Extreme Buddhists Who Don't Mess Around, No Sir (Origin of Nichiren Buddhism) | History of Japan 82
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- Origin of Nichiren Buddhism in Japan.
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0:00 Nichiren being cocky
0:45 Nichiren’s life
4:40 Why he so savage?
6:06 How to practice Nichiren Buddhism
8:40 Intercourse between religion and state
10:31 Was Nichiren violent?
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nice to see another kitsune
I am so lucky to be the first one to reply to your comment
@@greekyogurt9997 woohoo! :D
Thank you! I asked for Nichiren sect since I was raised practicing the religion and could not help but enjoy (with much laughter) a more realistic take on its history and founder (whom was even credited with defeating the Mongols with his Kamikaze prayer skills)
@@Linfamyplease explain what you meant, I am confused
“Until i gave up and became a Muslim out of spite” - that had me rolling! Your humour is always on point! So are your facts!
As an African Muslim, hearing this had me whimpering😂. Then I about to type the same thing too till I saw your comment, and Glad I was not alone in finding this hilarious.
I loved that line it was 👍👌
@@4aridmax Ironically enough, Nichiren and his school is just Ibn Taimiyyah but for Buddhism
It's a heavy joke that one, and possibly one about hair shirts.
@@weareallbeingwatched4602 hair shirts?
This reminded me of a family friend (who is an avid practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism) who first introduced me to Buddhism, and explaining to me that Buddhism is like a bunch of different schools. Nichiren Buddhism is like grad school or peak higher Buddhism, while schools like Zen Buddhism are just "Buddhism for Kindergarteners".. Which hits completely differently now after watching this, lol.
Buddhism for kindergarteners ❤😂
Yeah, they aren't wrong, buddhism is just a giant tree with many roots and branchs (sect) and the more Buddhist sect I heard, the more I'm tired of these sect, like, there even this sect which allow marriage of monks, like what kind of crap is this :( , *impurities are everywhere, and if these creature really want to be saved from the wheel of suffering, they should start following the rule*
Master Mumon who wrote the Koan collection Mumonkan wrote in his Zen Warnings:
'To stick to rules and regulations is to tie yourself without a rope.'
A
In a way, it's literally the exact opposite. Zen is more like postgraduate studies, Shingon is art school, whilst Nichiren is like preschool for toddlers. LOL.
*barges into temple*
"you are all evil and going to hell to suffer for all eternity"
*refuses to elaborate further*
*leaves*
Oh no! Anyway.
**D R I V E F O R E V E R Plays in background**
Sigma Priest mindset
I didn't know you could be a contrarian, agressive, unpleasant person and still be an influential Buddhist.
I am SO looking to convert, right now. I have found my path.
😂
That's just regular Judaism.
@@kavky Nope, Buddhism.
@@sheepketchup9059 It was a joke.
Path of the asshole... Surprisingly respectable
"There is no such priest in Japan except Nichiren. ...said Nichiren."
Insert that meme with Obama handing himself that medal
😂
Maybe you should have Obama pay you rent for the space he’s taking up in your head.
@@aspeltaofkush3540 Who hurt you?
@@aspeltaofkush3540 it's a joke
@@aspeltaofkush3540 Kyle rittenhouse innocent.
Self defense common law of the land.
All other Buddhist sects: let’s just chill and meditate.
Nichiren: we SHAN’T chill..
Nichiren: "Didn't you see the sign? 'No Chilling Allowed'".
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz Anal Buddhism 😂
What's wrong with wanting to chant the Lotus Sutra 5 times, 3 times per day with the additional hours of straight chanting diamoku? (gets hit on the head for interrupting chanting)
underrated pun
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Chad Priests: *slaughters everyone so that everyone reach eternal bliss*
"I cherish peace with all of my heart. I don't care how many men, women and children I kill to get it!"
The Shara Ishvalda method to being Peace to the New World
Nichiren sounds like your typical Twitter user nowadays.
Fervor.
Plus being a normie
I was raised with Nichiren’s intense Buddhism, left Japan at 22 to stay out of the religion and my parents, recently found myself being a standup comedian in Canada. And I’m happy with it so maybe the religion wasn’t that bad after all :)
Buddha Shakyamuni sat under the Bodhi tree to meditate & realise highest Truth and he demonstrated how to become a Buddha.
