I visited Koyasan in 1978 while accompanying Japanese zenmaster TAISEN DESHIMARU on a three months long trip through Japan which I wrote about in a 7 parts series ("Encounters with buddhism",/ESOTERA). We had a great time at Koyasan ,wonderful food and a good sleep on a Futon. Everybody l o v e d Deshimaru..he literally lit up the faces of everyone like the sun when entering the room.
Such a beautiful country and true Buddhist Monks and Buddhist people here. So amazing Buddhist Viharas and tallest 🌲 trees and good weather in Japan.🇮🇳🙏🙏🌺😘 I am indian Buddhist.
You are a Navayani, Ambedkartie and not a Buddhist. Navayanis and Ambedkarites are not Buddhists. You don't adhere by the Four Noble Truths or the Chatvaryarasatyani. You don't follow the sutras or dharanis or mantras but instead follow Bhim Rao's book, Buddha and his Dhamma. You guys believe Ambedkar to be divine and Maitreya Buddha himself. Sorry to say but Navayanis do nothing but spread hate and say intolerant things about all other religions including Hinduism, Christianity, Islam as well as Mahayana Buddhism. Nobody in the Buddhist community accepts Navayanis as Buddhists.
+senzu sensei Jiujitsu ga arimasuka?...Do you have fulfillment?...Anshin mou, arimsuka?...Do you have a peace of mind...please consider Jesus Christ.....Jya, Yesu kurisuto, ga Kamison desu...in my understanding of truth...Jesus is Lord and God...Ma ta ...ne...peace and love to you, Senzuson.
Cheryl , Understanding can be unclear and clouded with illusion until experience. And Experience may never be lasting. Until state of concious, And concious must be worked on. Only then understanding can be realized without defilement or doubt . And understanding truth or falsehood . Can only be done through practical. Peace.
As a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, it's very interesting to see the same exact vajra used in all our rituals and practices also in Shingon. The vajra doesn't really get featured much in other Buddhist cultures of Asia. Also while the renderings of the Boddhisatva and deities are slightly different, the names and positions are familiar. Thank you for this wonderful video.
It's literally spread by the same people who developed Vajrayan in the first place, namely the Tantric Buddhist scholars and practitioners from India, mainly the eastern states of Bengal,Bihar,Assam,Tripura,Orissa,Nepal and also South Indian states of Tamil Nadu. So it should not come as so much of a surprise to anyone who has little to some knowledge of the origins of Vajrayan. Not only is the symbol of Vajra is the same, but most deities will also be the same as Tibetan Buddhism. As a Bengali myself, the oldest Bengali literature is the Charyapada, which is a collection of Vajrayan Buddhist poems which forms the core of what is now Vajrayan Buddhism Philosophy.
@@nicholasflammel2017the Buddha himself taught the vajrayana at vulture peak (gridhakuta). You're trying to point towards mahasiddha Tilopa who was from bengal but it's much later. The "core" of vajrayana is definitely not some poem but wisdom and compassion/skillful means. There are no surviving texts in India as Buddhism is basically vanished from India, all that remains is some misunderstood belief that it all came from vedas while a careful study of Buddhism contradicts almost everything the vedas and later upanishads teach.
@@rafaelecattonar1506when you study all, you will find the one that will match your own view of the world. So Gelug, in my opinion, would be best for complete beginners. The rest require atleast the basic understanding of cause and conditions, interdependence and altruism.
@@hellboundtruck123 At the time of Buddha, there was no "Vajrayan" concept. Vajrayan itself developed almost parallely with tantric hinduism. The use of tantra Buddhism did not come with Buddha and developed circa 100 CE and was simultaneously developed alongside tantric hinduism and this DID HAPPEN in the eastern states of India and Kashmir in this very time. So yeah, the core of "tantric" Buddhism is developed by eastern Indian Buddhist scholars and not by Buddha or the older Buddhist schoalars. And no, tantricism is by definition not part of "vedic" tradition. Buddhism by definition is distinctly different from the Vedic tradition just as Jainism is and to be honest so is the Bhakti tradition which is part of Hinduism itself. Only some uninformed Hindu supremacist idiots claim such things that Buddhism is a continuation or a "copy" of vedic ideas. If you read my comment, I specifically talk about tantric Buddhism. But it is amply clear the the vajra as a symbol and weapon is clearly due to influence of Hindu mythology as firstly it is the weapon of Indra and secondly, it gains immense popularity in the Mahabharat as well as the Ramayan where Indra's and other gods' weapons are used in the war by humans. So it is very very likely that vajra will be a very common symbol in all Mahayana traditions across Asia as it was the people from India who spread Buddhism. What you are mentioning can be found for example, the Ashtasahasrika Pragyaparamita sutra which is from 1st century BC states "evamaya shrutam ekasmin samaye bhagwan rajagrihe, gridhrakute parvate ......etc" which means that it was once heard from the mouth of Buddha at the Gridhrakut in Rajgir (btw it was one of my favourite destinations in my childhood and Rajgir is one of the most visited places for Bengalis). But these are quite clearly later addition. There's no way to actually prove that it was the Buddha who spoke the concepts of Pragyaparamita or not. Pragyaparamita is not even important in Theravada traditions (I am not sure about this as my knowledge in Theravada is not up to the marks). For historians, it is clearly a later concept that was developed by Buddhist scholars (who btw are again from all over the states of India where Buddhism thrived and the Mahaviharas and universities were situated).
