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Buddhism was established by Budda in India. It was introduced into China and Japan. Japanese people adopted it, and changed it as Japanese people can accept it.
Traditional Buddhism has no practice to worship ancestors. However, it has been introduced in to Japanese Buddhism. In August many Japanese people hold “the Bon Festival.” They have holidays in order to worship ancestors.
Buddhism teaches us the doctrine of the transmigration. We have to be involved in the circle of transmigration. There are six worlds. The mankind world is one of the worlds. In these six worlds, we have to suffer. So Buddhism say we must escape the transmigration cycle.
Traditional Buddhism has nothing to do with the funeral. However, in Japan, the main work of Buddhism monks is funeral.
Traditional Buddhism has protected by government. Especially in edo period, the government protected Buddhism in order to remove Christianity. All Japanese people were forced to belong some temple. So Buddhism monks could manage their living, even if they didn’t preach philosophy. They had only to do their daily routines such as funeral. They forgot what the Buddhism taught. Now most monks can’t teach it.
Traditional Buddhism has no practice to worship ancestors. However, it has been introduced in to Japanese Buddhism. In August many Japanese people hold “the Bon Festival.” They have holidays in order to worship ancestors.
Buddhism teaches us the doctrine of the transmigration. We have to be involved in the circle of transmigration. There are six worlds. The mankind world is one of the worlds. In these six worlds, we have to suffer. So Buddhism say we must escape the transmigration cycle.
Traditional Buddhism has nothing to do with the funeral. However, in Japan, the main work of Buddhism monks is funeral.
Traditional Buddhism has protected by government. Especially in edo period, the government protected Buddhism in order to remove Christianity. All Japanese people were forced to belong some temple. So Buddhism monks could manage their living, even if they didn’t preach philosophy. They had only to do their daily routines such as funeral. They forgot what the Buddhism taught. Now most monks can’t teach it.
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