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Isn't the Jodo Shinshu the only realistic denomination?

Many denominations chant “color is the sky (color is sky)” in the Heart Sutra, but even so, money is absolutely necessary to live in this real world, isn't it? A person who doesn't have any worries about that is an idiot, isn't it?
Thinking about that, I think the Jodo Shinshu sect is the most realistic sect, but please tell me the views of the monks (gata).

A bonus. Poems below.
Amidabutsu namiuchi
Maintain selflessness by doing nembutsu.
There is little desire for contentment.
I am satisfied with no risk and no return.
Safe, stable, and secure.
Moderate (Chuyo)
Moderate life
Moderately happy
Moderately angry
Moderately sad
Enjoy in moderation
Self-interest, altruism, and happiness
Be selfish and altruistic in moderation.
Well-balanced humanity

6 Zen Responses

A misunderstanding of the word “throw away”

First, let's talk about the sky, but since Buddhism in Japan, including the Jodo Shinshu sect, follows the trend of Mahayana Buddhism, although I have a different sect, the idea of the sky has been adopted as a premise.

To put it insanely short, the sky is like saying “nature is determined by relationships,” so unfortunately it has nothing to do with having money or not.
Also, what is necessary for living is “clothing, food, and shelter,” and money is just one way to obtain it.

Next, let's talk about distress, but I think this includes a misunderstanding of the character “discard.”
In conclusion, “discard” does not mean “lose.”
It's close to the meaning of “take it off the center.”

I will explain why there is such a discrepancy in meaning.
In modern Japan, “throwing away” roughly means putting it in a garbage dump, and that garbage is collected and will never be seen again.
However, the creation of these characters is something called “take it out of the building (building).”
Houses are made of buildings and land, and since ancient times, excrement and garbage have been on one's own site even after they have been thrown away.

In other words, “abandoning worries” means “removing worries from the center of the heart,” and it does not mean “getting rid of worries.”

Incidentally, the Nichiren sect also has the phrase “affliction is life and death, instant nirvana,” and it is mentioned that “affliction and enlightenment are two sides of the same coin, and enlightenment can only be understood because there is affliction,” but other denominations are ignorant and don't know any sects that insist on “completely getting rid of worries,” so I think it would be interesting to read the Lotus Sutra and other sutras as as well.

Actually, there are various schools of the Jodo Shinshu sect.

Of the ten factions of the Shinshu sect, the Honganji school has established a solid Pure Land and has taken the name of the Jodo Shinshu sect.
The other nine denominations call themselves Shinshu 00 factions, with the Shinshu sect as a sect.
I can understand either position.

In my opinion, it's different from the way Hiroki was separated, but Shinshu also has a cramped side.
Don't sell amulets.
It's no good to appeal too much about this world profit, etc.
If you think about a shift in value to monetization, I have the impression that other denominations are more in line with actual economic activities.

As Hiroki said, I think they also have real strengths, but it was during the Shinran Shonin era that they had an advantage.
When other denominations were confined in the mountains, they had the advantage of getting down to the street and facing real worries, but now every denomination is in the city.
Rather, it may be more realistic for a monk who has other jobs than a full-time monk.

Also, there is an impression that Buddhist-inspired gatherings are better at reconciling reality and monetization than traditional denominations.

We are considering whether Sky and Wisdom can be used to explain where blood, sweat, and tears go after cremation.

Poems are nice.

For me
Is nembutsu low risk
Mida no Hataki: High Return
I live every day thinking that it would be nice if I could start to feel that.
Thank you for your valuable suggestions.

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Thank you very much for your response.
I'll tell you just one point so that there are no misunderstandings.
Shinshu teaches that ordinary people can be saved.
I don't know who the mentor is, but there are no high or low levels of nembutsu.

Still, if I had to say high or low, it wasn't a mountain or the top of a pyramid, like the Shusui Irikai gang.
It's a teaching that descends from top to bottom.
If your hopes come true, I think the depth of diving below and deep questions that illuminate the darkness of the abyss will exude more of a sense of Shinshu than questions that test heights.

Thoughts that dislike others are not correct beliefs

Hi

I am of the Soto sect, and I think the Soto sect is “also” a realistic and practical sect.

It's very important for you to value your own faith, but I don't think that thinking that “only” your faith is “the most” correct/realistic, or that you say bad, disapprove, or attack other beliefs that are completely bad is not a proper path of faith. Please keep up the good work.

You're not an outsider even if you don't have worries

The Buddha has lost his worries, but he hasn't become an outcast.
I think that energy, which continued his missionary journey for over 40 years in response to Bonten's request, is superhuman rather than an abandoned person.
Even in your hospital bed where your death is imminent, you are still having interviews with apprenticeship applicants who have come.
After understanding, I think the Buddha did not act because of worries such as greed, anger, laziness, pride, etc., but with a heart of mercy.
It's difficult for us to get rid of our worries in this world, but it's okay to erase our worries in the Pure Land of Paradise, so don't worry.

Every denomination is realistic.

If it's not realistic
It probably wouldn't have survived until this era.

I am
I became a Jodo Shinshu monk by chance
I think it might not fit in other denominations...
I'm glad it was the Jodo Shinshu.

I'm just saying the same thing in different words and from a different angle. 👴

It seems that they have been caught without content in the interpretation of the Heart Sutra “color is the sky (shikisoku zeku)” of the Heart Sutra that is spreading around the world.
There are many people who can actually only interpret and capture it that way, so I think it can't be helped, but color, or sky, is not that kind of empty. Yes. really.
It seems that they think it's a nihilistic and obsolete worldview, but the color, the sky, is a surreal point of view.
Money is absolutely necessary, too.
The surreal point of view of having money is nothing.
(Omega) Hi, this month's salary.
('-`*) Thank you.
The moment I received it, I forgot what I received it. The color is empty.
('-`*) I did it! It's a salary!
Even though I think it's mine, I have it when I forget it, yet I don't have a sense of ownership or consciousness of mine.
You've forgotten what's in your wallet even now, haven't you? That color is the sky.
The moment you use it, it's nobody's.
The color is empty.
Whether I have money or not, I forget it when I watch it. The color is empty.
It's like a mirror with no leftovers no matter what you look at or listen to. The color is empty.
You've probably already forgotten what you ate for lunch. The color is empty.
Of course, the punch will leave your face the moment you get a straight right.
The color is empty.
Worry is not greed. It's an annoying, bothersome thought.
You probably forget it when you forget it even though it's life, old age, illness, or death.
The color is empty.
Nembutsu and zazen are not done by “people.”
Abandoned people and activists see things in the same way, they hear sounds, breathe, eat, live no matter what they think, and when they feel at peace, it's like drawing letters on water. The color is empty.
Even though the Jodo Shinshu Nembutsu is a nembutsu, the color is immediately empty. The color is the sky, and the sky is the color of the Nembutsu. I forgot about myself and went shopping at convenience stores and supermarkets, forgetting what sect I belong to. Living while being inspired by Nembutsu. Color means living in the sky.
It's the same thing.
The color of the sky is the reality of something. The original form of things. Regardless of whether one becomes selfless beyond the personal opinion of a person who has left human opinion, the original state of law is called color immediately empty. Also, in order to explain it, it may be nembutsu. It may be zazen. It may be a mantra. It may be Ajikan or Shijikan. It may be Shugendo. It may be work. If I were to explain it while looking at the facts of my current self after reading this, it is also a living nembutsu that transcends religious denominations, and color is the living embodiment of the sky.