What does salvation mean in Japanese Buddhism?
I'm often spoken to by the chief priest of a temple who goes to visit graves
Even if it becomes a topic of trouble, everyone is in pain at all, so it's just a matter of talking about giving up
I've never felt refreshed.
Is life counseling itself wrong at the temple?
Hasunoha doesn't give such an answer. I'll face you and give you an answer. I'm surprised that there are so many unique monks that they have strong habits, but I think they'll get used to the season. You can also get a variety of answers, so feel free to ask questions.
Incidentally, I will answer from my own experiences and the teachings of my grandfather.
If everyone has gone through all the suffering and is truly convinced, that is enlightenment.
The monk at the family temple is probably calling you by waving from the top of the mountain, which is the goal, in other words, from the side of enlightenment.
Meanwhile, when you look at it from your perspective, you can see the summit, but you can't see the path along the way hidden by the trees.
Maybe you can't imagine specific directions (methods for understanding).
It will be easier if you give up if you give up on everything. I think this is true.
So how do you realize that everyone is suffering at all?
It's about learning Buddhism and practicing practices such as meditation.
I would like you to learn Buddhism by all means.
It will be a lifelong hobby.
Furthermore, I think the salvation of Buddhism is to be able to erase and control worries and suffering.
appending
Suffering won't go away, and if the form of suffering simply changes, you may feel comfortable when you accept the daily life of suffering.
The stimulus of suffering comes to mind and then disappears. To live is to keep dealing with suffering that changes every second in front of you. If you break it down in seconds, it's not a complicated problem.
For example, digging graves for dead people and searching for shellfish in clam digging are the same actions (digging). The pain of having to move your hands won't go away, but it's not a complicated challenge.
Speaking of the Jodo sect, life is just that, the suffering of interrupting the Nembutsu of Namu Amida Buddha and returning to Namu Amida Buddha once it is over.
Good evening.
The chief priest of the temple told you, “Everything is in trouble, so give up.”
In Buddhism, “suffering” does not mean being stuffy or painful; it means “not going the way you want it to.”
Even if you take one of the “four hardships” (life, old age, illness, and death), it does not mean “illness is painful” (it's painful when you get sick), but it means “illness doesn't go the way you want.” Even if you get sick on the day of the marathon and want to rest, you won't be able to get sick the way you want, and you may get sick even if you don't want to get sick on the day of the trip you're looking forward to. Like this, not limited to illness, everything “doesn't go the way you want it to.”
Also, in Buddhism, “give up” does not mean giving up because it can't be helped, it means “to make it clear.” It means observe why things don't turn out the way you want them to.
There are times when life doesn't turn out the way I want it to. The Buddhist way of thinking is to control irritability and anxiety and live a proper life by carefully thinking about why things don't go the way you want them to.
Instead of thinking “if things don't turn out the way you want, I wish I hadn't been born from the beginning,” let's enjoy life on Earth to the fullest since we were born on Earth. The teaching of Buddhism is that sometimes things don't turn out the way you want.
MMM
As the word “salvation” in Buddhism says, “the light of self and the light of the law,” we must rely on teachings and save ourselves.
I have also answered the following questions about “faith” and “salvation”...
Question “About devotion and meditation in Nembutsu”
https://hasunoha.jp/questions/48701
Regarding “faith,” in Buddhism, it is not a scheme where “if you believe, you will be saved,” it is important to practice the Buddha's teachings (Buddhism) yourself. “Self-Lighting/Dharma Light.”
So, if I had to say what “faith” is in Buddhism, it means trust in the power and effectiveness of teaching.
Fostering that trust is also part of the Buddhist process.
Therefore, we must carefully examine each of these teachings and then put them into practice after being firmly convinced, and use that “satisfaction” as the basis for “trust.”
It says, “We should not accept the teacher's teachings simply with respect; we should also accept the master's teachings in that way, so that goldsmiths carefully examine whether the money they handle is real or fake by burning, cutting, and polishing that money.”
If you're not convinced by anything or aren't good at it, I don't think it's necessary to be asked. You can also replace the person you are consulting with. Exactly this hasunoha would be fine.
Also, the truths that underlie Buddhism are the four sacred truths of “suffering, gathering, destruction, and the way,” Buddha has left many teachings about methods to destroy suffering in annihilation and dojin.
I would be grateful if you could learn and practice Buddhism as to how we should overcome all of these hardships on our own.
Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho