Good that someone wrote about
* how Shintos and Hindus are truly natural allies, since both Shinto and Hindoos are heathens. The phrase had been misused/abused before when AmeriKKKa kept saying that about US and India and Indians were actually eager to believe it.
* and that Shintos gaining political power again - at last - can only be a good thing for Hindus. (Though, one wishes Hindus had political power again too. And were *Hindoo* about it instead of nationalistic seculars. Sigh)
* and of course about the Shintos having historically successfully beat christianism back. That's 'cause Shintos are so kewl, and a role model for all heathens all over the world to emulate.
The article could have further included one more important piece of info: [color="#0000FF"]the Japanese Sangha (i.e. Buddhist Sangha) tend to get really vindictive about any part in their history when Shinto was the state religion.[/color] And especially every current JP Buddhist process of recounting on the Meiji era has nothing good to say about Shintoism and whines on about how the nationalist Shinto government "forcibly" removed Buddhist items from Shinto shrines - whereby the Sangha pretends they ever belonged together - conveniently omitting to mention that Buddhism had *forcibly* installed these items in Shinto shrines in the first place, and that, in removing the intrusions, the Shinto state had merely finally implemented what the nation's Shintos had wanted since Buddhism had first been imposed on them by converted rulers: freedom from Buddhist inculturation and encroachment on Shinto religion and sacred space.
Given that the Sangha remains very fiercely antagonistic towards Meiji era State Shinto and that the Sangha's slant on this history is to pretend that they were the ones victimised, and that a forced syncretic religion with Buddhism (i.e. subversion of Shinto religion) was a "boon" to Japan/Shintoism, [color="#0000FF"]it remains to be seen how the Sangha will react concerning Shintoism asserting itself politically once more in Japan.[/color] But should make it 'With or without you', as the old U2 song goes.
[Uh. And now there's 4 writers online that all seem to sound much the same/employ the same style. And I'm not just talking about the use of the Royal "We". Alternatively the writer is a reincarnation of one of the existing trio. Or all these people went to the same school together. Or they're all channelling each other. Or whatever.]
I'm liking the final line:
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Once Japan and India have strengthened themselves strategically, my wishlist includes that Japan starts joint animation firms with Indians: India has the masses of Hindoos needed for continuing the sublime artform that is tradigital (2D hand-drawn) animation, and Japan has the heathen vision for proper heathen cinematic and serialised representation of the narratives about the Gods. (Indian animations concerning Hindu material tend to be all new-age and utterly lame/unHindoo and downright de-heathenising. Ugh. :ban
Plus Japan - more than Hindoos - has always been interested in other heathenisms. Including in animating these. E.g. they've animated Daoist, Hindoo, Hellenistic and other sacred heathen katha.
If organised well, it will be profoundly influential in
1. instilling heathenism - the proper, traditional heathen views - in the younger generations.
Can start with covering Shinto, Daoist and Hindoo narratives and eventually move on to those of the rest of the world. The first 3 together will help re-heathenise the young of the future generations of Asia into their native ancestral religions.
2. preserving native languages. E.g. don't release any of the animations in English, just dub them exclusively in Asian heathen languages with subtitles in the native languages' scripts. (And where Hellenistic, African, NW European heathen, Native American or other heathen narratives are animated, release them in Greek/Latin/other relevant heathen language to let the relevant heathens have access to their own sacred narratives, and to support their ancestral languages: they could contribute the dubs themselves.)
But "converts" and other aliens should not be given access to the animations. These are not universal religions after all, and the narratives are not universal. In time can make humane, secular animations for a world-wide general audience: sci-fi, fantasy, etc.
3. promoting art among heathens. Will certainly prevent the anti-heathen and visual junk of the christoislamics such as MFH from being passed off as "art" ever again.
4. Christoislamicommunits will look suitably constipated.
5. Nice way to bypass bollywho's monopoly of brainwashing. Bollywho will die a natural death among the young/next generations, who will have become immune to all insipidity and tackyness, having been exposed to the glorious and the wholesome/life-giving stuff.
* how Shintos and Hindus are truly natural allies, since both Shinto and Hindoos are heathens. The phrase had been misused/abused before when AmeriKKKa kept saying that about US and India and Indians were actually eager to believe it.
