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Mrs.Above_All -> RE: AboveAll's Island Paradise (4/29/2005 7:22:33 PM)
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ORIGINAL: cherish405
Hey Trishy. Yeah, I've had a bit of time offline. Some completely unexpectedly. Oh well.
I've often wondered this of families who have religions other than Christianity in it. When you visit with your parents, are you expected to do things related to Buddhism? Do they defer to you, if they come to your home and, for example, say grace before a meal? Just curious.
Hi Trish!
Well, I live in a studio right behind my parents so I see them all the time. They are not "practicing buddists" per se. My dad has his shrine in their house, which a lot of Japanese do. The shrine is really a family shrine. They put flowers and food on the shrine, etc... They don't go to a buddist church. It's more of a cultural thing. When I grew up and when we went to the buddist church to visit the ashes of family members, I remember hitting on the bell-like thing and putting the insence on. But I never knew what it was. I was a kid and just did it. They never expect me to do any of that stuff now. They know that I won't so they don't expect me to.
When we have had family get-togethers with others, we would pray. They don't object at all. My Aunt is Christian and some of my distant relatives are too. They have however come to my church when I invited them for Christmas, etc... English is my dad's second language so he really doesn't understand anything at all during service. My mom was born in Hawaii so she understands. This past Easter, my mom had to work but I didn't invite my dad to come to Easter service. I told God and myself that the next time I invite my dad to church, I would take him to a Japanese speaking service. We don't have one but I would take him to another church to visit so that he can understand at least.
Interesting huh Trish.
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