"This surreal take on the traditional Buddhist memorial service is the brainchild of Gyōsen Asakura, the 49-year old chief priest at Shō-onji, who in his 20s worked as a DJ and also has experience working with lighting.
As for why exactly Asakura decided to go this route with the memorial ceremonies offered at his temple, he gives the following explanation.
'Buddhism says “the pure land (a heaven-like celestial realm) is a world of light.” It is said people used to use the most advanced technologies available to them at the time in order to ornament temples with gold leaf and thus recreate this “world of light.” What iI want to do with this project is use lighting and contemporary technology in order to make it possible for people to get a more accurate image of what lord buddha’s world looks like.'"
https://www.japankyo.com/2017/02/wacky-weird-japanese-news-techno-music-shoonji-temple-memorial-service-psychedelic-crazy-lights-cg-pure-land/
As for why exactly Asakura decided to go this route with the memorial ceremonies offered at his temple, he gives the following explanation.
'Buddhism says “the pure land (a heaven-like celestial realm) is a world of light.” It is said people used to use the most advanced technologies available to them at the time in order to ornament temples with gold leaf and thus recreate this “world of light.” What iI want to do with this project is use lighting and contemporary technology in order to make it possible for people to get a more accurate image of what lord buddha’s world looks like.'"
https://www.japankyo.com/2017/02/wacky-weird-japanese-news-techno-music-shoonji-temple-memorial-service-psychedelic-crazy-lights-cg-pure-land/