Nichiren, out of compassion, preaches Wonderful Law of Lotus Sutra. Please chant yourself morning and evening 15 mins or more as you like to feel most spiritually fulfilled, awakening to your innate Buddha wisdom and purify your 8 consciousness, accumulate the great fortune/blessings.
He probably invented the phrase 'This will hurt me more then you' while giving someone a compassionate beating.😅
So a typical Asian parent.
As a practicing Nichiren Buddhist, it's kind of hilarious to see this take. You should look up the SGI vs the Nichiren Temple sects. It's wild.
Same as one myself too 😂 I appreciated the “it’s not Ned Flanders, it’s a slander”
i was about to comment the same XD
Yes. For me it's not salamander, 'it's slander' worked
SGI are the reformers of his almost Abrahamic style Buddhist tradition. The old sect were not very nice to get along with I hear.
BROO SGI marketing budget is wildddd
"It is not because of their love for us, but their lack of love for us, that the Christians of today do not burn us."
Nietzsche.
Wot ?
@@1000eau the Medieval church would punish, torture and/or kill (not always by burning) big sinners out of piety, because suffering in this world would cleanse ypur soul and allow you into Paradise. Nietzsche literally meant that the practise stopped because the church stopped trying to save sinners from hellfire
As a Nicherin Buddhist I found this very entertaining to listen to :)
Loving the recent string of Buddhist videos, although I'm currently studying to become a Shingon monk so I might be just a tiny bit biased. If you ever do a video on Kukai or something I know some fun anecdotes
I love Kukai. He is a kind of genius and hero.
Love the Buddhist vids!!!
@@tykep1009 I too love Odaishisama
My boyfriend's dad was into this when it got popular in Europe and my boyfriend told me that with him it was like being in a cult. I'm not saying who the dad is because he’s a celebrity in his country and my boyfriend has enough trouble from what it means for him.
My former mother in law is a casual follower but her bestie is a dedicated practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism/heavily involved with Soka Gokkai International.. They're both genuinely wonderful people, and I personally had nothing but super positive experiences and interactions with SGI/their services. But I've also heard some pretty culty stuff about SGI since then. So I'm not sure if it's just certain chapters of SGI, or if SGI is just an actual full blown cult, lol.
What does it mean to be a nichiren Buddhist now? What are the contemporary practices
@@lucianograff6512 In practice it's mostly just a shit ton of chanting, lol.
You realize your last sentence was completely unnecessary?
@@Idengard Weird, OP must've edited that last part in way later too... Maybe because nobody took the bait/asked about the unnamed "dad"..? NGL, I'm actually super curious now, lol. Kind of a strange thing to tease in a RUclips comment tho..
Imagine Nichiren telling Siddhartha that there was justification for beheading priests.
Anyway, I will give to him that he was committed to his principles at the expense of his own comfort and safety, but then again so was David Koresh.
"The one who cast shadows" sounds like a pretty cool villain moniker, actually.
Like the translation of an Elder God's name
Sounds like the subtitle of a Magic the Gathering Legendary card or a Dark Souls Boss.
Siddharta, Shadow Caster
"The one who casts shadows" you mean literally anything?
@@leiladekwatro3147 He said it in the video.
Nicheren challenges my conviction of not falling into the No-True-Scotsman fallacy (doubly so as they do) in regards to Buddhism.
My family was Nicheren for a very short amount of time (was like 6-8 at the time). At the very least visited their organization and I remember that chant. Can’t say we stayed for long though. I wasn’t really quick on the draw for why one would spend so much time worshiping a book instead of reading it.
Fast forward years later and I’m in Boot Camp, on Sunday there are various religious services and am delighted to see Buddhism as one. And who is in charge but the Soka Gakkai (nicheren lay organization). Now at this point I’m reasonably learned in Buddhist teachings amongst many sects and am internally turning into the Spanish Inquisition as they preach doctrines exceptionally at odds with even general Buddhist thought. What’s more tragic to me is that this is likely the first time many of the recruits going through basic training are seriously exposed to Buddhism.
Even the hierographic accounts of Nicheren’s life they were promoting failed to not make him look like a jerk.
I had friends who dealt with Buddhist supplies and artifacts. They always got hate mail and death threats from SGI members. They’re crazy.
I like🙏🏾💛. My experience with the local sect in OC was nice enough but I tried to make sure to set boundaries and share my insight from other schools to hopefully help mend the divide
I like you Fae^_^
People like you is why Nicherin was and is right. Heretics have taken over the faith
“Nearly converted to Muslim outta spite”… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂… Love your sense of humour! 👌👍
The biggest irony is that the Lotus Sutra central message is that of inclusivity. That any path and practices eventually lead the person to becoming enlightened as buddhas because it is ultimately one vehicle. How this message became ironically so sectarian under Nichiren is mind boggling
There seems to be a trend with Japanese buddhism, being cut-off from the mainland to evolve completely differently from the main teachings. I mean, I'm sure sleeping with younger monks wasn't part of the original teachings either lol
Same thing with Jesus' original message of love, forgiveness & acceptance. Of course after they crucified him, the establishment co-opted his teachings & created the Roman Catholic Church. & here we still are, fighting crusades in the Middle East.
@@JumpoableJust like how there is gay Christians even though the bible explicitly said that its a sin?
It’s no different from just about any other religion with central texts. People end up glorifying the text rather than reading its contents. Christianity is supposedly about mercy, compassion, charity, etc. but then you have people like the Westboro Baptist Church…
Heretics have taken over the faith. We need fire not compassion to protect the dharma
"Hey, Nichiren wasnt so bad! He was a saint!" ~ Nichiren Soka Gakkai, the most abusive "buddhist" sect.
Edit: so, the Lotus Sutra is a good sutra, i read a bit from it every day. But i prefer Heart and Flower Garland (and the Tathagatagarbha Sutras). I literally read Heart over and over.
Soka Gakkai are such extremists that they were finally excommunicated from their parent Nichiren sect in the 90s. They're scary, kind of the Scientologists of Japan.
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz thats why im Soto, there isnt a lot of bad things to say about them
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz bro even nichiren shoshu (their parent school) is scary asf, they believe nichiren was the original buddha somehow it’s very confusing
SGI is a cult
@@okliam indeed
"until I finally gave up and became a Muslim out of spite"
As a Muslim that had me laughing 😂
According to real
Buddisam
No god
No hell
Ni hevan
All are n our mind
@@dayanthahewawitharana1341 there is hell
"so carrying it around was like carrying him in your pocket like a Pokemon". I CAN'T! XD
I'm a bit confused with this guy's attitude: doesn't the Lotus Sutra say that all Buddhist practices and rituals are skillful means for reaching enlightenment? To me, that means that no matter which branch of Buddhism I might follow, I will always become a Buddha.
Nichiren taught that all other skillful means are like rivers that flow to the ocean but the Lotus Sutra is the ocean itself. Which is explained in the Lotus Sutra chapter two, expedient means.
He also taught the concept of becoming a Buddha in this lifetime, rather than being reborn eventually into a Buddha… and that chanting the title of the Lotus Sutra will awaken your Buddha nature in your present self.
As a SGI member I LOVE this video 😂🥰
Of course many details need to be explained, but I'm sure as well that making this video wasn't easy at all. I really appreciate it!
For those who may be interested but a lil' concerned about Nichiren Buddhism and/or SGI... Don't worry! We do inherited the energy and passion of the Daishonin, but we're not that aggressive
More nichiren tea please it only ,makes him more relatable
We need that, honestly. Let’s treat him like a human and not an idol-a nichiren shoshu buddhist
This guy sounds like Buddhism's answer to the American televangelist, except sincere and not doing it for the money.
Everyone who is not a Shintoist is a slander. Then make the Chinese interested in becoming Japanese. Job done. World Peace
This was awesome. More please 🙏. I'm an Independent practioner of Buddhism and former member of Soka Gakkai. SGI is more a New Religion than Buddhist Sect closer to Happy Science than Nichiren Shoshu. But I've been to a few Buddhist Temples and enjoy the practice. Also I've studied Shingon and Jodo Shu. Love them all. For those of you out there looking in. A Buddhist Sect needs the Darhma (the teaching) the Sangha (Monks/ Priest) and The Buddha. Anyone telling you different either doesn't know better or is selling something.
sanga means community no? doesn't that include laity?
@@breadman5048 Sangha : Buddhist community. Monks , Nuns, Priest, and laity. Laity without is only that simply. Sons need fathers. Can't be the sangha without all the necessary parts.
@@ArmandoRodriguez-im5pn buddhism is a very hard discipline to practice.. I think that's why there are so few buddhist in the world.
@@breadman5048 that's a good observation. And also why people who are looking into Buddhism should be careful of groups like SGI, Agon Shu, Happy Science, and so on. These are NOT Buddhism. They are new Religions. There are NO short cuts. People in these groups either don't know better or are selling something.
@@ArmandoRodriguez-im5pn I hear you but there is something to be said for building community. I grew up in a very tight knit muslim community. We met regularly, did service work together regularly, prayed together regularly and had a community of like minded people to support each other's practice. I have intergeneration relationships with old and young and we can rely on each other. I've buried old ones and seen young ones come up too. People need this kind of connection and support I feel. idk anything about those groups you mentioned, I went to a SGI meetup once before pandemic though. I'd be interested to hear about your experiences if you want to connect another way (exchange e-mail, instagram, etc.. )
"I kick ass for Buddha"
Laughter .... a little Peter Jackson there .... laughter
Please make a video about the He-Gassen, or "Fart Battle" scrolls!
😂💨
@@Linfamy lol yeah do this. And do more videos on Shinto Japan
OMFG YESSSS!!!
Nothing quite says direct teaching like enlightenment vs farts.
@@Linfamy and more yokai videos
@Brandy Mabry Are you serious!? Was that a thing or are you pulling my leg?
Wasn't Nichiren a big thing in Japan post WWII? My grandma converted to nichiren around this time and by the time she moved to the US, she was a devout buddhist and held meetings for it once a week. My mom grew up with nichiren buddhism kind of forced on her and she doesn't like it. She said it was a money-cult and chanting the sutra for like an hour was boring. She still has some buddhist beliefs and a respect for buddhism but not nichiren buddhism.
That’s sokka gakki international SGI
As far as my knowledge of Sanskrit and Prakirt language is concerned Namu comes from the Sanskrit word Namo/namah (नमो/नमः) which means I bow to or I pay obeisance to rather taking refuge. It's a good topic to learn about phonetic changes done by Japanese speakers in Sanskrit and Pali language vocabulary ac
I used to study Sanskrit years ago but gave up due to time constraints. It's an amazing language to express philosophical and metaphysical ideas.
The Japanese are reading a translation into Classical Chinese.
_and become a muslim out of spite_ That's how muslims are born... I know because I nearly became one myself. I'm Austrian and thus catholic. Our church did pretty much everything on the list of what to never ever do, if you want to keep your followers. My parents moved to Germany and there I was constantly treated as a second class citizen and got constantly reminded that no matter how hard I try to integrate myself, I'll always remain an Austrian to them. I got told many times that I do not belong here and should go back; that we are inferior and so on. It once even came close to a fight for no good reason. Just that my mother told them that they were breaking the law and in order to protect us, I seriously drew my knife to dissuade them. On top of it all, my parents didn't get along and their relatives hated each other with a passion and I was the one in between... The nicest people I met back then were muslims. You could have called them at 03:00 for help and they would come! Plus my neighbours tried to match me with a beautiful woman (though there were some issues with that deal...). I was really tempted back then despite being more of an atheist.
Atheism is fine but has no political backing. Satanism is the was to go now.
brother, Islam is not a political party, it's a religion that tells you what's wrong and what's right.so in the end it's your choice who you want to follow.
"But, Davey . . . if any part of a sutra contains by inference the whole of all sutras . . . isn't the Nike ripoff jingle all you really need?"
"Shut up and lace up your Sketchers, Dog."
