tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post2089885353100711271..comments2023-05-12T19:07:35.469+03:00Comments on AMIDAJI INTERNATIONAL TEMPLE 阿 弥 陀 寺: Notes on the 16th European Shinshu Conference (31 August - 2 September 2012)Josho Adrian Cirleahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02267565293117701846noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-51531079483790043042012-09-13T14:47:26.311+03:002012-09-13T14:47:26.311+03:00Thank you, Vincent for being my friend! You do not...Thank you, Vincent for being my friend! You do not imagine how important you are for me.<br />Namo Amida BuJosho Adrian Cirleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267565293117701846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-19531189799396735362012-09-13T12:37:48.422+03:002012-09-13T12:37:48.422+03:00THANK YOU VERY MUCH for this article Josho !!
Anyw...THANK YOU VERY MUCH for this article Josho !!<br />Anyway for each of your articles...<br /><br />Namo Amida Nyorai _/\_<br /><br /><br />Gasshô,<br /><br />vincentvincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937086820283440547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-43564524946219630042012-09-12T23:51:33.756+03:002012-09-12T23:51:33.756+03:00Shinran also said in Tannisho:
“Attaining Enlight...Shinran also said in Tannisho: <br />“Attaining Enlightenment in the coming life is the essence of the "Pure Land teaching of Other Power; it is the principle actualized through the settlement of shinjin in this life.”<br /><br />“According to the true essence of the Pure Land way, one entrusts oneself to the Primal Vow in this life and realizes Enlightenment in the Pure Land; this is the teaching I received.”<br />Josho Adrian Cirleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267565293117701846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-89010973661049659852012-09-12T23:36:47.561+03:002012-09-12T23:36:47.561+03:00"Rev Sato from Three Wheels temple in London ... "Rev Sato from Three Wheels temple in London insisted that the idea of “after life” or “after death” which is so much present in Rennyo’s writings is a bad English translation."<br /><br />Not one translator translated Rennyo shônin's works!.If we Look the poems of Rennyo on the website of Inagaki sensei, we can see that Rennyo complain of his old age,we feel it impatient to the moment of his death to be born in the Domain of Amida and become himself a buddha (because he received Shinjin from Amida Buddha):<br /><br />"(124) I suffer from old age<br />Whether awake or asleep;<br />How eagerly I long<br />For the Western Shore!<br />[1498]"<br /><br />"(9) My age being fifty-six,<br />The average span of human life,<br />Realization of true Enlightenment<br />Must be very near.<br />[20th, 2nd month, 1470]"<br /><br />"(43) If, after I am dead,<br />Someone asks about me,<br />Tell him that I have gone<br />To Amida's Pure Land."<br /><br /><br />It's so clear but in fact this teacher prefer in fact to be blind.<br /><br /><br />Concerning Master Shinran it's true that He focus on Shinjin, and it's true that he don't talk "HUGELY" about the moment of the death.<br />I know that during this period it was common to think that the moment of the death was the most important(and the nembutsu during the death too) but if at the moment of the death your Shinjin is not settled, you will not to be born in the fulfilled land of our Buddha-inconceivable light and compassion.No need to approach from this moment to read and Listen the Dharma. It is the teaching that we receive from Shinran shônin.<br /><br />But ! if he don't talk "hugely"(yes, it's true that it's subjective) as i said before, YES HE TALK ABOUT IT: and not just one time.. but let me quote just a passage:<br /><br /><br />KGSS III : 103 by Shinran shônin (not a quote from a master)from the website of 'Collected Works of Shinran'(CWS.) <br /><br />"Truly we know that because Mahasattva Maitreya has perfectly realized the diamondlike mind of the stage equal to enlightenment, he will without fail attain the stage of supreme enlightenment beneath a dragon-flower tree at the dawn of the three assemblies. Because sentient beings of the nembutsu have perfectly realized the diamondlike mind of crosswise transcendence, they transcend and realize great, complete nirvana on the eve of the moment of death. Hence the words, As such, the same.<br /><br />Moreover, the people who have realized the diamondlike mind are the equals of Vaidehi and have been able to realize the insights of joy, awakening, and confidence. This is because they have thoroughly attained the true mind directed to them for their going forth, and because this accords with [the working of] the Primal Vow, which surpasses conceptual understanding."<br /><br /><br />The source is not good ?<br />KGSS III : 103 Translated by hisao Ingaki sensei on his website (even if it's true that hisao Inagaki contributed to the translation of CWS):<br /><br />"We truly realize: Because Mahasattva Maitreya has attained the diamond-hard mind of the Equal Enlightenment, he will reach the stage of the highest Enlightenment under a dragon-flower tree, where he will give three sermons; whereas, because the followers of the Nembutsu have acquired the Diamond-hard Mind of the Crosswise Transcendence, they will realize the great Parinirvana on the eve of the moment they die. Hence, it is said, "the same [as Maitreya]."<br /><br />Moreover, those who have attained the Diamond-hard Faith gain the perception of joy, awakening and faith as Vaidehi did. This is because the True Faith endowed to them for their going forth has penetrated their hearts and also because the inconceivable Primal Vow has been working on them."<br /><br /><br />Sorry for my poor and bad english.<br /><br />Gassho,<br /><br />vincent <br />(from french guiana)vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937086820283440547noreply@blogger.com