Reiyūkai
Reiyūkai ( Japanese 霊 友 会 , dt. "Society of Friends of the Spirits") is the name of a new religious phenomenon of Japanese Buddhism that emerged from the Nichiren movement and was introduced in 1925 by Kakutarō Kubo (1892–1944) and Kimi Kotani (1901– 1971) was founded.
The community, organized as a lay community, venerates the Lotus Sutra (Japanese Hokke-kyō ) as the highest expression of the Buddhist message. In her practice she also preserves certain aspects of the ancient Japanese religion of Shinto , attaches importance to ancestor worship, but is also socially and charitable.
The (larger) Risshō Kōseikai emerged from the Reiyūkai in 1938 . After the Second World War, it also became the basis for further new religious movements in Japan .
The Reiyūkai has around 2 to 3 million followers.
Spin-offs
The following companies emerged from the Reiyūkai. The year in brackets is the year of foundation. The German translations are based on the Japanese names of the companies and are not their official names.
- Kōdō (孝道 教 団): respect for parents (1935)
- Risshō Kōseikai (立正 佼 成 会): Society for the Establishment of Law and Interpersonal Relations (1938)
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Shishinkai (思 親 会): love / feeling for parents (1938)
- Kishinkai (希 心 会): soul / spirit / feeling / heart without equal (1953)
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Nihon keishin sūso jishū-dan (日本 敬神 崇 祖 自修 団): Japanese self-study group on respect for ancestors (1947)
- Fumyōkai (普明 会 教 団): Society of Universal Wisdom (1949)
- Reihōkai (霊 法 会): Buddhist mass for soul / spirit (1950)
- Myōchikai (妙智 会): Society for Unusual Wisdom (1950)
- Bussho-Gonenkai (佛所 護 念 会) (1950)
- Hosshishū (法師 宗): Priest sect (1950)
- Myōdōkai (妙 道 会): Society for Unusual Paths (1951)
- Daieikai (大 慧 會 教 団): Great Wise Society (1951)
- Seigikai (正義 会 教 団): Society for Law / Justice (1951)
- Zaike bukkyō kokoro no kai (在家 仏 教 こ こ ろ の 会): Society of the Mind / Heart of Buddhist Laity (2004)
swell
- ↑ Komoto Mitsugi: The Place of Ancestors in the New Religions: The Case of Reiyûkai-Derived Groups. ( Memento from April 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Inoue Nobutaka: New Religions. (= Contemporary Papers on Japanese Religion 2). Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University, 1991, ISBN 4-905853-00-1 .
literature
- Buswell, Robert E., Lopez, Donald S. Jr. (2014). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 443, 449, 709
- Helen Hardacre: Lay Buddhism in Contemporary Japan: Reiyukai Kyodan. Princeton Univ Press, 1984, ISBN 0-691-07284-1 .
- Helen Hardacre: Sex-role norms and values in Reiyūkai. ( Memento of June 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 1979, 6 (3) pp. 445-460.
- Kubo Tsugunari, Yuyama Akira: The Lotus Sutra. 2., corr. Edition. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, Berkeley, Calif. 2007, ISBN 978-1-886439-39-9 .
- Lai, Whalen (1985), Review of: Helen Hardacre, Lay Buddhism in Contemporary Japan: Reiyūkai Kyōdan , Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 12 (4), 358–362