The teachings of the afterlife

I read it.

The answer “I don't know” in the response at the family temple is also one correct answer.
However, the answer Kotodama is looking for may be that she wanted the word “peace of mind.”

There may also be differences in how to respond depending on the denomination. This is because when separated, the sutras to which one ascribes are also different.
However, talking about utopia is not the essence of Buddhism, but basically explains “don't be delusional.”

It is said to be the world's top three Buddhism, and the Buddhism introduced to Japan is called Mahayana Buddhism (Hokuden). Buddhism located in the south is broadly called Theravada Buddhism. Here, first of all, the responses to the big aftermath are different.

・In Theravada Buddhism, it is called “ashimi annihilation,” and ascetic practices are centered around monks, mainly on the Eighth Shodo. Also, since anxiety, which has sensory and cognitive effects, disappears when you die, simply interpret it as being able to obtain Aro Kanko.

・In Mahayana Buddhism, it is an act of altruism that can be obtained through acts (ascetic practices) that can be performed not only by monks, mainly six haramitsu, but also at home.

However, there are many teachings that agree with both sides. Also, reincarnation is at the root of Buddhism. Therefore, since there is a teaching that the course of the next life changes depending on how much virtue you have accumulated in your lifetime because you are born as a human being, the center of the memorial service is to send a blessing called chasing good fortune from not being able to accumulate virtue in this world. Please note that everything is written in a simple manner.

There are such circumstances, so “I don't know” about the next life is an answer that does not hurt Kotodama-san from the point of view of a monk who keeps the feudal commandment; it is an answer that they are honest, and they are more thankful later than those who fix that place.

If I were to tell you the doctrines of the Shingon sect, the answer is to become one with the Dainichi Nyorai, and it is difficult to answer if you live in places that appear in the Pure Land Map, etc., and what cannot be conveyed in words is also one religion, and religion sprout where it transcends us humans, and one thing is that religion cannot be established if it can be easily understood. However, various religions that have continued for thousands of years have pure land and heaven. If I were to tell you the easiest thing to understand in Japanese, it would be “order of safe conduct.” Please take it in the sense of an eternal state where there is no suffering, peace, and purity.

Gassho

I want to meet you, right?
They wait for me, and I think we'll meet again, so we put our hands together.
I think there is a world where we can be saved and meet, so we can accept grief and live with support.

They pray for the Pure Land, are guided by the deceased, and rely on the Buddha.

That's how I live my life as a nembutsu.
If I hadn't broken up with my loved one or met the Buddha, I wouldn't even know how to put my hands together, and I would have just cried. But the reason I am able to live like this now is because I have loved ones and the faith I have cherished. We will definitely meet again. I promised that and said goodbye again that day. Not goodbye, but see you later.

You too can leave it up to Amida in the Pure Land of Paradise.
Namu Amida Buddha

It's pretty severe.
In Buddhism of Shakyamuni before it was divided into sects, the way of life was divided into six types, and classified from above as Tenjin, Man, Ashura, Gaki, Beast, and Hell. In old Indian sutras, it is said that Shakyamuni was the first in India to classify it as such. Life is born and dies, and it is said that each time, one of these six types is chosen to be born, die, be born, and die over and over again. It's reincarnation.
I see the difference between these six types of life as a difference in the level of mind = karma that has been built up through reincarnation over a long period of time rather than every moment.
So, for the time being, you can somehow predict where you will go after death by looking at how you spend your whole life. I see it in Shakyamuni Buddhism. However, since the ability to confirm someone's place of reincarnation is a special superpower (the one who isn't clairvoyant) that is slightly different from enlightenment, it cannot be asserted by us normal humans.
Incidentally, the world of hungry ghosts (ghosts) is quite wide, from top to bottom, and the best ones wander around close to the human world and inadvertently scare people. The world of celestial people is also quite wide, from top to bottom, and Jiuten (wandering around on earth), who is the youngest of the celestial people, sometimes encounters humans and says, “Grandma was smiling. It makes me feel relieved, saying, “That was great.”
The bereaved family added something like, “That person was that kind of person, so I wonder if he's around there,” and it's usually a little superior to the human world, so they remember it, look at the photo and the sky with excitement, and say, “How is that? I think it's a good idea to sincerely contact them, saying, “We've managed to do something here.” The official form of Buddhism is that you do something good and “transfer all of this merit (good work) to sentient beings (I'll give)”, but remembering the other person is also good for the other person, so “how are you?” There is no harm in talking to them with your heart, etc. It's not that it's gone, it's living on a different level, so it might arrive.
References are:
Albomulle Sumanasara “What Happens After Death?” Kadokawa Collection
Fujimoto Akira “Why can merit be converted?” Kokusho Publishing Association
etc.

Hello.

At the time of the first anniversary of his death, when I asked the chief priest, “What kind of teachings is the world after death in Zen Buddhism,” he said “I don't know.”
Certainly, it may be that you “don't understand” the teachings of the Zen sect, but I still wanted another word from the chief priest.

I am a Zen sect (Soto sect), and when I look at the details of conversion (a word for the deceased) at funerals, I feel that there is a pure land way of thinking. I think Japanese people have believed in the Pure Land way of thinking since ancient times (even if it is Zen). Also, since the content of the funeral is a ceremony where the deceased becomes a disciple of the Buddha, I think it's okay to think that the deceased spent a quiet time in the Buddha's world as a disciple of the Buddha.

If you take the words of the chief priest positively, the world after death is “unknown,” so you are free to believe whatever you want. It's also good to imagine various things in the Pure Land of Paradise, such as meeting nostalgic people who disappeared earlier and having a good time, or whether they are practicing ascetic practices under the Buddha. When the deceased comes back for Obon, it's a good idea to have a heart-to-heart conversation about what the other world is like.