And we lived happily ever after
Saturday, 1 September 2012
joudo is exists in the familiar mountain of ours
I wrote "Joudo is Pure Land".Or I wrote "Joudo is like a Heaven".
On this occasion I let's write "Joudo is Paradise".
Is not consistent completely. (lol)
He thinks "Joudo's mean" is like a Heaven for Japanese people. 浄土
Please think so roughly.
Of course the concept of Heaven in the East and West may be different.
(for example Christianity and Buddhism.)
However Buddhism in Japan might affected of ancient Greek philosophy.
(According to one theory it brought by Kukai.)
Conversely、the concept of Heaven in the Western might affected of India Buddhism Joudo. (for example there was Alexander's eastern expedition.)
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By the way civilization in China was already in ancient Japanese era.
Around the 2th century、there were exchanges already between the two area's person.
Therefore there was affect of Taoism of China to the ancient Japanese thought.
About the same time, Buddhism was introduced to China.
However Buddhism was introduced officially to Japan at the beginning of the 6th century.
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"Paradise which is in the land of endlessly far west."
India Buddhism thought so about Joudo originally.
"Mountain is dead soul climb place to heaven."
"And where God has come down there."
Ancient Japanese thought so about mountain originally.
After Buddhism introduction、these two thoughts was linked and transformation by the Japanese.
"Joudo is exists in the familiar mountain of ours."
Maybe around the beginning of the 11th century、Japanese were established the thought that.
Saturday, 1 September 2012
repetition.
The mountain was a place of worship for the ancient Japanese people.
"Mountain is place climb to heaven for soul of the dead."
"And mountain is place God has come down there."
They thought so about mountain originally.
Incidentally there is a word "Joudo" in the Buddhism.
"Paradise which is in the land of endlessly far west.”
India Buddhism thought so about Joudo originally.
Joudo and Mountain worship.
After Buddhism introduction to Japan、these two thoughts was linked and transformation by the Japanese people.
"There is Hell valley of Buddhism on the mountainside."
"Soul of the dead go up the mountain through there and reach Joudo of the summit."
"Heaven as Joudo is exists in the familiar mountain of ours."
Maybe around the beginning of the 11th century、Japanese were established the thought that.
After further period、late 12th century era.
"Joudo is a golden world."
Such a thought had established in Buddhist culture in japan.
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There is a word "Tokoyo" in the religion of the Japanese originally.
Tokoyo was considered "The land of forever life" that is across the sea by them.
This forever life was also included meaning "once died person".
Because if die once, not die again.
In other words "the land of forever life" was also "the land of the dead".
By the way there is a word "Hourai mountain" in Taoism of China.
"In Hourai mountain across the sea is exist the eternal life."
There was such a legend in China.
Some cases of old books in Japan、"Tokoyo" was written as "Hourai mountain".
So there was effects of Taoism to Japanese thought in addition to Buddhism.
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Well、"Joudo-daira" of Azuma mountain in Fukushima.
Azuma mountain is a place where autumn leaves are very beautiful.
That landscape is like a golden world.
Joudo-daira is landscape like a Hell conversely.
In this case、we go up the mountain through golden world and reach Hell of the summit.
I feel like that.
But If I think about it、Joudo-daira is mere plateau.
There is not at the top of the Azuma mountain.
In other word、we go up the mountain through Hell and reach in Hourai mountain of the land of the dead.
The land of the dead is also the land of forever life.
And we lived happily ever after.
burial
There was anthology named "Manyoshu" of Japanese poems that was made around the 8th century.
"Soul of the dead will go to the mountain."
It is said that it is so in that anthology.
However there was no poem about the body that is left.
Soul was most important for Ancient Japanese people.
Body after the soul had been disconnected.
That was regarded as not important.
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Burial customs began in 11ｰ2 century in the aristocracy.
And then it was spread to the masses.
"You can go to joudo if you will be burial to Koyasan."
"Koyasan" is head temple of the Shingon sect of Kukai.
At the time、there were many informal monks who preach so.
Importantly、this burial custom had linked with thought of Joudo in mountains.
And then burial was began in lingshan of throughout japan.
"That way body and soul meet again in mountain."
They believed so.
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The mid 11th century、there was a man named Abe-no-sadato in northeast region of japan.
Era he was alive、there was a great revolt there.
At that time、originally people who lived of this land called "Emishi".
(Not the name of a race.)
They had been exploited as people who were conquered.
He battled as a member of the rebel、and he was executed after revolt defeat.
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Issaikyou meaning is Complete Buddhist scriptures.
"Abe-no-sadato did buried Issaikyou to this mountain."
There was its legend、and it had became the origin of the name of Issaikyou mountain.
However just maybe buried ones in the mountain that was his body、not Buddhist scriptures.
Or dead soldiers bodies who fought with him.
Of course that was burial that pray for happiness after death.
