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Can I change denominations without inheriting my parent's denomination?

Nice to meet you, I'm my 48-year-old eldest son living in Hyogo prefecture
Thank you for your support.
They are married, separated from their parents, and their wife and child are living in a detached house with a 13-year-old male.

My parents are alive and well, and they have inherited the Soto sect.
My dad and I haven't been on good terms since a long time ago, and if we talk, we fight and fight every day
Are you really parents and children, even from your friend and wife? I'm often asked.
Honestly, the police have also come to arbitration several times.

Until now, I had to do a memorial service for my parents when they died
I was thinking about it.
They had a fight again a few months ago, and how many parents and children would go that far? Why are you saying that much!!

If I go that far, that's enough! I don't want to go into the same grave. I don't want to fight at the same grave until I die!
We joined a new sect we were interested in ourselves, and we bought a graveyard because we thought it would be separate from the tomb. My parents have a separate graveyard.

Naturally, when a parent dies, the denomination is different, so you can have a memorial service for an eternal period
I'm thinking of asking temples and cemeteries for memorial services and praying.
Is it possible for parents to change the denomination they inherited from their ancestors without inheriting it?
I definitely want to change it, but please let me know.

4 Zen Responses

It was originally Buddha's teaching.

Most Japanese people believe in Buddhism, but they are caught up in sectarian barriers within Buddhism.
Of course, relationships with temples that mourn the family of your parents and grandparents should be cherished, but even you personally cannot be bound to the same sect as your parents.
If your parents have a graveyard, you'd better first ask your parents' family temple for a permanent memorial service. At the same time as being able to stick to your own faith, I want your parents' faith and will to be valued.

Faith is free, but...

 Freedom of religion is recognized in Japan. However, I wonder what it would be like to have a fight with your parents and change your faith depending on whether or not you go to the grave. You don't want to believe in that religion; you just want to change graves, don't you? Please don't change your faith because you don't understand the teachings of the Soto sect. Also, when you pass away, you and your parents will perform a ceremony to become a member of the Buddha, so it's no exaggeration to say that they are different people anymore, and the Buddha doesn't fight over trivial matters. Moreover, graves store bones and do not harbor spirits. There are graves, placards, and Buddhist altars as a base for the hearts of bereaved families.
What is troublesome when changing graves is descendants and grandchildren. An acquaintance of mine said that my predecessor and predecessor were married and were not on good terms, and since the couple made graves of different denominations, management is difficult, and visiting graves takes time and can't be helped. Can you think about how temporary emotions affect later people and think about graves and family temples? I look forward to working with you.

After careful thought, do it of your own will

I'm from home, but the Shikoku pilgrimage triggered me to become a monk of the Shingon sect.
My parents' house was the Nishiyama Jodo sect. I became a Shingon monk, so I had my parents' house converted. I was convinced after talking with the former chief priest of the family temple.
Freedom of religion is recognized, so you are free to convert to a denomination you think you like.
However, I don't really recommend it because I had a fight with my parents. If you convert with the belief that this is good, don't hesitate to ask anyone.
However, there are times when you have a good understanding of its purpose. Just be careful. Please study with enough faith to persuade your parents.
Also, there are suspicious emerging religions, so please carefully select after careful research.

I understand the feeling, but it's a shallow statement that “blasphemes my ancestors.”

There seems to be constant fighting, but what is the cause of that? My father seems to have a pretty strong temper, and “Tomo” probably inherited that intensity of temper. In a good sense or in a bad sense, they may be similar parents and children. Since they are similar things, they probably collide a lot.
If they are similar people, they should already know how their opponent is going to turn out. Isn't it possible to avoid a fight? Even so, they dare to fight over and over again, so I'm guessing that it means “fighting is my hobby,” like the characters in rakugo.

I would like to list the reasons why I said “shallow.”

1. Do not try to resolve the “quarrel” that is causing the grave issue.
2. “I don't want to fight at the same grave until I die!” Is that in itself shallow?

For 1, please analyze past fights by “Tomo” yourself. Well, I think Dad also had the “cause of ignition” of the fight, but I think there were times when “Tomo” “poured fuel on the fire”? Please take a look back at yourself.

Next is 2, “I don't want to fight in the same tomb until I die!” That word is a blasphemy against ancestors and Buddha who sleep in graves. Please refer to the following link. http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/dorinji/1331247.html

I'm asking the question based on the premise that “even after you die and enter the grave, you will fight inside the grave.” That is what I'm saying is “shallow.” Your ancestors received the commandments from the family temple, received the name of the sacred precepts, became disciples of the Buddha, and are buried in a cemetery. The remains are in the tomb, but our ancestors went to the Buddhist world and were supposed to work hard on Buddhist training under the Buddha. Even if they are quick to fight in this world, when they receive the reprimand and become a disciple of the Buddha, they will reflect on their own bad habits up until now and change their behavior.
You don't properly understand “receiving the commandment name,” and you are blaspheming your ancestors who sleep in graves. Please reconsider that thought and look back on the cause of the fight. Changing graves isn't impossible, but I think there are things we should reflect on before that.