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Hello everyone! I haven't posted anything in a while but yesterday I converted to Honmon Butsuryu Shu. So far, from all I've learned, it's been an incredible experience and my priest is being very helpful. He even shipped me a Gohonzon and juzu beads for free, which is more than awesome. I hope you...

If you practice by yourself, study hard and expect to find people to learn from sooner or later, as well as people who will learn from you. Until you do, you can always hang out with us and the forum can be your sangha. I used to be a more frequent member. But everything is impermanent. I may end u...

It's confucian in nature, but I think The Temple of Literature or Văn Miếu, is a mandatory visit for Honoi!

Shingon seems far more accessible than the tibetan traditions. On the contrary; unfortunately only a handful people in the entire world teach Shingon to laypeople openly. I thought Shingon was largely a tantric lay lineage? Do you mean teach to UNINITIATED laypeople openly? They are not ordained as...

The term "Shinto", like it or not, is defined by history. That history includes deification of the Japanese imperial family who is said to be descended from Amaterasu, and is now soaked in the blood of an aggressive war that killed millions across Asia and the Pacific. Young Japanese threw themselv...

"But there are still obscure sects that connect Ise with Buddhism, sects that identify itself as Shinto. That's one of the points I'm trying to highlight here, Shinto is not a simple reduced phenomena as you seem to imply, reducing it to State Shinto." This I do agree with. State Shinto, I assume, ...

I would add as a further challenge - Go to Ise, go to the Naiku and start chanting Daimoku as a dharma offering to the kami. See what happens. AFAIK, Buddhist monks are technically actually not even allowed to enter the shrine premises. That's how heavy they are about the distinctions. This is mode...

The word "Shinto" as you point out has been around, but it didn't take on the meaning generally ascribed to it now until the Meiji period. Before that, Buddhism and kami worship were closely and almost seamlessly mixed. When they started using "Shinto" it was part of their deliberate effort to dist...

The word "Shinto" as you point out has been around, but it didn't take on the meaning generally ascribed to it now until the Meiji period. Before that, Buddhism and kami worship were closely and almost seamlessly mixed. When they started using "Shinto" it was part of their deliberate effort to dist...

I am well aware of the place of kami in Nichiren Buddhism. I also know that kami are protectors. They are not Buddha. Very big mistake to confuse those two functions. Like I said, people can do what they want. Chanting daimoku to kami does not fit in Nichiren's teachings. Why? And can you elaborate...

To answer the second question - Mixing practices - we need to define. NMRK is a single pointed practice. If you confuse it with other practices, yes, that is bad, for you. It will bring confusion to your mind. For instance, directing NMRK to a fox spirit (inari) (this is a practice you find at some...

"On considering this, we can see that, because persons who put their faith in the Lotus Sutra are following an honest doctrine, Shakyamuni Buddha himself will protect them. How then could it happen that Great Bodhisattva Hachiman, who is his manifestation, would fail to protect them?" (p.1082) The ...

An here the 30 Kamis, with the Mandala Gohonzon, also sorrounded by the Gohei. "Of all the many places in Japan, Nichiren was born in the province of Awa. It is said that the Sun Goddess first dwelt in this province, where she began exploring the land of Japan. An estate exists there dedicated to th...

From my studies of Japanese Buddhism and time spent in Japan, traveling around temples and talking to some teachers, I can tell you only Jōdo Shinshū of all schools is explicitly forbidding people from mixing Shinto and Buddhism. Others do not have a problem with such 'mixing, incl. Nichiren, Soto ...

The 30 Kami who protects the Lotus Sutra.
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To answer the second question - Mixing practices - we need to define. NMRK is a single pointed practice. If you confuse it with other practices, yes, that is bad, for you. It will bring confusion to your mind. For instance, directing NMRK to a fox spirit (inari) (this is a practice you find at some...

Journeys in Japan: Dewa Sanzan, Yamagata-Part 2 https://vimeo.com/196561540 上徳寺に山伏の祭り Yamabushi Festival in the Jotokuji, Kyoto https://vimeo.com/10671705 Shugendo - The Way of Power https://vimeo.com/126224448 Sangakurin Temple Fire Ceremony https://vimeo.com/30759212 Yamabushi Warriors at the Arc...

This is Nichiren Yamabushi mountain training. Focusing on the Goddess Shichimen Daimyojin, who protects the Lotus Sutra.

Hi, I'll be moving to Korea in just over a month or so, and I want to know about setting up a Buddhist altar in the Korean tradition. I haven't been able to find much information about Korean Buddhist altars online. Are they like Japanese butsudans or more like Chinese altars? Can you get the sort ...