What Buddha Said

I'm not a religious person, but I'm interested in Buddhism. I've read several books about Buddhism and found lots of things I've never known. 

There are so many sects which called themselves Buddhism. My understanding is that only few of them still remain original Buddhism. They are called Theravada Buddhism. 

We have many Buddhist sects in Japan, but almost every sects are not from Gotama Siddhatta himself. I was shocked by the fact when I found it as a Japanese. Gotama's Buddhism is rather self-disciplined system. There are no miracle power or mysterious force that saves you. You have to save yourself. You have to do what Buddha said. That's it. I can't do that, anyway. I even don't know I can call it a religion. 

Japan's sects are made by these founders, like Kukai, Saicho, Nichiren, Shinran and so on. They are more likely western regions, like Christianity. 

I'm still learning it, of course I can't learn everything in my life, so I'd like to know more about it. 

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Nakamura Hajime Memorial Hall

I went to Nakamura Hajime Memorial Hall today. Nakamura Hajime was a giant of studying Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures. His work was so huge. He was born in Matsue. 

I've read some of his books about primitive Buddhism. I didn't know what was the original Buddhism before reading them. I believed all Buddhism sects was the same. 

The hall I went today was very silent. No one was there but a stuff. There were lots of books there. They looked very expensive. I checked one of them on the web and the prices were from ¥20,000 to ¥180,000. 

I want to know more about original Buddhism. I can read some books from the library, so I'll go there to read books sometimes. 

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Hannya Shingyo

Hannya Shingyo, Panja-para-mita sutra, is probably the most famous and popular Buddhist sutra in Japan. Many Japanese people read and  copy that. You can see lots of books about the sutra. Most Japanese people would believe that the sutra is based on Buddha's remarks, but that's not true. 

The sutra was made by someone who belongs to the Mahayana Buddhism sect about 2,000 years ago. The sect was relatively new to Buddhism at that time, so they had to make something new theory. 

Nevertheless, the Mahayana Buddhism and Hannya Shingyo have been helped countless number of people all over the world from its beginning to nowadays. 

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Buddha the Last Words

I bought an NHK TV text book about old Buddhism sutra. The sutra described Buddha's last trip and death. 

I like reading books about Buddhism. I'm interested in primitive Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism because these are the real Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism is far from original Buddhism, but of course it's a real religion. 

Buddhism is difficult to understand, but I'll try to discover the secret.  

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Unsatisfactoriness

A Buddhism term 苦 doesn't mean pain, but unsatisfactoriness. Buddha wanted to get rid of unsatisfactoriness and succeeded. He didn't want to let anyone else know how to do that at first, but he changed his mind and tought that for someone who wanted to know it. He didn't think everyone can understand it. That is, of course, my understanding. I really interested in Buddhism. 

Religion or Philosophy?

I've finished a book about Buddhism for beginners in English. I'm really interested in religion especially Buddhism. I've read some books about primitive Buddhism or Theravada Buddhism in Japanese before.

Compare to other religions like Christianity or Mahayana Buddhism, primitive Buddhism seems philosophy. The teaching is simple but deep. I'd like to understand it someday.

Buddhism

I've got a kindle book about Buddhism for free. The author wrote about Buddha and fundamental Buddhism. I'm really interested in Buddhism especially the primitive one. I read some books about primitive Buddhism in Japanese. If I have chances, I'll read that kind of books in English and I'd like to talk about Buddhism in English someday.