The Middle Modern Doctrine

I think the teachings of Zen are probably the same.
We are living in the present so much that we don't even need to focus on the present. Even if you lose strength in your shoulders, 1 second will be in the past, and the facts of life are only now. There is no future, no past. However, it feels like there is a past and a future now, and it makes people regret and worry.
Wouldn't it be easier if you could live with only the facts that exist now ^_^

For example, try searching for Vipassana Meditation on the Japan Therawada Buddhist Association website.
I think it will be helpful.

I've only learned a broad and shallow lesson, so please forgive me if there are any mistakes. My monk thought that the essence of Shinto was ancestor worship and purification. The center of the imperial edict Mikotori is to Oharae Ohara, and to the prayers, but to the purification class, right? As for the six root cleansing, they also explain the spirit of purity, saying don't hurt my soul. The god Amatsukami of Tianjin and the god of Kunizu explain that the ancestors of Tozu, Tsumioya, and our distant ancestors are gods, so let's always maintain proper posture and be grateful to the gods who are our distant ancestors. I thought that was Shinto. This goes well with the Buddhist teachings of praising the Buddha, giving thanks and giving thanks, the Eightfold Path, and following the right path.
The present-day and imanaka principle says that we value just now, but in the Jodo religion, immediate tokoku resignation is resolved to the Pure Land of Paradise when you pass away, but in the Shinshu, they teach that once you gain devotion, your death will be confirmed while living right now. In that sense, I strongly sympathize with you. Please have faith. I wish you all the best. Jōkō-ji

Hello, Hyaku-san.

The spirit of trying to learn the Shinto spirit of “Nakaima (Nakaima)” is wonderful. What's more, it's a Buddhist question site (laughs).
But he asked me an important question. Unlike Buddhism that originated in India, Japanese Buddhism is naturally cultivated as the foundation of the religious spirit of Japanese Buddhism. Therefore, in order to know Japanese Buddhism, if you don't know the spirit of the middle and present, Japanese Buddhism will be reflected in primitive Buddhism taught by Shakyamuni, and nearby, a completely different depraved Buddhism compared to Thai Buddhism. I believe that Japanese Buddhism cannot understand the essence of the development of Japanese Buddhism unless we learn the spirit of the middle and present.

What I discovered about Nakamai's heart began as an antithesis of Buddhism from my hometown, studying the Kojiki of Matsusaka, a great person, Motoori Norinaga. Along with the spread of the Pure Land Thought, Japanese Buddhism began to talk about the world of paradise and death, which is the ideal path, but Motoori Norinaga positioned this moment that continues from Japanese mythology to the present as “middle and present,” and that valuing the continuity of the mythological worldview is the origin of the Japanese spirit. The 8 million gods mean that everything other than the present self is the image of God. Therefore, Motoori Norinaga made it the origin of Japanese thought, saying that it is important to live hard as a god in this day and age. Since that spirit is the foundation of the Japanese mind even if it is not explained, Prince Shotoku took it as “Japanese” and used it as the foundation of the Buddhist spirit. Therefore, in Japanese Buddhism, unlike other Buddhist countries, I think it was the foundation for creating new Buddhist cultures one after another, aiming for Buddhism that lives today. Also, unlike India, which aims for ideal nature (western sunset) while antagonizing harsh nature, the idea that Japan is naturally a god has created a heart that accepts not only humans, but also the spirit of Yamakawa Kusaka Shikkai Buddha, which is the ideal of Buddhism.

Now, I understand that Japanese Buddhism encompasses the middle and present mentality, so by all means, choose the practice of each sect, whether it's zazen, and practice it. Then, strangely enough, the spirit of middle and present comes out as a Japanese person. There is no denomination that teaches people to abandon the present and go to paradise. All of the Osei Nembutsu are in the middle now. Japanese Buddhism teaches us to live the present as hard as possible. I think this Hasunoha activity is in the middle now. Gassho