Does Buddhism seek happiness after death?

Nice to meet you, I don't know.

In a book called “Sick Bed Rokujaku,” written by the poet Masaoka Shiki in his hospital bed

“It was a mistake to think that enlightenment is a way to die in any case, and enlightenment is a matter of living in peace no matter what.”

and it comes up.

I think it's a wonderful sentence where a literary scholar simply expressed the Buddhism I've heard.

The Buddha explained how to live without emotional suffering, and did not talk about what happened after death. “No note (peeling)”
Even so, the Pure Land Rebirth is preached to reassure them.
I'm good, but even those who have passed away earlier are doing memorial services in search of a way to be swept away.
They use a method called fortune telling as a means of support for people who are lost due to various aspects of their lives.

But I think the main purpose is “for me to be able to live a safe life.”

The rough seas of the world are quite severe, and I can feel the difficulty of “living peacefully.”
I think it is at such times that Buddhism closely supports us.

Namu Amida Buddha
Namu Amida Buddha

It is said to be the person who feared death the most in the world.
The sutras say immortality are everywhere.
To put it simply, it's about passing on the virtue of conversion to everyone.
Certainly, funerals are also important, but the Buddha says that he will return to the third generation.
This is past present future.
Therefore, I pray for the happiness of everyone, including those who are living now.
It is said that mercy was not for people, but came from this spirit of conversion.

Akiyama Genshin, the chief priest of Honmon Buddha Risshu, Kaiunji Temple

Buddhism... seeks peace of mind after death and peace of mind for those left behind,
Furthermore, it is also about seeking the happiness of living people.
To that end, they also hold memorial services for ancestors and erase the worries of living people.
We, etc. use fortune telling as one way to do that.
We also pray for blessings.
Furthermore, although they seem to differ depending on the denomination, they are fundamentally the same.

Hello, I don't know Chin-san.
In conclusion, it's both.
For example, since funerals and memorial services are remorse, thank-you, and memorial services to mourn the unsaid feelings of the deceased and the living person in a proper form, they are specific acts for those who have died and for living people who adore the deceased.
Other than that, spreading the teachings of the Buddha is similar to medical activities in simple terms.
That's because it's for people who have trouble being alive. The main part of Buddhism is for living people.
So what do you mean by happiness after death?
(._.) First of all, none of the living people have ever died, and no one knows the world after death. Has anyone died and came back? Eh, not there?
So who started saying that there is a world after death? Eh, an imagination of a living person?
Think about these four.
① “Living World” This real world is a real world where you are living well.
② “The World After Someone's Death” Even if someone dies in this world, you are still alive. This real world continues to exist even after his death.
③ “The world after my death” this world is supposed to continue even after I die, so this real world continues to exist even after my death
④ “An imaginary ❝ world after death ❞ that is generally thought of as the world after death” no one can prove the world after death. It is a product of thought and fantasy. Views of the world differ depending on individual images. However, it is during my lifetime in this world that the person who has that image exists.
After I die, I have no happiness or misfortune. There is eternal nirvana, peace.
But bereaved families are different. I have feelings for the deceased.
Therefore, in order to live comfortably during life, learn the teachings of the Buddha, live with peace of mind yourself, die with peace of mind, and the teachings of Buddhism to eliminate suffering and live a happy life so that families left after one's death can also spend time with peace of mind.

I don't understand, Chin-sama

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

Buddhism certainly teaches us to seek “happiness,” but that “happiness” is not “happiness” in a secular sense that satisfies our desires. “Happiness” in Buddhism is called the state of “nirvana and enlightenment,” and it is a different dimension from worldly happiness. “Happiness” beyond life and death is truly important.

The suffering of not being able to obtain no matter how much greed you ask for it is called “unrequited hardship,” but in simple terms, it is “empty” or “unselfish,” where neither the person who is the subject, nor the object that is the object, so it is nothing you can grasp or grasp, but without being able to understand it, you are caught by looking at things and things as reality, causing obsession, and you get lost and suffer in various ways, and there is nothing you can do to seek or seek for something that you cannot obtain originally It means they suffer because they cannot understand that there is no meaning and they ask for it.

Of course, even if we say “sky” and “selflessness,” that doesn't mean there's nothing. Of course, I and the target thing certainly exist. However, I will explain that this state of affairs is only made up of “luck.”

