tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post7637995736905114410..comments2023-05-12T19:07:35.469+03:00Comments on AMIDAJI INTERNATIONAL TEMPLE 阿 弥 陀 寺: Next European Shinshu Conference supposed to be held in Romania was cancelledJosho Adrian Cirleahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02267565293117701846noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-15012414566286404962010-01-18T23:00:45.030+02:002010-01-18T23:00:45.030+02:00Dear Rev.Josho,
Your fervent attitude to stand up ...Dear Rev.Josho,<br />Your fervent attitude to stand up against deplorable divergences within the Jodo Shinshu Sangha is clearly heard and deeply admired even in New Zealand, the other end of the globe from where you live.<br /><br />It is indeed the ripening of good from the past that many seekers of The True Dharma of The Ven.Master Shinran worldwide and especially those in Romania, are truely blessed by your presence.<br /><br />To be out-numbered by spoilers of the True Dharma is just a sign of Mappo and should be viewed deeply as a proof of what The Ven. Master taught.<br /><br />Gassho,<br /><br />NamuAmidaButsu<br /><br />HengHengnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-57194925967874797562010-01-17T17:46:43.485+02:002010-01-17T17:46:43.485+02:00Dear Adrian -
I am very glad that you are contin...Dear Adrian - <br /><br />I am very glad that you are continuing to speak out forthrightly. <br /><br />Those of us who believe that the Shin Sangha has gone astray, and embraced divergences that would have SHOCKED Master Shinran and Master Rennyo, need to continue to speak out, just as they did, and just as Yuien-Bo did in the Tannisho.<br /><br />At the last European conference, you posed the question directly to Eiken Kobai Sensei: Can someone be a person of SHINJIN if he (or she) thinks Amida is anything less than a true Buddha of reward body?<br /><br />Eiken Sensei's answer was an unequivocal NO.<br /><br />SHINJIN, by definition, is the faith-mind consciousness bestowed by Amida Himself. If someone thinks Amida is only a symbol, a myth, or a metaphor, he cannot possibly be a person of the same faith-mind consciousness as Master Shinran. He KNEW Amida as the greatest of all the individuated transcendental Buddhas, AS WELL AS the Original Formless Buddha.<br /><br />It is not a karmic for people to have different beliefs. But it is a great karmic evil for those who do to proclaim themselves to be Master Shinran's heirs, and to gather followers in Master Shinran's name. <br /><br />People who do this are misrepresenting the True Teaching, and misleading the Shin Sangha. It doesn't matter how many degrees they have, nor how many titles. What they are doing is morally and karmically WRONG.<br /><br />It is time for the Shin Sangha to turn back to the True Teaching of our True Teachers, and abandon the useless foraging in modernist western thought, and thought from other Buddhist paths.<br /><br />People who want to embrace other doctrines, other ideas, other beliefs, and other paths are free to do so. They can, and they should, start their own sect, and make their beliefs known to their followers, whatever those beliefs might be. <br /><br />That is not just their right. It is also their obligation.<br /><br />The bottom line: If you don't agree with what Master Shinran teaches, than don't hold forth as a teacher of Shin Buddhism - because you are emphatically NOT. It's just that simple.<br /><br />People want Adrian to stop speaking boldly and directly about the current divergences that are wrecking the Sangha. They want me to stop speaking as well.<br /><br />But we will not stop speaking - not now, not ever, as long as there is breath in our bodies, and as long as the Sangha is wandering in the wilderness of false and divergent views.<br /><br />We know that at some point, the grip of delusion that blinds so many to the OBVIOUS truth that is available in our core texts will be broken - and people will return to the True Teaching once again. <br /><br />But until that happens, we are COMPELLED BY AMIDA to continue speaking out, just as Master Shinran and Master Rennyo would speak out, if they were here today.<br /><br />Gassho,<br /><br />Paul Roberts<br /><br />http://groups.yahoo.com/group/true_shin_buddhism/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180458944388328884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-1016970899287287322010-01-17T14:49:55.196+02:002010-01-17T14:49:55.196+02:00Thank you Shaku Josho
_/\_Thank you Shaku Josho<br /><br />_/\_Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-46915114102847570292010-01-17T14:19:43.455+02:002010-01-17T14:19:43.455+02:00Thank you all for your comments.
Fortunately, th...Thank you all for your comments. <br /><br />Fortunately, the transmission of Jodo Shinshu Dharma in my country doesn’t depend on whether this Conference is held or not. The activities I have here will go on, no matter what. Alone or supported by others I will never give up promoting the Shinshu Dharma in my country and in the same time writing and answering letters in English. <br /><br />Marcus, „Josho” is not a title, but my Buddhist name (full Buddhist name is Shaku Josho). <br />I am glad to see you reading and commenting on my blog. I haven’t forgotten you and from time to time I myself read your blog, where I am registered as a „follower”.<br />I hope what I am writing will prove useful in your interest in Jodo Shinshu. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.Josho Adrian Cirleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267565293117701846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-25223556374327864442010-01-17T13:53:07.073+02:002010-01-17T13:53:07.073+02:00Hi Josho,
(Is that the right title?)
I'd li...Hi Josho,<br /><br />(Is that the right title?) <br /><br />I'd like to agree with NellaLou and Shaku Yuinen. It's is such a shame that this conference won't go ahead due to what looks like nothing more than silliness. <br /><br />I'm an outsider looking in here (I'm very much drawn to Jodo-Shinshu but when I took refuge it was in a Korean Seon lineage in which I'm still happily active here in Bangkok), but I've followed this blog for some time and still remember the kind comments you left on my own blog some two or more years ago.<br /><br />There can be little doubt that rather than discord, what you would have brought to this conference would have been hard-work and sincerity. Such a shame it won't happen.<br /><br />With palms together,<br /><br />Marcus / Seok JeongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-42264505057105903862010-01-17T01:57:50.355+02:002010-01-17T01:57:50.355+02:00Rev. Adrian,
I am shocked at this development, bu...Rev. Adrian,<br /><br />I am shocked at this development, but I must admit I am not too surprised. I have come to believe that there is a not-very hidden agenda in some circles where if you do not follow the proper academic pose, you are valueless. I have experienced something similar, due to my work as a military chaplain! It seems that there is no room for discussion or disagreement on certain topics. I do not know how this attitude benefits anyone.<br /><br />I do not believe this attitude speaks for the majority of Shinshu believers. This attitude only serves to hurt the sanghas, it is a "cutting off the nose to spite the face" and I agree with NellaLou that this is all very childish! This has only served to deprive people of what could have been very productive and fruitful discussions, and propagation in your country, which I am sure some of them have never visited before.<br /><br />I suppose all we can do from now on is simply to carry on propagating Shinran's teachings, in the best way we know how! I hope you sangha in Romania will continue to grow.Jeanette Yuinen Shinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712459960189461740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580569388141809017.post-20492933177751922832010-01-16T18:46:32.566+02:002010-01-16T18:46:32.566+02:00I admire your attitude here. You are entitled to ...I admire your attitude here. You are entitled to have an opinion and even to disagree. And you are one of the most sincere Dharma people I know of. It is unfortunate that some wish to exercise power games just because of something you wrote. It is a childish attitude for those who don't agree with you to pout and say they won't participate.NellaLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247769132258539996noreply@blogger.com