I have been considering to become a monk the last few years , is it possible to be a monk at this temple. I have studied a lot of the traditions and done meditation, when I saw this video I just seemed to get drawn right into it, very mystical I cant explain, I almost feel like flying out on the next plane.
@Tamotsu Matsubara Dear Sir Would you please Tell me the Prayer that I hear @35:59 what is it Called and do you have any information where I can listen to it please, When I heard it moved me so much that I was in tears even so I don't understand the words.
A most beautifully shot documentary. Very engaging and tranquil. Perhaps the eternal meditation is the same as the ‘sanjeevan samadhi’ as it is referred to in Sanskrit?
In my opinion, even as a Mahayanist follower of Chinese Chan, I'd recommend Maurice Walshe's translation of the Long Discourses of the Buddha. It lays out all the basic concepts and is more friendly towards a lay audience unfamiliar with Buddhism.
Depends. If you're interested in the Buddhism as depicted in this video, Tibbetan Vajrayana Buddhism, and/or Pure land Buddhism might interest you. Sadly, in the western world filled with arrogance, they have decided to deprive Buddhism of its esoteric principles, even coming to the point of "modern secularist Buddhism" which has got nothing to do with Dharma teachings.
It is pronounced "VairoCHana". The original Romanization of the sanskrit word had a dot above the upper diagonal in the K. Removing this suggests the pronunciation is, incorrectly, a hard K. Well, the same notation was used in the early Romanization of Chinese to English. If you add the dot, then the proper pronunciation is "Peiching" ("Pay-CHING"), not "Peiking" ("Pee-KING"), "Beizhing", or "Beijing". Ahhh, the joys of screwing up language...
An old story speaks of a similar problem. A devoted meditator, after years concentrating on a particular mantra, had attained enough insight to begin teaching. The student's humility was far from perfect, but the teachers at the monastery were not worried. A few years of successful teaching left the meditator with no thoughts about learning from anyone; but upon hearing about a famous hermit living nearby, the opportunity was too exciting to be passed up. The hermit lived alone on an island in the middle of a lake, so the meditator hired a man with a boat to row across to the island. The meditator was very respectful of the old hermit. As they shared some tea made with herbs the meditator asked him about his spiritual practice. The old man said he had no spiritual practice, except for a mantra, which he repeated all the time to himself. The meditator was pleased: the hermit was using the same mantra he used himself -- but when the hermit spoke the mantra aloud, the meditator was horrified! "What's wrong?" asked the hermit. "I don't know what to say. I'm afraid you've wasted your whole life! You are pronouncing the mantra incorrectly!" "Oh, Dear! That is terrible. How should I say it?" The meditator gave the correct pronunciation, and the old hermit was very grateful, asking to be left alone so he could get started right away. On the way back across the lake the meditator, now confirmed as an accomplished teacher, was pondering the sad fate of the hermit. "It's so fortunate that I came along. At least he will have a little time to practice correctly before he dies." Just then, the meditator noticed that the boatman was looking quite shocked, and turned to see the hermit standing respectfully on the water, next to the boat. "Excuse me, please. I hate to bother you, but I've forgotten the correct pronunciation again. Would you please repeat it for me?" "You obviously don't need it," stammered the meditator; but the old man persisted in his polite request until the meditator relented and told him again the way he thought the mantra should be pronounced. The old hermit was saying the mantra very carefully, slowly, over and over, as he walked across the surface of the water back to the island.
@@mannaz2525a great mahasiddha once said : " I am not impressed by ones who can turn the roof into floor or fly across oceans but by ones who can turn even a single negative emotion into a positive one"
The "c" in Sanskrit is pronounced as "ch" most often . So it's Maha-Vairo-Chana and not Vairocana. That is just one of the, sorry to say, but horrible Sanskrit pronunciations by the narrator. It's not Amogha-Shiddy but Amogha-Sidd-hhi. I don't understand why documentary makers don't consult a Sanskrit speaker or atleast a Hindi/Bengali/ Sanskrit derived language speaker before filming. There are many who would do it happily for free (me included) as there are literally millions of speakers like that and that's not counting the substantial amount of students who study Sanskrit at the University level in India.
I know for a fact it's amoga shady and he stole my bedroom in Wisconsin and won't leave. He can't. He doesn't get super mad though he's not dating me he's just ruining my vacation. Come get me -kobo daishi
I visited Koyasan in 1978 while accompanying Japanese zenmaster TAISEN DESHIMARU on a three months long trip through Japan which I wrote about in a 7 parts series ("Encounters with buddhism",/ESOTERA).
We had a great time at Koyasan ,wonderful food and a good sleep on a Futon.
Everybody l o v e d Deshimaru..he literally lit up the faces of everyone like the sun when entering the room.
Such a beautiful country and true Buddhist Monks and Buddhist people here. So amazing Buddhist Viharas and tallest 🌲 trees and good weather in Japan.🇮🇳🙏🙏🌺😘 I am indian Buddhist.
You are a Navayani, Ambedkartie and not a Buddhist. Navayanis and Ambedkarites are not Buddhists. You don't adhere by the Four Noble Truths or the Chatvaryarasatyani. You don't follow the sutras or dharanis or mantras but instead follow Bhim Rao's book, Buddha and his Dhamma. You guys believe Ambedkar to be divine and Maitreya Buddha himself.
Sorry to say but Navayanis do nothing but spread hate and say intolerant things about all other religions including Hinduism, Christianity, Islam as well as Mahayana Buddhism. Nobody in the Buddhist community accepts Navayanis as Buddhists.
26:14 平安時代から続く仏教の讃美歌です。
Thank you for posting this precious gem ! Inspiring and uplifting
Thank you for making this great documentary.
Tamotsu-san thank you for great documentary!! 行きったくなります、今度で日本に行くっと、行きます、ありがとう
KOYASAN is definitely a "Must-Visit" site in Japan.
this temple really amazing, thanks to who is organizing and English version
The buddhist monk wearing gold gowns is an enlightened buddha. The light brightened through the forest as he was speaking to the camera.
Thank you so much for this documentary beautiful I hope the koyasan temple in little Tokyo Los Angeles California would open soon 🥀📿
Great documentary tamotsu thanks for the upload and it being in English!
+senzu sensei Jiujitsu ga arimasuka?...Do you have fulfillment?...Anshin mou, arimsuka?...Do you have a peace of mind...please consider Jesus Christ.....Jya, Yesu kurisuto, ga Kamison desu...in my understanding of truth...Jesus is Lord and God...Ma ta ...ne...peace and love to you, Senzuson.
Cheryl , Understanding can be unclear and clouded with illusion until experience. And Experience may never be lasting. Until state of concious, And concious must be worked on. Only then understanding can be realized without defilement or doubt . And understanding truth or falsehood . Can only be done through practical. Peace.
@@prabshiro damn, why did your comment go unnoticed for so long? You're a genius.
As a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, it's very interesting to see the same exact vajra used in all our rituals and practices also in Shingon. The vajra doesn't really get featured much in other Buddhist cultures of Asia. Also while the renderings of the Boddhisatva and deities are slightly different, the names and positions are familiar. Thank you for this wonderful video.
Which of these four Tibetan Buddhist sects is better for lay people Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya or Gelug? And why?
It's literally spread by the same people who developed Vajrayan in the first place, namely the Tantric Buddhist scholars and practitioners from India, mainly the eastern states of Bengal,Bihar,Assam,Tripura,Orissa,Nepal and also South Indian states of Tamil Nadu. So it should not come as so much of a surprise to anyone who has little to some knowledge of the origins of Vajrayan. Not only is the symbol of Vajra is the same, but most deities will also be the same as Tibetan Buddhism. As a Bengali myself, the oldest Bengali literature is the Charyapada, which is a collection of Vajrayan Buddhist poems which forms the core of what is now Vajrayan Buddhism Philosophy.
@@nicholasflammel2017the Buddha himself taught the vajrayana at vulture peak (gridhakuta). You're trying to point towards mahasiddha Tilopa who was from bengal but it's much later. The "core" of vajrayana is definitely not some poem but wisdom and compassion/skillful means. There are no surviving texts in India as Buddhism is basically vanished from India, all that remains is some misunderstood belief that it all came from vedas while a careful study of Buddhism contradicts almost everything the vedas and later upanishads teach.
@@rafaelecattonar1506when you study all, you will find the one that will match your own view of the world. So Gelug, in my opinion, would be best for complete beginners. The rest require atleast the basic understanding of cause and conditions, interdependence and altruism.
@@hellboundtruck123 At the time of Buddha, there was no "Vajrayan" concept. Vajrayan itself developed almost parallely with tantric hinduism. The use of tantra Buddhism did not come with Buddha and developed circa 100 CE and was simultaneously developed alongside tantric hinduism and this DID HAPPEN in the eastern states of India and Kashmir in this very time. So yeah, the core of "tantric" Buddhism is developed by eastern Indian Buddhist scholars and not by Buddha or the older Buddhist schoalars. And no, tantricism is by definition not part of "vedic" tradition. Buddhism by definition is distinctly different from the Vedic tradition just as Jainism is and to be honest so is the Bhakti tradition which is part of Hinduism itself. Only some uninformed Hindu supremacist idiots claim such things that Buddhism is a continuation or a "copy" of vedic ideas. If you read my comment, I specifically talk about tantric Buddhism. But it is amply clear the the vajra as a symbol and weapon is clearly due to influence of Hindu mythology as firstly it is the weapon of Indra and secondly, it gains immense popularity in the Mahabharat as well as the Ramayan where Indra's and other gods' weapons are used in the war by humans. So it is very very likely that vajra will be a very common symbol in all Mahayana traditions across Asia as it was the people from India who spread Buddhism.
What you are mentioning can be found for example, the Ashtasahasrika Pragyaparamita sutra which is from 1st century BC states "evamaya shrutam ekasmin samaye bhagwan rajagrihe, gridhrakute parvate ......etc" which means that it was once heard from the mouth of Buddha at the Gridhrakut in Rajgir (btw it was one of my favourite destinations in my childhood and Rajgir is one of the most visited places for Bengalis). But these are quite clearly later addition. There's no way to actually prove that it was the Buddha who spoke the concepts of Pragyaparamita or not. Pragyaparamita is not even important in Theravada traditions (I am not sure about this as my knowledge in Theravada is not up to the marks). For historians, it is clearly a later concept that was developed by Buddhist scholars (who btw are again from all over the states of India where Buddhism thrived and the Mahaviharas and universities were situated).
Magnificent heritage
thank you for this beautiful video
i love the womb mandala
This is the greatest information of Koyasan.😊 Thank you very much.!!!
Nice vid, Enjoyed my time in Koyasan when i visited.
Lugar fantástico, espero um dia poder visitar
Domo! What tradition! Respect! Greetings from Germany.
Beautiful 🙏🏼
wonderful
wonderful.
World beautifully religion in Buddhist.
I'd love to go there. I'm not really much of a Japanophile but I like the combination of art, mountain, and history, not to mention Buddhism.
brilliant
I have been considering to become a monk the last few years , is it possible to be a monk at this temple. I have studied a lot of the traditions and done meditation, when I saw this video I just seemed to get drawn right into it, very mystical I cant explain, I almost feel like flying out on the next plane.
Yes, I lived there briefly. I also know an American who has lived there for 20+ years and become a monk. His name is Tom Dreitlein.
@Tamotsu Matsubara Dear Sir Would you please Tell me the Prayer that I hear @35:59 what is it Called and do you have any information where I can listen to it please, When I heard it moved me so much that I was in tears even so I don't understand the words.
बुद्ध ही बुद्ध 👌👌👌
been there twice. very good place to visit.
A most beautifully shot documentary. Very engaging and tranquil. Perhaps the eternal meditation is the same as the ‘sanjeevan samadhi’ as it is referred to in Sanskrit?
This is amazing! But does anyone know the hymn song at the beginning and at the end of the documentary?
amazing movie namo buddhai
Thank you!
Nice😊😊😊
i am very interested in Buddism where can i get more info for beginners?
In my opinion, even as a Mahayanist follower of Chinese Chan, I'd recommend Maurice Walshe's translation of the Long Discourses of the Buddha. It lays out all the basic concepts and is more friendly towards a lay audience unfamiliar with Buddhism.