* and that Shintos gaining political power again - at last - can only be a good thing for Hindus. (Though, one wishes Hindus had political power again too. And were *Hindoo* about it instead of nationalistic seculars. Sigh)
* and of course about the Shintos having historically successfully beat christianism back. That's 'cause Shintos are so kewl, and a role model for all heathens all over the world to emulate.
The article could have further included one more important piece of info: [color="#0000FF"]the Japanese Sangha (i.e. Buddhist Sangha) tend to get really vindictive about any part in their history when Shinto was the state religion.[/color] And especially every current JP Buddhist process of recounting on the Meiji era has nothing good to say about Shintoism and whines on about how the nationalist Shinto government "forcibly" removed Buddhist items from Shinto shrines - whereby the Sangha pretends they ever belonged together - conveniently omitting to mention that Buddhism had *forcibly* installed these items in Shinto shrines in the first place, and that, in removing the intrusions, the Shinto state had merely finally implemented what the nation's Shintos had wanted since Buddhism had first been imposed on them by converted rulers: freedom from Buddhist inculturation and encroachment on Shinto religion and sacred space.
Given that the Sangha remains very fiercely antagonistic towards Meiji era State Shinto and that the Sangha's slant on this history is to pretend that they were the ones victimised, and that a forced syncretic religion with Buddhism (i.e. subversion of Shinto religion) was a "boon" to Japan/Shintoism, [color="#0000FF"]it remains to be seen how the Sangha will react concerning Shintoism asserting itself politically once more in Japan.[/color] But should make it 'With or without you', as the old U2 song goes.
[Uh. And now there's 4 writers online that all seem to sound much the same/employ the same style. And I'm not just talking about the use of the Royal "We". Alternatively the writer is a reincarnation of one of the existing trio. Or all these people went to the same school together. Or they're all channelling each other. Or whatever.]
I'm liking the final line:
Quote:May the Gods grant victory to both peoples [Shintos and Hindoos] in these endeavors."To-o Kami emi tame" (sp?) to the Shintos.
- rajeev2004.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/quick-notes-abe-on-india-sikhs-in.html]recent news on Rajeev2004
Quote:Why India and Japan are becoming closer: [color="#0000FF"]Abe wants Japan's navy and Indian navy to be seamlessly interconnected.[/color]
- [color="#0000FF"]rajeev2004.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/japan-and-india-bolster-ties.html[/color]
- [color="#0000FF"]rajeev2004.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/japan-to-build-bullet-trains-for-india.html[/color]
Once Japan and India have strengthened themselves strategically, my wishlist includes that Japan starts joint animation firms with Indians: India has the masses of Hindoos needed for continuing the sublime artform that is tradigital (2D hand-drawn) animation, and Japan has the heathen vision for proper heathen cinematic and serialised representation of the narratives about the Gods. (Indian animations concerning Hindu material tend to be all new-age and utterly lame/unHindoo and downright de-heathenising. Ugh. :ban
Plus Japan - more than Hindoos - has always been interested in other heathenisms. Including in animating these. E.g. they've animated Daoist, Hindoo, Hellenistic and other sacred heathen katha.If organised well, it will be profoundly influential in
1. instilling heathenism - the proper, traditional heathen views - in the younger generations.
Can start with covering Shinto, Daoist and Hindoo narratives and eventually move on to those of the rest of the world. The first 3 together will help re-heathenise the young of the future generations of Asia into their native ancestral religions.
2. preserving native languages. E.g. don't release any of the animations in English, just dub them exclusively in Asian heathen languages with subtitles in the native languages' scripts. (And where Hellenistic, African, NW European heathen, Native American or other heathen narratives are animated, release them in Greek/Latin/other relevant heathen language to let the relevant heathens have access to their own sacred narratives, and to support their ancestral languages: they could contribute the dubs themselves.)
But "converts" and other aliens should not be given access to the animations. These are not universal religions after all, and the narratives are not universal. In time can make humane, secular animations for a world-wide general audience: sci-fi, fantasy, etc.
3. promoting art among heathens. Will certainly prevent the anti-heathen and visual junk of the christoislamics such as MFH from being passed off as "art" ever again.
4. Christoislamicommunits will look suitably constipated.
5. Nice way to bypass bollywho's monopoly of brainwashing. Bollywho will die a natural death among the young/next generations, who will have become immune to all insipidity and tackyness, having been exposed to the glorious and the wholesome/life-giving stuff.