhism, the purpose is to become a Buddha along with the general public.
It is unclear exactly why Mahayana Buddhism was born, but various theories have been presented by researchers from various countries.
For example, the prevailing theory is that Theravada Buddhism at that time was stuck in the mountains and did not snuggle up to people, and volunteers from among Theravada Buddhist monks who objected to it gathered and created Mahayana Buddhism in order to restore the original attitude of Buddha who was close to people.
There is also another theory that there were various historical backgrounds.
Since then, times have changed, and now we see Theravada Buddhist monks snuggling up to people on TV, etc., and on the other hand, it is also true that there are Mahayana Buddhist monks who stay in temples and don't snuggle up to people.
The reason why Buddhism is Buddhism, not Shakyakaism, is that it can change appropriately with the times, countries, and people. It is also a metaphor for the raft mentioned by the Buddha.
There are many places where Mahayana Buddhism was introduced to Japan from China and further changed with the times. And it will continue to change.
Now is an age where you can learn everything from Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, primitive Buddhism, and even Shinto, Christianity, and Islam.
I hope Buddhism can change so that people can have a better life.
Incidentally, as an aside, the Mahayana sutras were originally written by Theravada Buddhist monks, so the teachings of Theravada Buddhism are scattered all over the place. Also, since the Akan Sutra, which is a sutra of Theravada Buddhism, has been handed down in China and Japan since ancient times, it seems that monks in the old days also studied the teachings of Theravada Buddhism, such as the Akan Sutra.

Worship

Around the time I started aspiring to Buddhism
I was facing the same problem
In order to live like the Buddha said
Read and practice primitive Buddhism and practice Bodhi Heart (heart aiming for Buddha)
That's because I really thought waking them up was extremely easy to understand
However, I got this job
When I meet various people
Thank you so much for being so particular about these interpretations and certain sutras
It seems that those who don't have it are being watched
This is because such people have “tolerance,” which is important in Buddhism

Words can convey a lot and leave many people
Speaking of modern times, the role of television is the same
However, words and television
It's not something that always conveys the intention I want to convey
No matter what, you can't help but be interpreted in a different way

The sutras are also words
Buddhism is not in the scriptures
I think it's in everyday practice

Since then, the sutras of any denomination or religion
I'm trying to be friendly
There is a common love there
True love is something that grows with tolerance
If you have doubts about sutras, doubt until your doubts clear
Strangely enough, it changed to a different interpretation from the first one
From time to time, depending on what one wants at that time
The wording that catches your eye is also in a different place
How to correct one's biased view
In other words, in order to learn from the sutras, you need a proper mentor (mentor)
It is difficult to get such a mentor even for a monk in modern times

But even if you're not disappointed
Buddhism, which anyone can do, is not something you can understand with your head
It's something you should practice every day

I have a wife and children, so I consider myself a tribe monk
Furthermore, he is by no means an excellent monk
Put emphasis on saving people every day
I wish for people to be happy
I'm also living a happy life
If you do that
It's more effective than the sutras
The people around you are becoming happy
You can feel it up close

The reason why the Buddha hated what happened to him through his own words
I wonder if this sutra is correct
I wonder if this sutra is wrong
because that kind of story is the path to ignorance

Neither Mahaya, nor the Buddha said
It became the origin of the ideas of Mahayana and Xiahayana
When was the Theravada and the Masses formed
Over 100 years after the Buddha passed away
That's why I don't know Buddhism where any sutras are 100% accurate

then buddhism recommends a way of life focused on the present
I was just thinking about the future and the past
I don't think about things that can't be helped from the beginning

