AMIDAJI INTERNATIONAL TEMPLE 阿 弥 陀 寺

Amida Buddha is our strength. No matter the outer or inner obstacles that appear in our lives, we should not fall prey to desperation beca...

Many nowadays false teachers who are slandering the right Dharma, often use the formless Dharmakaya (Dharmakaya of Dharma-nature ) which is ...

the altar of Amidaji temple - fragment from a letter to a friend -  Question: Is Amida a symbol or metaphor for Wisdom and Compass...

  article by Shaku Hogen, lay member of Amidaji   Amida Buddha, your majestic light is the most exalted, no other Buddha’s light can match...

Question: Where is Amida Buddha? My answer: Amida Buddha is in three places at the same time: 1) in ultimate Dharmakaya bey...

Image of Amida Buddha at the altar of Amidaji temple    fragment from my commentary on the  Larger Sutra - this is a work in progr...

fragment from my commentary  on the Larger Sutra                 - this is a work in progress  and under constant revision -   ...

- click to return to A Detailed Explanation of the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha -  Amida Buddha promised in His Primal Vow: "...

Question: I was told that the Pure Land is a state of consciousness and not a real place with forms and manifestations. What do you th...

I am happy to share with you the free online edition of my book, The True Teaching on Amida Buddha and His Pure Land . This is a long te...

- based on Master T’an-luan’s Ojoronchu - Master T'an-luan (476-542) The Three Buddha Bodies (aspects ) and the Two Buddha B...

The Pure Land of Amida Buddha has two main aspects: 1) the ultimate Dharmakaya aspect, and 2) the manifestation or Sambhogakaya...

last update - 5th August 2015 The doctrine of the Two Buddha-Bodies (aspects) -  Nishu Hosshin:          This doctrine was much ...

            Amida Buddha Dharmakaya (Hosshin) or Dharma-Body This is the aspect of ultimate Reality or the Absolute Truth....

Shinran Shonin click here for the audio version  on my youtube channel Shinran Shonin said: “If Amida’s Primal Vow ...

            Shakyamuni Buddha teaching about Amida Buddha and his Pure Land Because we are unenlightened, we cannot fully comprehen...

Samsaric or unenlightened beings are like seeds dropped in an infertile soil. Although the potentiality of any seed is to become a t...

                                      - based on his teachings in the Ojoronchu [1] - Master T’an-luan (476-542) According ...

Question: What part of our mind goes to the Pure Land? Is it the mind we currently have, in others words is it who we are now that...

Question:  Why are we urged to aspire to birth in the Pure Land, and why not try to attain Enlightenment here, in this world? Answer:...