Nenbutsu Monogatari - Recommendations

• Vol: 14; Ch: 80
• 2014 - 2021

Set in the Heian period, following the story of two prominent Buddhist monks: Saichō, the man who built the Enryaku Temple, and Kūkai, the man who established the Mt. Kōya retreat.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 2011

• Vol: 1; Ch: 9
• 2010

• Vol: 1
• 1989

• Vol: 2+; Ch: 10+
• 2018 - ?

• Vol: 2; Ch: 28
• 2007 - 2011

• Vol: 4; Ch: 43
• 2014 - 2016

Fujii Yoshiyuki is a single man who works as a cameraman and has found no success in life. At the age of 32, he enrolls at the Buddhist Institute in order to become a Buddhist monk and to take over the temple of his uncle, who has no heir. Despite the Buddhist etiquette he is not familiar with and thanks to his adventures with his new classmates, Fujii's way of life will inadvertently begin to gravitate towards the core values of Buddhism.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 14
• 2011

What is happiness? What's the point of living the way I do, day in and day out? Twenty-five hundred years ago, in his youth, Buddha (Shakyamuni) had the same nagging questions that we do today. He never avoided them or gave up the search for answers, but devoted himself earnestly to discovering the meaning of life. That search is the starting point of Buddhism. Precisely because he agonized more than others, Buddha also attained a happiness greater than that of anyone else. In our desire to live with strength and good cheer, the life of Buddha is sure to provide invaluable insight.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 10
• 2010

The cheerful monk, Butsugaku, teaches the history of Buddhism and the precepts upon which the religion was founded. Learn about the life of the historical Buddha and the era in which he lived, his mission to help people understand the importance of walking the Middle Way in life to avoid the extremes that contribute to human misery, and his Noble Eightfold Path that leads to wisdom and enlightenment.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 6
• 2011 - 2013

When your father is a Buddhist priest and your home is a temple, life can be complicated. For Satoru, Hikari, and Ogami, the thought of who will inherit the temple and take over when their father gets old is always in the back of their minds, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. Because Hikari loves the temple so much, it's been all but decided that when she grows up, she'll marry someone who can take over from her father, but when she falls for someone completely unsuitable, all three sisters find themselves re-examining their assumptions.