hasunoha

Please tell me the meaning of worshiping Buddha.

Please tell me the meaning of worshiping Buddha.

For example, even if you work hard to worship the Buddha and pray for success,
Just like you won't pass if you don't study at all,
Even if you worship the Buddha in order to make a request, that is, to fulfill your own interests and desires,
I feel like it doesn't make sense.
(Note, the Buddha won't help you unless you study, that is, make an effort,
There were also people who said, but I don't think the Buddha would have that kind of choice,
(I don't even want to think about it.)

Rather, if you worship for the fulfillment of your own interests and desires,
Worshiping a lot directly leads to the magnitude of desire,
Far from being meaningless in the sense of peace of mind,
It seems that it will also result in strengthening desires.

These things, for example, may be worshipped by a monk for someone, such as a believer,
They worship it for that kind of self-interest and selfish desire, and it seems like the same thing.
(I want monks to have no self-interest or desire, that is, they want the wishes of believers to come true
I don't think about it, I'm just conveying the wishes of believers to the Buddha,
That is also conceivable, but in this case, the meaning of a monk doing that
I'm not sure.
The fact that the Buddha will grant wishes if it is transmitted from a monk
(I don't think so, and I don't want the Buddha to think that's the case.)

However, many people, including monks, worship Buddha.
At that time, words like spells (mantras?) Also, they recite sutras.
I don't know its inner feelings, but various wishes are written on temple votive plaques,
Also, based on the fact that prayers and prayers are made at temples,
It seems to be for the fulfillment of some kind of desire.

Even though I prayed, my wish didn't come true,
① What is the meaning of worshiping the Buddha (meaning other than praying)?
② Why are prayers and prayers being made?
③ Also, at temples, as workers, monks worship Buddha in the morning and evening,
It looks like you're reading sutras, but what is this for?
(If it is to understand and confirm the meaning of the written sutras, etc.,
Rather than hitting a wooden fish in front of the Buddha and reading it aloud,
(I think reading it silently in my room will suffice.)

Note, regarding ②, if there seems to be a big difference in the way of thinking depending on the denomination,
It's fine if you don't answer.

We look forward to working with you.

4 Zen Responses

It's an act of recompense.

It's just one person's desire that is small.

I know very well that a few sutras won't heal the earth.

Typical slots for lotteries, horse racing, and club activities, and test pass/fail.
I know very well that just praying isn't enough.

Even so, what I can do in front of my body lined up in the gymnasium is put my hands together.

Still, they put their hands together.
If I have just a little bit of greed, I want to live just a little longer.
Don't let your blood pressure or appetite go wild.
Please let me live a peaceful life just a little longer.

I'm putting my hands together with that feeling.

You're greedy, aren't you?

To learn from the Buddha

Buddhism teaches techniques to reduce worries and suffering discovered by the Buddha.
If we learn techniques to erase and control the causes of our worries and suffering by following the Buddha and Buddha, we will have personalities that make it easier to become happy.
Children who respect soccer players will be more likely to improve at soccer than children who aren't interested in soccer.
Respecting the Buddha has the above meaning, first of all.
Also, it is meaningful to cultivate mental concentration in order to erase and control the cause (affliction) of worry and suffering.
Meditation, which involves reciting spells, nembutsu, and sutras wholeheartedly, and imagining Buddha's visions, is also a training for mental concentration.
Also, since sutras are texts of Buddhist teachings, there is also a meaning of studying the text and learning techniques to be happy.
Furthermore, the Buddha called Amida Buddha has vowed that anyone who recites Namu Amida Buddha and Nembutsu will pass away in the Pure Land of Paradise. (The story is written in sutras.)
In the Jodo sect, etc., believing in the salvation of Amitabha Buddha, and passing away in paradise is considered a shortcut to enlightenment (notice the truth and get rid of worries), and they call (say) nembutsu () and worship Amida Buddha.
I work at temples, etc., to worship the Buddha and recite sutras because I want to learn the techniques taught by the Buddha by following the Buddha's example, and eventually everyone will realize like a Buddha and graduate from trouble and suffering.
Note, the basis of Buddhism is the theory that once you understand the truth of suffering, impermanence, and nothfulness (emptiness), your worries will disappear and your worries and suffering will disappear.
Praying for self-interest and selfish desires and selling amulets and omikuji at temples made people happy (went viral) when they did it, so maybe it just became excessive service.

