In November, we will hold a memorial service for my father and mother at a tree funeral.

The temple asked me what denomination to have the sutra recited, and I responded it by email.

I thought that "sects" such as Soto-shu are like "JIS standards" that have been developed nationwide.

I thought it would be easier if they could make some kind of unified Buddhist standard anyway -- it doesn't seem to make much sense to unify sects that have been engaged in a bloody historical struggle.

In the first place, there is a "non-religious funeral" as a drop-off point for such cases, so we can just use that.

Initially, I had planned to deliver the bones "without sutra reading," but I changed my mind when my wife told me I was 'restless'.

In this sense, "sutra reading" is a kind of stylized beauty.

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In that sense, I understand that each sect's sutra reading is like a programming language.

As long as the final process is achieved (e.g., "attainment of Buddhahood"), it does not matter what programming language is used.