tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000454628454704676.post3701990830454219590..comments2023-10-19T10:04:16.374+09:00Comments on Everyday Life in Uptown Tokyo on Blogger: Exoteric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism: Buddha, Wittgenstein, and Meyagianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01223865899959897805noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000454628454704676.post-60784727329261533932013-04-01T05:42:39.582+09:002013-04-01T05:42:39.582+09:00I think that any religion contains irrational elem...I think that any religion contains irrational elements, for example, nobody can explain rationally about "the God," but Buddha's teachings are quite rational, so, as you wrote, Buddhism is philosophy.<br /><br />In Buddhism history, religious (irrational) elements were added to Buddhism. 神仏習合 was religious phenomenon.<br /><br />Recently, I don't buy too many books, but my wishlist on amazon.com is full of books, which I can't read in this year....yagianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01223865899959897805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000454628454704676.post-66111309644788641922013-03-31T21:15:38.089+09:002013-03-31T21:15:38.089+09:00How did I miss this post? Yikes! (I saw the refere...How did I miss this post? Yikes! (I saw the reference in your latest post.)<br /><br />I read Wittgenstein during my linguistics studies, and Buddhism has always made more sense to me than any other "religion". I put that in quotation marks, because Buddhism is more philosophy than religion, methinks.<br /><br />I'm currently reading about 神仏習合 because I'm (again) (or rather still) reading about Inari worship. It's a fascinating topic and a complex history.<br /><br />Now you've got me thinking about Wittgenstein again. I must dive into my boxes full of books and unearth his works ...Ruroushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638258526527895171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000454628454704676.post-83174566080765938982013-03-15T05:27:06.651+09:002013-03-15T05:27:06.651+09:00Thank you for your comment. Shugendo is syncretism...Thank you for your comment. Shugendo is syncretism of Buddhism and folk religion, and it is, in my word, esoteric.<br /><br />I have not read Ray Monk' book yet. I'll try them. yagianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01223865899959897805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3000454628454704676.post-57576704241631165922013-03-14T20:39:42.794+09:002013-03-14T20:39:42.794+09:00I've not read many books on Buddhism, I'd ...I've not read many books on Buddhism, I'd be interested in reading about Shugendō, this kind of life, although probably very hard and austere fascinates me. <br /><br />A while ago I read quite a few books about or by Wittgenstein, among others I read Ray Monk's biography, and two books published after his death <i>On Certainty</i> and <i>The Blue and Brown Books</i>, although I think I'd struggle reading him now.<br /><br />me.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944496306989406noreply@blogger.com