Monks in anime: Asura

 https://1anime.to/episode/119049-asura-movie-english-sub - 8:30 to 13:45 and 44:15 to 49:00

     In the anime movie Asura, a traveling monk (his name is Houshi, but it's not used in the anime) 

is one of the characters who attempts to help the main character overcome his suffering as a result of 

thinking that he's just a beast, which is seen in the scenes from the movie for this reflection.  When the 

monk first meets this character, he thinks he's a human but also not a human.  The main character also 

cannot really say much at first, so he's pretty much attacking anyone in order to survive.  The monk is 

able to protect himself when he's attacked by him with the power of prayer (and probably also knowing 

and/or trying to understand what's going on), which he also thinks can help his attacker (namu amida 

butsu is a Buddhist sutra to pray when suffering in order to relieve suffering).  Understanding prayer 

doesn't matter as much as doing it.  What also helps you with suffering are your other experiences, which 

the main character has plenty of before meeting this monk again.  However, saying things and doing 

things, like talking about fighting your beastly nature and doing this fighting when you need to do it, are 

two different things.

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