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Is religion Freemasonry?

This is my second question. Thank you so much to the monks who answered for the first time.

This time, I'm discussing the question of my second son in elementary 5. Occasionally, I ask children questions, but it just so happens that they ask, “What is Buddhism?” When I heard that, the second son didn't put his hair in between
“Freemasons!!” Having said that, isn't that different from me? When I said, “Everyone who practices religion is a Freemason!” Don't give up.

When I asked them why they thought that, they wouldn't be able to tell me the truth about religion unless you pay money, right? I think it's the same as the Freemason system.

Partly because I'm not studying, he wasn't able to come up with a satisfactory answer.

But when the eldest daughter of a high school student says it's unnecessary to pay for sutras she doesn't know the translation, she even said, “Sutras are passports that can go to heaven, so I think you should think of them as passport fees,” and she's kind of a strange kid lol

What kind of words do I need to say to my second son to teach him that Buddhism isn't Freemasonry?

Incidentally, the second son has properly grasped the meaning of Freemasonry.

4 Zen Responses

The law of cause and effect

Buddhism is a teaching of erasing and controlling worries and suffering by erasing and controlling the causes of worry and suffering.
It is a technique to reduce worry and suffering by using the law of cause and effect.
Among the herbs, there are medicinal herbs and vegetables, and there are also poisonous herbs.
If you group them together as “grass,” you will miss the characteristics of each grass.
If Buddhism is combined with other religions, I think you won't be able to understand the merits of Buddhism.
Everyone has worries about laziness and worries about pride.
Examining grass one by one is troublesome, so “don't eat roadside grass!” It makes me want to make rough judgments. That is probably the affliction of laziness.
Everyone wants to think they're amazing, so people who don't believe in religion want to make a fool of people who believe in religion and think they're superior.
That's probably an affliction of pride. The child's words and actions are normal for a troubled person.
If your child had been born in a religious country, they would have made a fool of people who are not religious due to the same worries.

Kids watch a lot, don't they? I was surprised.

The second boy is watching religion, temples, and monks closely, doesn't he?
The reality that religion is wrapped up in the economy is expressed using the term Freemasonry.
I don't know much about Freemasons, but if they paid to tell me the truth, I think I lost (laughs)

But what's really amazing about this kid is his passport card.
I received the fact that the truth is not in a deep, clean place as truth, and that it actually exists in a shallow, cloudy place was expressed as “sutras are passports that allow you to go to heaven, so you can think of it as a passport fee to pay money.”
You know the sutras very well.
“Sutras are passports” surprised me from the morning.

I'm not a Freemason.

nor
It's the exact opposite of the Masonic system
As a thank you for telling me the truth
They pay alms to the temple.

I understand the religious nature of Freemasonry.
There is also a group of people who sympathize with the same purpose
Groups of people who believe in the same gods and Buddhas
That's because the behavior is similar.

that's too simple an answer

First, Freemasonry is not a religion. Also, it is not a money collector. It is a secret society with a membership fee system. A misunderstanding occurred around that point, and it probably led to the misunderstanding that if you pay money, they will tell you the secret.
There are similar things about religion, but their goals are different, so it would be a problem if we did it together. I mean, it's not that simple. Freemasonry conspiracy theories are the supreme form of simple thinking. It would be nice if my son wasn't poisoned by it.
Also, passports to heaven have historically existed. The Catholic Church sells indulgence marks, and Protestants are established to criticize them, but Protestants also collect donations. Also, in Buddhism, the idea that hell depends on money was born from stories such as saying that it takes six monies to cross the Sanzu River, and in fact in China, banknotes printed on paper are put in coffins. Children's intuition is quite correct, so it's about how to lead later.