My God, February 17th I've visited the Senso Ji Asakusa Temple, it is the oldest temple in Tokyo, one thinks the 7th century is it’s origin. I was especially surprised at the large number of young people. What a difference from the many aged visitors of Christian churches in Western Europe.
Would you like to comment on this?
I will.
You were overwhelmed by the atmosphere and the
age and the involvement of the visitors. It is indeed an overwhelming religion,
with a wealth of rituals, with a focus on devotion to the Buddha, and
especially the most important thing: with
the ease Japanese people combine different religions, because there were
Shinto images and shrines as well. In this manner one brings ordinary people
very easyly and accessiblely closer to God. This may be repeated. To bring
ordinary people closer to God.
The atmosphere of this temple, the splendor,
the beautiful Buddha statues in the park, the respect for the female aspect of
God by the presence of a large statue of the female Buddha, Kuan Yin, all this
nourishes man, feeds the hope, the faith and the love of man.
This all supports man in his efforts to cope
with the hard reality. This all feeds man to go on, to be happy, to live life,
to let go. This all feeds men to surrender, to rely on the spiritual world, her
support. To rely on the willingness of the spiritual world to empathize with
man and his problems, to cherish, to nurture, to care, to guide, to help, to
support, to carry man when life is too heavy.
And this all man is experiencing over there.
And this all is man taking home in his heart.
This is what the spiritual world appreciates.
It's good, and it's very good that young people
also are experiencing this. Very good.In that sense, the Western world can learn from the Japanese people.
Because the Japanese people might be traditional in a certain way, at the same time they cherishe the big and important truths from the past.
May the Japanese people be blessed.
My blessings to you all
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