My mom and Obachan are Nichiren Shoshu buddhists. I actually use the "Namyo-Horen-gekyou" chant to try and calm myself down on rare occations. I knew there was something weird about the religion when my mom said that people used to hardcore try to convert people in Japan Jehovah's Witness style. And now I know that Nichiren Daishonen was a huge DICK bag and was a very flawed hardheaded man. Sucks though because I like the fact that he says that anyone can attain enlightenment, both men and women from all classes without needing Reincarnation .
This guy sounds like an absolute wacko but you can't accuse him of being insincere in his faith at least
true the sincerity alone already gives a lot of points.
Kind of like Hitler. . .
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz not really, Hitler was out for himself but this nichiren guy seems to have genuinely believed that saving people from eons of torture. That doesn't make him any less wrong or his followers any less annoying but I wouldn't call them malicious
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz yep, same self rightiousness, human nature 101
he was definitely a wacko and his teachings has a lot of plot holes, yet there's a lot of followers in Japan that seriously believe he's better than Gautama...
I love Nichiren Daishonin. His writings contain the essence of Shakyamuni Buddhism. Your video is hilarious. I don't take it literally. Once practice according to its time will understand the Daishonin writings. Love at first chant! Let's chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
So he's an evangelical fanatic, but Evangelical Buddhist instead of American Evangelical Christian
I wonder what he'd think of televangelism today
Every priests are gangsta until nichiren show ups with his ramen
his faith was unshakable
I want a video about the shinto side of japan,because damn buddhist monk can be hardcore, i hope they're more chill; (That lotus mantra title was beautiful to hear)
nah.... they went off track as well in some places. First they're like "omg everything has a soul/spirit/kami and must be honoured and protected or else they get angry" and before you know it they're like "SACRIFICE EVERYTHING WITH A PULSE!"
@@birdgirl8390 Very true, I had the displeasure of learning this looking up historical human... Ritual practices that aren't real nice to women, kids, babies and strangers passing bridges and finding a section dedicated to shinto ones and east asian ones in general for building purposes, same for Feng shui and was very surprised, also women are impure arrived very fast too lmao
Found you recently and you are one of the funniest and informative ppl I've watched here 🤣 ty lim-sama 🙏
I was raised “Buddist” in the Los Angeles area in the 70s NSA, but now called SGI. I really loved this video and I learned a few things and laughed. Thank you 😊
I never thought Soka and Sgi. are Nichiren Buddism. I am in Shu.
how many times did limfamy say Nichiren?
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will get fixed soon because of offtiming
LOL but why though 😂
There are currently different schools based on Nichiren teachings, at least one of which does exactly what you say, but not all of them are like that. I've been attending a local Nichiren temple, that follows the Nichiren Shu school, and nobody told me that chanting the Odaimoku by itself will lead people to enlightenment. Of course they teach the Lotus Sutra more than other ones, but any of the other schools you mentioned have a favourite sutra of their own, that they base their doctrine upon and it is very likely that they too thought their ones were the best, isn't it?.
For that matter, Nichiren himself in his letters (which I read myself) emphasised the importance of studying all Sutras, and the induist teachings as well.
I also think worth mentioning that Nichiren emphasised a certain chapter of the Lotus Sutra, that is The Dragon King's Daughter, where it is said metaphorically that everyone, in spite of their low condition in life, can attain enlightenment with their own sensibility without having to be reborn as a (male) monk of high rank. That's why a lot of his followers were peasants. Morover, many letters by him that have been preserved are responses to women where he tells them that they have the same potential of other beings to attain enlightenment, whereas the traditional heian buddhism was so mean to women to the extent of forbidding them from learning chinese and reading the holy sutras by themselves.
He also used to criticise monks that did not live the true monastic life and got married, lived in luxury, eat meat and got involved in politics out of ambition.
Also speaking of politics, you surely remember that the powerful monasteries of the time had been deeply involved in politics at least since the Nara period, many centuries before; they had their own armies that would often intervene in dynastic fights to back their favourite pretender, which sometimes would bring unfortunate retribution, such as the burning of Nara by the Heike clan on the brink of the Genpei war.
The retired emperor Shirakawa, some 100 years before Nichiren's birth, used to say " though an emperor, three things escape my power, the outcome of the dice roll, the river floods and the monks of mount Hiei". Still sure no politics?