Gassho

I've read your question.
The Mahayana non-Buddhism theory began to be said after the Meiji period, but it still continues to be said deeply. When I and I started learning early Buddhism, I was more than a little shocked by the divergence with Mahayana Buddhism. However, when I read the Mahayana Sutra again with an open mind, there was an overflow of fertile ideas such as the sky, consciousness, and grandeur, and I felt that it was extremely unreasonable to cut them out, and when I looked at the Zen sayings to which I belong, it seemed to me that what was picked up from Shakyamuni's teachings was being pushed to the front. So, for me, Mahayana Buddhism is also Buddhism. Those who don't think so will probably return to secular life or leave the denomination, so it's not something others will say recklessly about that.
Also, if you read the posthumous works of the father's side, it is conveyed how he chose the teachings he thought this himself from the limited information at that time (it was after the Meiji period in Japan that I learned that the Akan Kyō was closer to Shakyō's thought than the Mahaya Sutra), and faced Buddhism at the risk of their lives. What was built based on the idea of the founder is each sect of modern Japanese Buddhism, so even if it is a thought that seems contrary when viewed from early Buddhism, such as Buddhist thought, as long as the founder developed ideas based on that, “this is not Buddhism, so I will get rid of it.” You can't do anything. Based on that premise, I think it would be good for each of them to apply their latest knowledge to the Dharma stories, etc.

Until now, I have received a lot of indications that Japanese monks are no different from their homes, and I myself cannot bear the feeling of shame as a person with a wife. However, I'm also hereditary for the time being, so if Japanese Buddhism maintained a pure system of monasticism, I wouldn't have been born into this world. I don't think they like having a wife, but as long as that is the case, there is no unequivocal denial, and there is nothing better than practicing Buddhism as someone with a wife.

In the first place, the definition of Buddhism depends on people's subjectivity. Some people may say that the Three Treasures are all there, and others may say that it is mercy. It's the same definition of happiness. It's about how you feel.

If you are interested in “The Future of Buddhism,” be sure to read it. It's from 2013, and I'm reading it now too. I wonder if more research is currently underway...

Buddhism is a discipline that evolves and updates. It's not that simple, so be careful.

Open Lecture: Issues Related to the Origin of Mahayana Buddhism [Kan Sasaki]
https://otani.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_view_main_item_detail&item_id=6707&item_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=28&fbclid=IwAR3gPfyRWGPBi9SbD555HYAH3h2ttBPxkCt wvajsimrkvtcrpyllf1j-sgk

Kirin-sama

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

Thank you very much for your concerns about the future of Buddhism.

If the religious theory for moving towards enlightenment is not clearly shown rationally and logically, I think it is unavoidable that there are various places of anxiety.

That was the case with my humble life.

Also, in order to relearn Buddhism from scratch, we are currently working mainly on the practice of Tibetan Buddhism from early Buddhism and Telawada Buddhism.

Among them, “Ram Lim” became one major point of view for Jusei to reassess Buddhism.

As a “staircase to enlightenment,” “Ramrim” represents a system of monastic theory beginning with the “Bodhi Dao Lantern Theory” of Master Atisha, who was the abbot of Vikramasila University in India in 11C.

It is shown step by step how we should walk through Buddhism and practice accordingly.

Eventually, it was the Tibetan master Tsongkapa who established a mystical monastic theory about “Lam Lim.”

It is an excellent system that can be said to be the compass of Buddhism, and it is a place where you can prepare for training based on it.

Discussions about the justification (content explaining the truth) and imperfectionality (content explained in order to reach the truth apart from the truth) of various sutras in Mahayana Buddhism can also be consulted by referring to “The Heart of Reason, Imperfect Reason,” written by Master Tsongkapa. (However, there is a chapter on wisdom and a chapter on wisdom, and each has its own translation and explanation, but it may be difficult to obtain... the chapter “Tsongkapa Chukan Philosophical Study 2” (Bunyeido) · The chapter on wisdom “The Study of Indian Mythology” (Bunyeido). (But I think the full translation and notes will come out within a few more years.)

Anyway, without a definite religious theory, it's like going down a path in the dark clouds. By all means, I hope you learn about the “ram rim,” which is the true light of the road. Reference and full translation of Ram Lim “Atisha Bodai Dotai” (Kishin Shobō).

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho