Enmanji Buddhist Temple - November 2023 Shotsuki Hoyo Service

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8 ай бұрын

Enmanji Temple's monthly Shotsukihoyo service honoring those that passed to the Pure Land in the month of November.
Conducted by Rev. Fujimoto of the Buddhist Temple of Alameda
Enmanji Buddhist Temple: www.EnmanjiTemple.com
Buddhist Temple of Alameda: www.BTOA.org
Namo Amida Butsu

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@StopFear 8 ай бұрын

A pipe organ at a Buddhist temple is very very strange. I am not against it if people like it. Nothing inherently wrong with it. But I just don't understand what about it specifically is interesting to Buddhists. Was it actually a conscious desire to resemble a Christian church, or was this originally a Christian church building?

@enmanjitemple 7 ай бұрын

Hi StopFear - very good question! From what I understand, after WW2 buddhist temples within the BCA (Buddhist Churches of America) started using organs to make Buddhism and the temples, which were largely Asian at the time, more palatable to the non-Asian Americans and mitigate further violence towards temples. Someone actually tried to burn down Enmanji Temple but a kind and compassionate local Christian group saw it and put it out. They then kept vigil over the temple during the internment era. Enmanji Temple left the burns as a remembrance and installed a plaque in their honor. From what I understand, that is also why the Buddhist Churches of America used the word "Churches" in their name instead of "Temples". In Gassho!