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Showing posts with label DIVERGENCES FROM THE JODO SHINSHU TEACHING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIVERGENCES FROM THE JODO SHINSHU TEACHING. Show all posts
Sunday, January 28, 2024

On those who deny the basics of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism while calling themselves "innovators" (video discussion)

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

There is NO true spirit of compassion in the celebration of Christmas, Easter or other holidays of monotheistic religions

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I think it’s necessary to continue the previous article We should not make publicity to nonBuddhist holidays or the gods and spirits they re...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

We should not make publicity to nonBuddhist holidays or the gods and spirits they represent

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Some time ago I posted this message advising Buddhists to stop making publicity to nonBuddhist holidays:   Being respectful towards our nonB...

Question and Answer - the True Teaching of Shakyamuni on Amida Buddha and His Pure Land

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Rev Kosho Arana at Amidaji     Click here for the Spanish versio n by Rev Kosho Arana     I recently received this question from a Facebook...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

The Pure Land is NOT here and now (video discussion)

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    Articles related with this video teaching, The True Teaching on Amida Buddha and His Pure Land A collection of passages on the true mea...
Thursday, December 15, 2022

Jesus was NOT a Bodhisattva nor a Buddhist monk (video teaching counteracting fake "Buddhists")

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I know that many fake "Buddhists" will dislike this video but truth must be told. Stop mixing Buddhism with Christianity or other ...
Thursday, August 11, 2022

Stop playing smart about non-duality and entrust to Amida Buddha (video teaching)

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  Click here to watch more videos in the DHARMA TALK playlist.  There are around 130 videos there until now, so you'll certainly find o...
Sunday, August 7, 2022

On people who cannot be saved by Amida Buddha

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Click here to return to  Selected passages from Honen Shonin  with commentary Honen Shonin said: “Indeed it matters not how vile we be wheth...
Saturday, July 23, 2022

Buddhas exist

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Buddhas are real, living, enlightened Ones. Amida is a real, living, enlightened Buddha. Unenlightened beings like us cannot say that the r...
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

On those who slander the exclusive Nembutsu practitioners

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  Click here to return to  Selected passages from Honen Shonin  with commentary Honen Shonin said in An Outline of Nembutsu :     "It i...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Do not despise other Buddhas, Dharma Gates and Buddhist teachings because you have faith in Amida

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Click here to return to  Selected passages from Honen Shonin  with commentary Honen Shonin said:  "Just because one relies solely upo...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Shinjin does NOT mean we realize the True Self (Buddha nature) of Amida is the same as ours (video)

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  Useful articles mentioned in the video: The so called “exclusion” in the Primal Vow: „excluded are those who commit the five grave offense...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

On past and present reincarnations of Moriya

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Prince Shotoku article by Shingyo Yuri Demianov - Amidaji Russia In the Dharmaraja Sutra (AN 5.133), addressing an assembly of monks, the Bu...
Friday, April 8, 2022

Amida Buddha is the best guide to our Buddha nature

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Amida Buddha is the best guide to the Buddha nature which is the true nature of all beings. However, attaining Buddha nature does NOT mean...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Parrots who recite sounds without knowing their meaning

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“… in this fleeting world - this burning house - all matters without exception are empty and false, totally without truth and sincerity. The...
Thursday, October 14, 2021

On those who are not satisfied with Nembutsu only

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  Shinran Shonin said: "Those who, it appears, will never attain Enlightenment All attack the practice of solely saying the Name. T...
Friday, October 8, 2021

On a teacher abandoning the Primal Vow

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A few hours ago a friend showed me the message of Richard St Clair (Shaku Egen) posted on True Shin Buddhism Group from which I quote th...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Against the idea that the Pure Land is "here and now"

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I have always wondered how can one say that the “Pure Land is here and now” or in “the mind” if he cannot actually manifest, here and now, t...
Friday, September 24, 2021

Don’t use formless Dharmakaya to deny the transcendent manifestation of Amida Buddha

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Many nowadays false teachers who are slandering the right Dharma, often use the formless Dharmakaya (Dharmakaya of Dharma-nature ) which is ...
Thursday, September 9, 2021

Is Amida Buddha a real person or a symbol/metaphor?

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