Greetings to teachers

① In early Buddhism, praying to the Buddha was seen as an extension of greeting a monk during the ascetic practice, and greeting the teacher who completed the ascetic practice and taught him the ascetic method.
I don't see the Buddha as someone who listens to (and doesn't receive) wishes like a god. The word is worship, but rather than praying to get something done, I see them saying thank you because they are being taught the right path (both the meaning of standing up and praying and thankful).
In that sense, it's prayer when you wake up in the morning, and worship before going to bed at night. Just like saying hello to teachers and parents, it's like saying hello to the Buddha, who is the parent.
Since it's a greeting, I basically don't make a wish. Rather, I think the momentum is good enough to sincerely declare that I will grow as a human being by having my teacher watch over me.

I think ② is basically the wish or desire of a monk who does it and a believer who asks for it, but even in early Buddhism, prayers were received for free. For example, when people traveling far away come to pray for safety, they can stay for days on foot, so there are concerns about poisonous snakes, insects, diseases, bandits, etc. At such times, I'll teach them “Jikei,” and I recommend that they travel while keeping this in mind. Speaking of how “good,” if you are a person with such a compassionate heart, you may somehow detect animals and not cause harm (you won't be frustrated even if they come close), and even so, even if it becomes a disaster and dies, you have worked hard until the end with a heart of compassion, so your next life will improve.

③ It's a template for greeting words. It's easier than thinking and saying something in your own words every time, and it's more polite than just bowing your head, and after all, your mind calms down and settles while you concentrate on reading sutras. In other words, they're doing a bit of a good act. Reading aloud, where concentration is the main purpose, and silent reading, where the main purpose is understanding meaning, will each have advantages and disadvantages. If it's a greeting, though, it's for the Buddha. Good deeds may be the same even if you meditate for as long as you spend time reciting the sutras. However, as when reciting sutras, it is better to finish by stating words of merit conversion, such as those at the end of the sutras, after meditation. When chanting sutras, it comes pre-attached to the set after the sutras, so I recite them, but when I finish doing good deeds other than chanting sutras, I should turn to merit. My virtue will increase, and I may also have a life where I am happy to receive my virtues.

Each person has a great vow to save all sentient beings. you.

Worshiping a Buddha is not worshipping an imaginary Buddha vision imagined outside of one's heart, but rather worshipping and drawing out the true self = pure power to save your own self and others.
There is a sign that you can believe in Buddha, but when it comes to what is that consciousness of doubt and questioning is triggered by that consciousness, it is about my own consciousness, which is the main axis of human beings. An eye that distorts the truth.
They say, “I don't think the Buddha would be that choosy,” but I would ask the other way around, who is that Buddha you draw? You're probably already self-imagining that you'll worship the Buddha yourself.
The act of a monk praying for someone is also worshipping the essence of those people's inner self, the natural nature of self common to all mankind, and the “heart that leads people to salvation,” which should be called pure human salvation energy that properly ❝ acts ❞ in the depths of that person's own heart. It is also called Bodhi Heart, Buddha Heart, and the principal image.
You're drawing “Buddha” on the other side, so you probably can't see it. It's just that my way of understanding it is wrong. If it's your idea of a Buddha drawn by you, even I wouldn't be able to see something so dubious.
To worship a Buddha is to worship your inner nature, pure heart, and bodhi heart.
Mistaken understandings and ideas that no one can be saved are broken down, and the spirit leading to salvation and comfort oneself and higher humanity is brought out. If you keep that heart in mind, you can eradicate the ego-first, self-first consciousness peculiar to humans.
When it comes to praying and praying, the person himself and the priest work together to direct the heart towards the bodhisattva in order to increase the effects of Shinto and Buddha, the laws of heaven, earth, nature, and motivation, and mental strength inherent in the person's body and mind.
There is such a thing as turning to work at a temple at the end.
Transition is the spirit of directing supreme power not only on oneself, but also on more people. Your thoughts won't save you either. It is an idea that undermines or harms the salvation of the world and Buddhism as a whole. Nobody can be saved, including you. In Buddhism, the Bodhicitta spirit is the Buddha's and grandmaster's spirit of salvation, good guidance, and energy to help people. Or it is the power to cut through human hesitation and suffering such as wisdom and mercy, remove suffering, and give comfort. Will there always be such a spirit in this world? Is it in another country? It's not there. Precisely because there isn't one, what is trying to spread it is monk prayers, vows, conversion, and the spirit of worship.