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Showing posts with label DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JODO SHINSHU AND OTHER BUDDHIST SCHOOLS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JODO SHINSHU AND OTHER BUDDHIST SCHOOLS. Show all posts
Monday, January 8, 2024

We do not rely on personal vows but on Amida's Primal Vow

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Last update - January 8th, 2024 Scroll down to watch the video teaching on this topic I heard many times the idea that we need to make a ...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Nembutsu - the Path of the Last Dharma Age (commentary on the words of Bodhisattva Manjushri)

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  "In the Record of Holy Chu-lin Temple , it is recorded: 'While Bodhisattva Samantabhadra and Bodhisattva Manjusri sat facing each...
Monday, June 5, 2023

Respect all Dharma Gates but follow exclusively the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha

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  photo: me and a Zen monk bowing to each other in mutual respect  Rennyo Shonin said,    " Within our tradition there must be no sla...
Monday, April 10, 2023

The lessons of the “the Dalai Lama incident” from my perspective as a devotee of Amida Buddha

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First of all, Dalai Lama does NOT represent all Buddhists. Dalai Lama is NOT Buddhism. Dalai Lama is just an ordinary old monk with big prob...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Why Amidaji – the testimony of a member who re-enters our Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Sangha

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 Click here to return to Amidaji biographies When somebody enters or re-enters our Sangha he or she must be able to explain in his own words...
Friday, October 21, 2022

"To avoid evil, do good and purify one’s mind" according to Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

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  A reader asked Shingyo Sensei of Amidaji: “The most succinct definition of any school of Buddhism made by the Buddha himself is the sente...
Monday, October 17, 2022

Is Jodo Shinshu Buddhism the teaching of non-ego?

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  (the video version is more detailed) Question : I saw somewhere the saying that Jodo Shinshu is the teaching of non-ego. What does it m...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

The meaning of mindfulness in Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

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  Question: What did Shinran mean by "mindfulness is Nembutsu"?     “Saying the Name is in itself mindfulness; mindfulness is Nem...
Friday, September 9, 2022

The superiority of the Nembutsu Path according to Honen Shonin

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Click here to return to  Selected passages from Honen Shonin  with commentary Honen had the following dialogue with Shinjakubo from Harima: ...
Thursday, June 23, 2022

The uniqueness and universality of Nembutsu

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  Click here to return to  Selected passages from Honen Shonin  with commentary Honen Shonin said:  “When we say that the Jodo (Pure Land)...
Monday, April 18, 2022

What to do with the samayas and commitments taken on the Vajrayana Path if I chose to entrust myself completely to Amida Buddha?

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Question: I have been reading a lot of your blog articles, which really resonate with me.  One in particular, A simple analogy between Vajr...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

The similarity between Shinran and Honen and the difference between Jodo Shu and Jodo Shinshu

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 You can find more video teachings on the playlist  DHARMA TALKS  in my YouTube channel. Useful articles related with this video teachin...
Friday, December 10, 2021

Abandon any practice which is not mentioned in the Primal Vow

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Master Shan-tao said: "Abandon the teachings that Amida Buddha abandoned, observe the practice that Amida Buddha observed, and leav...
Monday, October 18, 2021

False (mundane) merits vs True (supramundane) merits

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Question: What does it mean to seek to be born in the Pure Land through a false, deceitful and poisoned good? My answer: To seek to be...
Monday, February 1, 2021

The six paramitas (perfections) in the Jodo Shinshu context

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Shaku Shingan:  “You may have heard of how at O-higan in North America, it is often taught that we "must" attain the six perfectio...
Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Remember your guru – Amida Buddha

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Somebody asked me if we have a guru in Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. I said yes, but He is not a human being. Our guru is Amida Buddha ( as I expla...
Saturday, September 19, 2020

The main difference between Esoteric Buddhism and Jodo Shinshu Buddhism

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Question: Please tell me in a few words the main difference between esoteric Buddhism and Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. My answer: Bot...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

A simple analogy between Vajrayana and Jodo Shinshu to help undecided practitioners

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I know some people who come from a Vajrayana background and their thinking is still influenced by   Vajrayana terms and concepts but w...
Friday, January 4, 2019

Nembutsu vs mantras and dharanis related with Amida

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Amida Buddha image at the altar of Amidaji temple Question: Can we chant various mantras or dharanis associated with Amida Buddha/Ami...
Sunday, January 7, 2018

Stop using Zen Masters explanations when referring to Amida Buddha - an example

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Question: Zen Master Kodo Sawaki said: „Amitabha (Amida) doesn’t exist because I believe he exists. Amitabha Buddha exists without ...