This way of thinking about “emptiness and good fortune” is not described here any further for now, but for example, “profit” (riyaku), which is often referred to as present world profit or afterlife profit, means benefiting from good profit by practicing and practicing Buddhism and Buddhism, and it refers to good results due to the cause and condition (relationship) of good deeds.

The words “peace in the present world” and “future good fortune” also appear in conversion sentences at the time of memorial services, but by understanding the logic of good cause and good effects, you can spend a peaceful, safe and secure time in this life (the same is also the same as “live in peace,” as described by Kaoru Sakuri), and after ending this life, it deals with the content that there will be a good destination due to that good reward even in the next life.

I believe that in order to benefit from “profit” (riyaku) in Buddhism, it is important to practice good deeds without doing bad deeds. Of course, this is quite difficult for us ordinary people, but we want to make an effort while steadily advancing Buddhism.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

I don't understand Chin-sama

Nice to meet you, my name is Hirohisa Inoue from Hasunoha.

Now, it is said that Buddhism seeks happiness after death, but we may have to reconsider the way we perceive it in the first place.

Buddhism does not regard only the present life as a life.

Kobo Daishi's words include the following.

“Born to be born to be born to die dark at the beginning of life, die dead, die dead, and meditate at the end of death”
This phrase is not simply a play on words where people are born and die over and over again.

The true meaning of Kobo Daishi's words is that they repeat the “born and die” reincarnation over and over again, and they lament that they cannot escape that endless loop of suffering no matter how long it has passed.

Therefore, rather than simply seeking happiness after death, the Buddhist stance is to move away from this series of suffering and seek peace.

So, when it comes to why Buddhism is viewed as wishing for happiness after death, I think it is greatly influenced by the Pure Land Thought.

The Pure Land Thought is not about this world; it is about going to the Pure Land of Paradise “after death” to gain enlightenment.

The questions that arise there are probably the following two points.

① Why don't we try to attain enlightenment in this world?

② Why do we gain enlightenment in the Pure Land of Paradise after death?

The reason for ① is that enlightenment is very difficult in this world.

The reason for ② is that it is extremely easy to gain enlightenment in the Pure Land of Paradise. That's why we call it “paradise.”

There are the following words from Honen Shonin, who succeeded in this idea.

“If you live, it's an achievement of Nembutsu; if you die, you'll go to the Pure Land, even if it's so bad, this body has nothing to worry about; if you don't think about it, there are no problems with life or death.”

The meaning is “if you praise Nembutsu, you can go to the Pure Land of Paradise after death, so if you know that this body doesn't have anything to worry about anymore, you won't have any trouble living or dying anymore.”

In other words, the teaching is that if you can go to the Pure Land of Paradise “after death,” you don't have to worry about anything anymore.

From that point of view, I think the misunderstanding that “Buddhism seeks happiness after death” arises.

Nice to meet you, I don't know.
My name is Tetsuya Urakami from Nagomi-an of the Jodo Shinshu sect.

If I were to talk about the title and principles, it would be “different.”
It seems that Buddha, who founded Buddhism, told his disciples, “You guys should practice ascetic practices regardless of my death, and leave the funeral to the general public” when he was nearing his death.

Also, “Is there a world after death?” In response to questions such as “I don't know, it's fine, so please practice” (there is a line adaptation).

The Buddha's teachings are aimed only at perfecting one's personality through Buddhist practice, and the happiness one seeks is not “pleasure,” but “comfort.” So I'm not looking for happiness after death.

However, it has been over 2,500 years since the Buddha's time, and the region has also been introduced to Japan from India through Tibet, the Silk Road, China, and the Korean Peninsula. Among them, I think the one that has developed greatly and changed is Buddhism, which is now spreading all over the world.

Even in the time of the Buddha, “is there a world after death?” There was a question, but this question is probably universal to humans. Therefore, thinking that there is a world after death, and thinking that the deceased is living happily there, may eventually lead to happiness for those who are living.

When I write something like this, “Are you denying the Pure Land of Paradise even though you are a monk of the Jodo Shinshu sect?” It seems like they're going to say that, but that's not the case.
Being able to encounter Buddhism in this world gave me great peace of mind, and I'm going to live this life.
Then, when my relationship with this world comes to an end, I want to go to the Pure Land, be born as a Buddha, meet again the people who left earlier, and watch over those who stayed behind.