What School of Buddhism is This?
What School of Buddhism is This?
The description of the video states it's a Zen monk, but that doesn't seem right. Shingon? Tendai? I'm guessing because of the bell:
- How foolish you are,
grasping the letter of the text and ignoring its intention!
- Vasubandhu
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mr. gordo wrote:The description of the video states it's a Zen monk, but that doesn't seem right. Shingon? Tendai? I'm guessing because of the bell:
Boy that's a GOOD question!
The bell looks like a Kagyu-style handbell (5 prongs), but that could be meaningless relative to the monk's lineage. Anyone can obtain a bell like that - you don't have to be Kagyu.
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Judging from the robe he looks like a Nichirenshū monk (who wear grey and yellow). The bell and Juzu (prayer beads) are most probably Shingon. So I guess he is a Shingon monk.
Edit:
The Kanji on the bag of the monk seem to be 高野山, which is Kōyasan, the head temple of Shingonshū. So it's almost certain, that the monks belongs to the Kōyasan Shingonshū. Although I've never seen a Shingon monk wearing such a robe.
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The Kanji on the bag of the monk seem to be 高野山, which is Kōyasan, the head temple of Shingonshū. So it's almost certain, that the monks belongs to the Kōyasan Shingonshū. Although I've never seen a Shingon monk wearing such a robe.
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Or perhaps its a "monk" who decided one day to throw on whatever Buddhist looking article of clothing he could find and go out and "beg"...
No Shingon monk wears gray robes from my understanding...
No Shingon monk wears gray robes from my understanding...
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Haha, yeah thats an actor who wore whatever clothing he could get his hands on to look like a monk.
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Great video!
school, non-school, actor, non-actor doesn't really matter.
Kind regards
school, non-school, actor, non-actor doesn't really matter.
Kind regards
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It seems, that there are in fact monks from Kōyasan Shingonshū, who do wear grey or white, though I think only lower ranks wear grey, but I cannot prove that. See here (from the official website of the Kōyasan Shingonshū) and here (an article about Takuhatsu [alms-begging] of Shingon monks).
Every school, that practices Vajrayana/Esoteric Buddhism uses such bells. But the Japanese Ghanta is slightly different to Tibetan/Central Asian Ghantas.Chaz wrote:The bell looks like a Kagyu-style handbell (5 prongs), but that could be meaningless relative to the monk's lineage. Anyone can obtain a bell like that - you don't have to be Kagyu.
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Thanks Tasuo!Tatsuo wrote:It seems, that there are in fact monks from Kōyasan Shingonshū, who do wear grey or white, though I think only lower ranks wear grey, but I cannot prove that. See here (from the official website of the Kōyasan Shingonshū) and here (an article about Takuhatsu [alms-begging] of Shingon monks).
Every school, that practices Vajrayana/Esoteric Buddhism uses such bells. But the Japanese Ghanta is slightly different to Tibetan/Central Asian Ghantas.Chaz wrote:The bell looks like a Kagyu-style handbell (5 prongs), but that could be meaningless relative to the monk's lineage. Anyone can obtain a bell like that - you don't have to be Kagyu.
- How foolish you are,
grasping the letter of the text and ignoring its intention!
- Vasubandhu
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Another one I found:
- How foolish you are,
grasping the letter of the text and ignoring its intention!
- Vasubandhu
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Is this monk chanting the nembutsu? The sound quality leaves alot to be desired:
- How foolish you are,
grasping the letter of the text and ignoring its intention!
- Vasubandhu
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Yes - that's the nenbutsu. Great videos, mr. gordo
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Thanks for sharing, the whole film (Baraka) is real great!
Just that!
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Another great video of Shingonshū (Buzanha - the drums are their speciality). It's a recitation of the Heart Sutra/hannya shin gyō:
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Thanx. Good info. The Ghante is a lot like Tibetan handbells - simpler and more elegant looking. Beautiful.Tatsuo wrote:Every school, that practices Vajrayana/Esoteric Buddhism uses such bells. But the Japanese Ghanta is slightly different to Tibetan/Central Asian Ghantas.
It does seem quite similar to a Kagyu bell with 5 "prongs" in the hanle as opposed to the Nyingma style with 9.
Where do you find those for sale?
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Those items are rarely sold at E-Bay and sometimes in Japanese Buddhist equipment shops, which almost never send items overseas. You can also get them at Yahoo auctions Japan, but the sellers generally do not send items overseas, too.
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This was very cool.Tatsuo wrote:Another great video of Shingonshū (Buzanha - the drums are their speciality). It's a recitation of the Heart Sutra/hannya shin gyō:
- How foolish you are,
grasping the letter of the text and ignoring its intention!
- Vasubandhu
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mr. gordo wrote:This was very cool.Tatsuo wrote:Another great video of Shingonshū (Buzanha - the drums are their speciality). It's a recitation of the Heart Sutra/hannya shin gyō:
Yes very cool indeed.
Some Kagyu groups use a drum for heart Sutra as well, but not as "decoratively" as these Shingonpas do it. It seems to be that the cadence of the Kagyu druming is more straightforward - 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 and so on. We also use a drum for protector chants. I wonder if Shingon is similar in that regard.
I like drumming in general. That Jodo Shinshu temple near my office sponsors a Taiko group of some reknown: Denver Taiko.
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Is this a Jodo Shinshu priest?
- How foolish you are,
grasping the letter of the text and ignoring its intention!
- Vasubandhu
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No, judging from the kesa and insignia on it, most likely Soto Zen.mr. gordo wrote:Is this a Jodo Shinshu priest?
Contemplating the power of Tathagata's Primal Vow,
One sees that no foolish being who encounters it passes by in vain.
When a person single-heartedly practices the saying of the Name alone,
It brings quickly to fullness and perfection [in that person] the great treasure ocean of true and real virtues.
- Shinran Shonin
One sees that no foolish being who encounters it passes by in vain.
When a person single-heartedly practices the saying of the Name alone,
It brings quickly to fullness and perfection [in that person] the great treasure ocean of true and real virtues.
- Shinran Shonin