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Why is it copying of a sutra?

It is heard with "copying of a sutra", and, at first, what will be remembered?

A sutra is copied literally.
A letter is written closely and may have a difficult image.

Why does the mind copied by one character go far in that?
I will be apt to think of this for the sense of modern people.

Therefore let's decide to think about copying of a sutra a little.

History of the copying of a sutra

At first, it will be reviewed from a history of "the copying of a sutra".
The keyword sails up "the emperor of the place dragging copying of a sutra and the sunrise" about 1,400 years ago in the times.

In the Asuka era, it features it since the founding of a country that a Buddhism color is very strong in the times when Buddhism was transmitted in Japan which believed in 8 million gods.

Above all, an Article 17 constitution is established based on teaching of the Buddhism, and the school where young human resources learn Buddhism from is made, and Prince Shotoku worked for the spread of Buddhism, but will is in the middle and loses the life. By the effort of 遣随使 in succession to the will of the deceased of Prince Shotoku, the Buddhism spread more widely. For 607 years, it is said that Imoko Onono sent a Japanese book to Sui as an envoy to the Sui Dynasty for the first time as our country.

The sacred book of the Buddhism that was taken home while going back and forth in the mutual countries was treated carefully, and the people of this time deepened own culture based on that.

The act "to pass", and to "have を" "copying" was the work that was very important in this time lacking in the print technology.
It was necessary to copy it surely, and the engine such as the current print company was established in government establishment as a place of employment of many people to reproduce the precious sacred book.

Interesting one is that a country adopted the "meritocracy" that in late years came to be heard a lot so many such as the reduction itself with increase, the wrong character omitted character when a salary was the volume system, so finishes a lot writing it here.

It is said that it becomes the act of charity to do "copying of a sutra", and an act to train every day is wide, and, in what was performed, it may be said that what "a law of nature" and "a profit" were equal to by a faith reason of the Buddhism and improvement of the economical superiority by the improvement in ability for handwriting is one of the big factors.

Effect of the copying of a sutra

As for "the copying of a sutra", Buddhism-like implication was strongly felt by the development of the print technology, but it understood now that there were the many effects that, in fact, were hidden.
The keyword here is "copying of a sutra and a brain tray".

There was the feeling that it broke into a little, but people who were interested in the word "training of the brain" recently in various generations increased. When the activity of the brain uses the finger-tip, it is said that I become active.

"The copying of a sutra" raises concentration, and Nature and the heart calm down to become the right posture. It can be devoted to studies by keeping normal feeling, and a head being clear, and work may show power more than usual, too. In addition, the prevention of dementia seems to include the study that "copying of a sutra" is effective most.

When various actions that a traditional Japanese playing card and Othello, the brain including the cat's cradle seemed to be used for in particular were performed with the study, the change of the cerebral blood volume was checked, and the effect that you should stare wide-eyed at to provide the high that, as a result, "copying of a sutra" could not provide in all numbers elsewhere seemed to be confirmed.

The present age became the healthy world with longevity by the development of the medical technology, but it is a feeling of the human Nature that both the heart and the body pray when cheerful forever.

Copying of a sutra is experienced

"The copying of a sutra" that came in response to a desire and the feelings of various people including faith and economy, education and the health by the time from the Asuka era to the present age.

I felt the gods and Buddha close, and the religious Japanese still came in old days as a support of the heart by writing a text of a sutra with a feeling by a brief note.

In addition, a good point of the Japanese culture that we almost forgot recalls you by touching the fragrance of the sumi, "the culture of the book" such as the touch of the brush for the five senses while a sutra is copied slowly and carefully. It is actually said that a substrate to copying of a sutra increases to a particularly young generation recently. A lot of states that young people experience copying of a sutra in the here Naritasan come to be founded.

It may be said that the charm of the copying of a sutra is inherited steadily in the future without changing as far as there are feelings and culture breathing to Japanese even if a background and the people's opinion change in the times.

It is open throughout the year and, in the Naritasan Shinshoji Temple, performs the acceptance at the copying of a sutra dojo studio, and the necessary tool for "copying of a sutra" is fully equipped with, too.
Would all of you like to do this wonderful experience by all means, too?

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