tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post4287187674707946287..comments2023-09-26T18:38:28.343+09:00Comments on One Time One Meeting: Why was she running?snowwhitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04224433823476591538noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-5858581706439788792009-12-13T23:32:38.926+09:002009-12-13T23:32:38.926+09:00to Marc
when we use this expression "the old ...to Marc<br />when we use this expression "the old and the new", it means not only "the old and the new" but also the scientific and the non-scientific, the traditon and the new customs or somothing opposite. We are brought up not in the "Black and White culture" but in the gray culture. Between black and white there are many kinds of gray,the sutle gradations of gray from black to whiter. So we don't see any distinct boderlines. This is the way of things going on based on the history, Japanized forein culture or peaceful fusion of Shinto and Buddhism. This is not to avoid contradiction but to avoid unnecessary cofrontation or friction.<br />When temples sell Buddhist names given to the deceased at the high price, I feel that temples invented such a custome to ensure their profit.snowwhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224433823476591538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-80394717509278343892009-12-10T21:56:27.185+09:002009-12-10T21:56:27.185+09:00to a08018
なんか、こうーユーモラスでちょっと笑ってしまいますね。
By the way,...to a08018<br />なんか、こうーユーモラスでちょっと笑ってしまいますね。 <br />By the way, do you believe the luckiest day or the worst day?snowwhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224433823476591538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-30631512977327165042009-12-10T14:16:49.485+09:002009-12-10T14:16:49.485+09:00こうみると巫女さんが走ってる姿は不思議に見えますね(^^♪こうみると巫女さんが走ってる姿は不思議に見えますね(^^♪a08018https://www.blogger.com/profile/17766574660052500401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501712311386792025.post-75602103247816277572009-12-08T01:38:39.246+09:002009-12-08T01:38:39.246+09:00It is remarkable and fascinating to me how Japan c...It is remarkable and fascinating to me how Japan can be such an advanced society, on one hand, a society which has advanced thanks to science and scientific thinking (much of which was imported to Japan from other, Western, countries), and yet on the other hand also keep such superstitious beliefs. The old and the new coexist side by side in my country, Britain, as well, but what I see here is not just the old and the new, but the scientific and the non-scientific. <br /><br />Do they really "coexist side by side in harmony"? Isn't saying that simply a way<br />to avoid facing the contradiction between these two? The contradiction is that, scientific thinking, "the new", has allowed people to live longer, and more healthy and productive lives, not only in Japan but aroun the world. Japanese now live longer than almost any other people on the planet. What has "the old" done? <br /><br />An Indian friend of mine told how in India, when you want to have a ceremony, you must first go to the priest to ask him to find the "lucky" day, and of course they cannot find one. Then you pay the priest some money and they "find" a lucky day for you like, the next day. <br /><br />The idea of "lucky" days is invented by priests to ensure their own future employment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com