I went to a local Nichiren Buddhist center a couple of times. The vibes it gave me were awfully similar to the ones I had when I used to go to evangelical Christian churches. Kinda creepy and cult-like.
You can chant the daimoku alone
People like you is why Nicherin was and is right. Heretics have taken over the faith. Liberals, you are afraid of true religion, that is strict and demanding instead of singing and holding hands
Unlike sects cults etc it’s PROOF BASED, forget the organisation, at first , as you accumulate benefit or you’ll start to love them , it’s like working out. The more you chant , the more benefit you see , “ earthLy desires are enlightenment ” chant fOR I don’t care , a Maserati . I’ve seen people do it and get three . Not to mention inconspicuous benefit , That’s when you actually become happier and nicer to people without actually trying , chant diamoku . Make a serous list of what you want. I wanted to become very famous , from. A NO HOPE street punk and boy did I,within 6 months of starting or I’d have quit , easy . Now I love sgi . It’s humans I’d never hang with otherwise . I’m nicer , I’m still crazy famous , but sliding into my national treasure era . After some long ass persecutions that karma had in store for me, now I serve and chant for others and I have even more stuff . Wealth inside and out . He wa famously grouchy and evangelical. Because he wouldn’t take shit.punk AF AND it’s endured for. A reason
The vibes I got felt like heaven on earth & Im an empath. Not sure how anything about this seems cult like to people. No one is controlling you or telling you what to believe. You can walk away whenever you want. They only ever encouraged me to chant. I experienced a lot of healing & expansion with this practice. Never been happier actually.
anphha the fact you get cult vibes from either showcases your bigotry.
Delivering the facts & information while still reaching around to jack the humor up. ALWAYS TOP NOTCH! Thank you
I spent quite a bit of my early childhood with an uncle who was devoted to Nichiren. I escaped. I should do a video about my experience... because your video was fabulously triggering. Just about everything you mentioned here I read or learned from others. Thank you for helping me release myself of the guilt of going against my uncle's wishes! Kidding. I did that a long time ago. BUT this was still a very good video. Saved and liked.
I'd like to hear about your experiences!
id love to hear more
Which type of Nichiren Buddhism?
Thank goodness he never joined Twitter.
Kenji Miyazawa made me look into this a while back. Even though I don't subscribe to buddhism, it was still very interesting and inspiring to learn about.
P.S. I love the Nichiren carrying a huge lotus sutra on his back illustration, make that into a sticker.
Outstanding video!!! I used to practice with SGI many, many years ago. I came to the conclusion that Nichiren’s practice didn’t have much in common with early Buddhism.
Great video. You are so funny and super creative. Great work.
lol im a nichiren Buddhist
Same here, been practicing since 1983 , and I've never heard this
@@rhonni1624
I wanna tell you something
@@sagard.yenchilwar1379 please do
@@marvelloustraveller3559 I've been taught that all buddhas, ( those who attain buddhahood) have love and peace in their hearts. I don't think this video is correct, because if you have practiced diligently, walked the path, and lived a good life , you will be a better human. Even if the video is correct, it doesn't change my beliefs , because they are based on 40 years of learning , living , and loving, I strive to attain buddhahood. Thank you for asking
It is really interesting to see SO MANY SANSKRIT WORDS whenever I watch videos about historical Japan.
Also, Nationalism is portrayed very negatively by Westerners and is used to discredit patriotic people.
9:30 "A human centipede of bullshit" This is i believe the ONLY video in existence that contains those words. AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH! ^^
Nicheren: COVERT TO MY BUDDHISM!!! IT IS THE ONLY PATH TO SALVATION!!! ( repeats loudly and constantly)
Medieval knight: Keep that up and i will declare a crusade against you and your followers.
Mujahideen: Did somebody say Jihad?
2:34 Wait devil? That does sound a bit like something is lost in translation, like when Brock from pokemon calls rice balls donuts.
Buddhism does have an evil god called Mara who seeks to prevent enlightenment, who serves essentially the same role as Satan in Christianity.
In Buddhism, Māra is the deva of passion and desire, and as such, of things impeding enlightenment and cycle of death and rebirth. The root of his word seems to connect to the Indo-European root word for "death". He is considered a bad thing, and as such pops up in media as a demonic being, and is sometimes translated into English as "devil".
