まだ裁判も始まっていない、容疑者の精神鑑定中でもあるけれど、
安倍元総理の暗殺事件があってその引き金を引いた人間が
ある宗教に母親が多額の寄進をして一家経済破綻したことを動機として
語ったという警察リーク以来、その宗教に対して世の中の関心が高まった。

わたし自身は特段特定宗教に対して信心する、
あるいは積極的に宗教活動にのめり込むということはなかった。
一方高校生時期に新左翼運動に傾倒してアジ演説などはしていた。
左翼の思想に対し内面から沸き立ってくる社会正義観と同期させていた。
しかし多くのきっかけで内省を深める機会を持てたことで自から関係を絶った。
その後、今回の問題の教団の関係団体などにも大学キャンパス周辺で
強引な勧誘活動に遭遇したことはあったが関わりを持つことはなかった。
左翼運動と宗教というのはある相似性は持っているとは感じた。
勧誘を受けたときのファナティックな「宗教心」にはきわめて懐疑的だった。
それはたぶん左翼運動離脱経験から得たものだったように思っている。
左翼運動というものがある特定の思想を絶対強制するのに対して
違った角度、欲望喚起型とは思えた。
宗教は「こういう攻め方をするのか」とちょっと驚いていた。
それは端的に言って「カネが絡む」という感覚だろうか。
歴史が好きな人間としては、在地する神社仏閣に対しては
人間の「文化活動」の大きな痕跡として強く興味は持っている。
そういう荘厳性の維持には当然カネは掛かるのも事実。
布施というものを集金しない限り、存続し続けることは難しい。
宗教は巨大になればなるほど、必要なおカネをどうするのかという
問題の解決を迫られることは疑いがないだろう。
日本社会では歴史的な変遷経緯を経て、宗教の無税が実施されている。
写真のような成田山新勝寺の境内風景を見たことがある。
この寺院は関東有数の初詣ランキング上位の常連として名高い。
1位 明治神宮（東京都）319万人
2位 成田山新勝寺（千葉県）298万人
3位 川崎大師（神奈川県）296万人
〜2020年全国の初詣参拝者数ランキングより。
その参道の中腹に写真のような「お布施額」を誇らしげに見せる石碑群。
よくみるとどれにも金額が大書されている・・・。
金額については日本が経験してきた金融経済史が反映されているけれど、
いかにも「どうだ」みたいに恥ずかしげも無く顕示されている。
どういった経緯でこういう無知性な表現に至るのか、疑問。
参道に設置されているということは宗教としての意思も感じる。

こういう事例はとくにこの寺に限らず普遍的に存在する。
信心の篤さが金額表現されているような異様な光景・・・。
信者としては篤志として寄進したのだろうけれど、
宗教としてはそれを石碑として表象する特異な相関性。
これは人間社会のある根幹部分をも示しているのではないか。

English version⬇

[Religious piety and discomfort with the expression “fuse amount.
The way the money is expressed without hesitation makes my feet heavy as I walk along the approach to the temple. It is a fact that Catholics were also selling indulgences. The fact that Catholics also sold indulgences. I am not sure if this is true or not.

Though the trial has not yet begun, and the suspect is still undergoing psychiatric evaluation
There was an assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Abe, and the person who triggered it
The police leaked that the person who triggered the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe spoke of his mother’s large donation to a certain religion as a motive for the family’s financial ruin.
The police leaked a story that the person who triggered the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe said that he was motivated by his mother’s large donation to a religion that had ruined the family financially.

I myself am not a believer in any particular religion, nor do I actively participate in religious activities.
I myself have never been a believer in any particular religion or actively involved in religious activities.
On the other hand, during my high school years, I was devoted to the New Left Movement and gave speeches.
I synchronized leftist ideology with a sense of social justice that welled up inside me.
However, after many opportunities to deepen his introspection, he voluntarily severed his relationship with the group in question.
Later, I was also involved in groups related to the cult in question in this case, and other groups around the university campus.
I have encountered aggressive recruiting activities around the university campus, but I have never been involved with them.
I felt that the leftist movement and religion have certain similarities.
I was very skeptical of the fanatic “religiosity” of those who were recruited.
I think that this was probably a result of my experience of leaving the leftist movement.
Whereas the leftist movement absolutely enforces a certain ideology, the leftist movement has a different angle, a desire-driven approach.
I thought it was a different angle, a desire-inspiring type.
I was a little surprised that religion would be attacked in this way.
Is that the sense of “money involved” in a nutshell?
As a person who loves history, I have an interest in the shrines and temples that are located in the area.
I have a strong interest in local shrines and temples as major traces of human “cultural activities.
It is also true that it costs money to maintain such solemnity.
Unless they collect donations, it is difficult for them to continue to exist.
The larger a religion becomes, the more it is forced to solve the problem of how to raise the necessary money.
There is no doubt that the larger a religion becomes, the more it will be forced to solve the problem of what to do with the money it needs.
In Japanese society, there is a historical transition process that has resulted in the implementation of tax-free religion.
I have seen the precincts of Naritasan Shinsho-ji Temple as shown in the photo.
This temple is renowned as one of the top regulars in the Kanto region’s leading Hatsumode ranking.
No. 1 Meiji Jingu Shrine (Tokyo): 3.19 million visitors
No. 2 Naritasan Shinshoji Temple (Chiba Prefecture): 2.98 million visitors
No. 3 Kawasaki Daishi Temple (Kanagawa Prefecture): 2.96 million visitors
〜The number of visitors to the temple is based on the ranking of the number of visitors to the temple in Japan in 2020.
The picture shows a group of stone monuments in the middle of the approach to the temple, proudly displaying the “amount of offerings” as shown in the picture.
If you look closely, you can see the amount of money written in large letters on all of them….
The amount of money reflects the financial and economic history that Japan has experienced.
The amount of money reflects the financial and economic history that Japan has experienced, but it is shamelessly displayed as if to say, “How’s it going?
I wonder how they came up with this ignorant expression.
The fact that it is placed on the approach to the temple suggests a religious intention.

This kind of case is not limited to this temple in particular, but exists universally.
It is a bizarre scene that seems to express the amount of money that the piety of the believers is expressed.
As a believer, he/she may have donated the money as a gesture of charity, but as a religious person, he/she respects it as a monument.
But as a religion, it is respected as a stone monument.
This may indicate a fundamental part of human society.

Posted on 11月 10th, 2022 by 三木 奎吾
Filed under: 日本社会・文化研究