Techno Pure Land Buddhism!
Jodo Shinshu monk @gyosen_asakura Asakura Gyosen offers memorial services based on techno music, EDM lighting, and CGI. Here's an English-language video for context:
Jodo Shinshu monk @gyosen_asakura Asakura Gyosen offers memorial services based on techno music, EDM lighting, and CGI. Here's an English-language video for context:
These services are hoyos (memorials)--the most frequent and thus central form of Jodo Shinshu temple practice. But they're not mere morbid death-oriented services. They are moments of encounter with the Great Compassion of Amida Buddha and the sensual liberation of the Pure Land.
The styles of the services vary, as Rev. Asakura plays with the format and explores the outer boundaries of Pure Land service possibility. For instance, a 2016 Techno Hoyo is fairly sedate:
The most recent one, from July 2021, is much more lively:
Most of the services feature the Amida Kyo (阿弥陀経, aka the Smaller Pure Land Sutra). It's the standard memorial service sutra. Some, such as this 2017 one, feature Shoshinge instead, a hymn written by Shinran that's also used at some funerals/memorials.
For a quick dip, here's a shortened version. If you find these intriguing, search YouTube for Asahara Gyosen (朝倉行宣) to find videos from previous years.
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