Depends. If you're interested in the Buddhism as depicted in this video, Tibbetan Vajrayana Buddhism, and/or Pure land Buddhism might interest you. Sadly, in the western world filled with arrogance, they have decided to deprive Buddhism of its esoteric principles, even coming to the point of "modern secularist Buddhism" which has got nothing to do with Dharma teachings.
Ariel Figueroa the best buddhism practice is in orient...theres several buddhist center in all over the world
Theravada（Southeast Asia countries,Siri Lanka,Yunnan Dai autonomous rigion China）
Mahayana(Han area China, Korea,Japan)
Vajrayana(Tibet China, Mongolia, Japan).
Well done 👏
💐🙏🛐❤
koyasanお坊さんエゲ様はお元気にしていますか。ミャンマー国のミゲです。お世話になりありがとうございます。
Good morning ...
I can't afford the plane ticket but I'll visit it in my imagination haha.
Is it essential that a person takes refuge vows before they can be called a Buddhist
Maha bhairo chana (pronounced ,tsana)
27:52
Shussan
It is pronounced "VairoCHana". The original Romanization of the sanskrit word had a dot above the upper diagonal in the K. Removing this suggests the pronunciation is, incorrectly, a hard K. Well, the same notation was used in the early Romanization of Chinese to English. If you add the dot, then the proper pronunciation is "Peiching" ("Pay-CHING"), not "Peiking" ("Pee-KING"), "Beizhing", or "Beijing". Ahhh, the joys of screwing up language...
An old story speaks of a similar problem. A devoted meditator, after years concentrating on a particular mantra, had attained enough insight to begin teaching. The student's humility was far from perfect, but the teachers at the monastery were not worried.
A few years of successful teaching left the meditator with no thoughts about learning from anyone; but upon hearing about a famous hermit living nearby, the opportunity was too exciting to be passed up.
The hermit lived alone on an island in the middle of a lake, so the meditator hired a man with a boat to row across to the island. The meditator was very respectful of the old hermit. As they shared some tea made with herbs the meditator asked him about his spiritual practice. The old man said he had no spiritual practice, except for a mantra, which he repeated all the time to himself. The meditator was pleased: the hermit was using the same mantra he used himself -- but when the hermit spoke the mantra aloud, the meditator was horrified!
"What's wrong?" asked the hermit.
"I don't know what to say. I'm afraid you've wasted your whole life! You are pronouncing the mantra incorrectly!"
"Oh, Dear! That is terrible. How should I say it?"
The meditator gave the correct pronunciation, and the old hermit was very grateful, asking to be left alone so he could get started right away. On the way back across the lake the meditator, now confirmed as an accomplished teacher, was pondering the sad fate of the hermit.
"It's so fortunate that I came along. At least he will have a little time to practice correctly before he dies." Just then, the meditator noticed that the boatman was looking quite shocked, and turned to see the hermit standing respectfully on the water, next to the boat.
"Excuse me, please. I hate to bother you, but I've forgotten the correct pronunciation again. Would you please repeat it for me?"
"You obviously don't need it," stammered the meditator; but the old man persisted in his polite request until the meditator relented and told him again the way he thought the mantra should be pronounced.
The old hermit was saying the mantra very carefully, slowly, over and over, as he walked across the surface of the water back to the island.
@@mannaz2525a great mahasiddha once said : " I am not impressed by ones who can turn the roof into floor or fly across oceans but by ones who can turn even a single negative emotion into a positive one"
戦国を煽る様な態勢は、遺憾ですが…余りに残酷な惨劇は、無意味です‼️
일본어쪽이 낫네요...
jay bhim
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The "c" in Sanskrit is pronounced as "ch" most often . So it's Maha-Vairo-Chana and not Vairocana. That is just one of the, sorry to say, but horrible Sanskrit pronunciations by the narrator. It's not Amogha-Shiddy but Amogha-Sidd-hhi. I don't understand why documentary makers don't consult a Sanskrit speaker or atleast a Hindi/Bengali/ Sanskrit derived language speaker before filming. There are many who would do it happily for free (me included) as there are literally millions of speakers like that and that's not counting the substantial amount of students who study Sanskrit at the University level in India.
I know for a fact it's amoga shady and he stole my bedroom in Wisconsin and won't leave. He can't. He doesn't get super mad though he's not dating me he's just ruining my vacation. Come get me
-kobo daishi
Take good care of him. Please protect him.
I'm kidding there's nothing enlightened here
koyasanお坊さんエゲ様はお元気にしていますか。ミャンマー国のミゲです。お世話になりありがとうございます。