The original term used is 禅天魔 (zen-tenma) which does refer to Māra. In Buddhism there are several māras, but the one who pestered Shakyamuni Buddha is said to have already converted to Buddhism.
*Meanwhile in China*
Chad Monk: There's only one Buddha, plus we borrow this religion from the Indian.
Also, I suspect Buddhist schools in China and Bharat had so much similarities due to the trade and cordial relations between the two back then. They will likely diverge a lot more in the coming century.
Can you please make a video about ryujin the japanese sea god?
Gosho Passage - November 1, 2021
"My disciples, you should believe what I say and watch what happens. These things do not occur because I myself am respectworthy, but because the power of the Lotus Sutra is supreme. If I praise myself, people will think that I am boastful, but if I humble myself, they will despise the sutra. The taller the pine tree, the longer the wisteria vine hanging from it. The deeper the source, the longer the stream. How fortunate, how joyful! In this impure land, I alone enjoy happiness and delight."
From Gosho "A Sage Perceives the Three Existences of Life" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 642)
Wow such a good story
How about a video on the Ikko Ikki Buddhist sect? You know the ones that Nobonaga sieged for a couples years.
Look up his Pure Land Buddhism video in this series. They are there.
You're not really suffering for the lotus sutra if you're clearly enjoying every moment of it.
In Japan, many religions are jokes, but the emperor and Nichiren are not jokes.
While Nichiren is wary of being an anti-emperor, the ideals of the Empire of Japan are advocated by Nichirenists. And Nichirenists are the current ruling party of Japan.
The current Nichirenist Komeito (a political party in the Diet) is disliked by the right as an anti-Emperor Buddhist and by the left as a traditional anti-Communist religious group.
How did Nichirenists won power in japan?
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By providing social welfare to supporters.
Unfortunately, Nichirenists are one of the most humanist groups in modern Japan.
@@user-ys8xe1xd2x You can find them even in Brazil
@@user-ys8xe1xd2x What do you mean by "humanist"?
I suppose the Nichirenist party you mention is the Soka Gakkai, am I wrong?
The chant of taking refuge in the lotus sutra is taught at the US Airforce Basic Training if you go to the Buddhist religious service.
I practice Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism. It is a transformative practice. This really funny.
Ah yes "jamming your compassion down peoples throats" works every time!
The lotus sutra, that posits that all buddhist practices are one vehicle of many different skillful means? THAT Lotus sutra?
The irony astounds.
Watching his videos is a knowledge giving joy😊😊
You all are just comedians. Nothing makes sense. Japan.🧑🦳
Kato Kiyomasa was a devout Nichiren Buddhist.
That explains a lot.
He hated christians so much, that he disembowled a pregnant woman in front of a christian lord in kyuhsu.
@@juamu1132 based Kato? 😳
@@juamu1132 Jesus Christ, that's the type of stuff you'd see in Saint Barthelemew massacres
My grandparents were Nichiren Kyokai but my family is Pure Land Buddhists. Nichiren are known as the hardcore Buddhists. Pure Land is the more laid back Buddhists.
Not untrue, although pure landers can be strict when needed
This was super interesting and funny lol
Glad you like 👍
if the Marvel villain Ultron had a faith he would become a robotic Ichiren Buddhist Monk
You're art improve a lot. It just brings out the life and flavor of this time peirod.
Not gonna lie, i have tried as hard as i can to resist the urge to watch this channel for the last 6 months or so. Just so that i have alot of contents to watch and enjoy myself, petition for this channel to post a weekly video like anime did anyone? Just can't get enough of this Japanese lore, myths and legends.
This channel is 🐐🐐🐐👍👍👍👍👍👍
😂 glad you like the channel ❤
@@Linfamy My man, i've been here since 2019 or 2018 as far as i can remember and have been posting dank memes comments too lol. Never dissapointed in your channel, glad that you're kicking as always. Looking forward to your growth from now on too bro.
@@ZERO_ULTRA hell yeah, it's been a while hasn't it 👍
@@Linfamy Let's be healthy for a long long time from now on. I wish you health and success man.
Kiyomasa Kato was a devout Nichiren follower.
Just gonna say, if there was any mushroom trip, it was when the Buddha passed away.
"Jesus Christ, chill." - the Shogunate
bro your facts are off right off the start. Nichiren was from a fisherman family. Please read the major writing of Nichiren before making your next video about the gosho.
Nichiren sounds like he really got that whole "elimination of desire thing" down pat. :P
So they are the Buddhist equivalent of Westboro Baptists?
Westboro is just a litigation mill.
Interesting to know even though I am not Buddhist but in a way I am raised Catholic.
Now-now~Nichiren teaching vs The art of the Deal.
I hope you do a video on tendai and shingon sects! I think those incorporate some indigenous Shinto practices, though given how accommodating Buddhism and Shinto are, maybe that’s not some innate part of the practice but a reflection of general cultural practices?
Anyway I’ve been really enjoying this series, thanks!
This pleases the RUclips Kami!
Namu RUclips kami
I'm endlessly grateful to Nichiren and the Buddha Gautam Siddhartha. Your take has left me underwhelmed
Thank you for having enough presence of mind to actually go into WHY he was that obsessed. Too often, videos like this are "He was just evil for the sake of being evil because he liked being evil".
While in reality, that description fits absolutely no one.
No one is evil for the sake of being evil.
They're evil because they either think it necessary for some greater good they perceive, or because they deny that it's evil altogether
One has to travel one's own path. Nichiren's teaching of the lotus sutra is spread because people practicing it assiduously see actual proof of the benefits in their lives. I'm in my 36th year of practice and am deeply grateful to my life every moment. Before I began practicing I was a grumbler and was whingeing and begrudging my life. I identified only with my body and mind. Now I know my body and mind house the Buddha nature as it's inherent in all life. Your opinion and slanderous tone has left me cold!
This is exactly why I switched from Nichiren to Vajrayana.
"Until I finally gave up and became a Muslim, out of spite" you my friend just got a subscriber
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Really reminds me of the Independent Fundamental Baptists that I've been around
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Here in Japan, Nichiren Shu is generally viewed as being a "normal" Buddhist sect that is open to everyone, while Nichiren Shoshu/Soka Gakkai are both viewed as cultish groups that reject all other forms of Buddhism as heretical (and both groups believe that members of the other group will go to hell).
I’m not the most educated but I don’t think shoshu believes in hell being a place like that. Isn’t it a state of mind you can fall in and out of? I don’t know, just what I’ve been told.
@@VincentEdelstein I live near a Nichiren Shoshu temple. It is literally written on a board in front of the entrance warning Sokka Gakkai members to repent and return to Nichiren Shoshu or else...
From my brief experience Nichiren Buddhism just jettisons most of the Buddha's teachings in favour of just chanting every day 🤷♀️
Imagine if college students adopted Nichiren's mentality, that simply repeating the *title* of something over and over is the equivalent of *reading it* that many times. How well do you think they'd do on their exams if they simply repeated the *title* of their textbooks over and over (like brainless dolts), trusting that the repetition of the *title* would magically impart to them the *information* contained within the text itself - without needing to actually READ the thing?? But then Nichiren *himself* declared that the Lotus Sutra was now completely ineffective: "Now, in the Latter Day of the Law, neither the Lotus Sutra nor the other sutras have the power to save the people. Only Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo can lead all people to Buddhahood." - Nichiren
Hello. Yes only The Nichiren Shonin make sense.Japan.
Nichiren never said this
Nichiren is very much the whole world must learn of our peaceful ways... by force
As an Indonesian, I share a similar feeling with the Tendai, Shingon and Zen. My country full of another version of Nichiren. They even preach their accusation against others religion with some outdoor loudspeakers....Hahaha...!!
Investing in a pair of good quality noise cancelling headphone is a great deal.
Hear me out, guys, "Based Buddhism."
Along with Sakyamuni , Nagarjuna and Boddhidharma, Nichiren is fucking Badass. (And kickasses) punk rock Buddha
Bro gaslighted a whole country, religion, state and people. What an absolute Sigma male.
Such a great man Nichiren was。
My hero。
南無妙法蓮華経！