AMIDAJI INTERNATIONAL TEMPLE 阿 弥 陀 寺

  As you may probably know, in many Buddhist temples around the world, Jodo Shinshu or not, members organize parties with music, alcohol, an...

I have seen many people joining various sanghas with an ego centered attitude. They expect the sangha to do things for them, to treat them i...

inside the Hondo (Dharma Hall) of Amidaji temple Question: What do you think about the idea of having a bar in the temple – I heard...

download in pdf from  1) my google drive , 2) my page on Academia.edu The Three Refuges [1]  are: I TAKE REFUGE IN THE BUD...

This article was recently revised and included in the  - The Three Refuges in Jodo Shinshu Buddhism -  please click on it to read it...

altar of Amidaji temple - click here for the Portughese version -  I offer this flower to Amida Buddha on behalf of all beings. By...

I was recently asked by Rev Zuio Hisao Inagaki (June 22nd 2016): "I wonder if your temple is purely Jodo Shinshu or Zen or combina...

Recently a member of Higashi branch of Jodo Shinshu wrote to me and said that although he likes the way I teach Jodo Shinshu and how I...

Please, guard the gates of the temples and keep them locked for any worldly activity or worldly ideology. The temple has only one go...

Shinran Shonin, the Founder of our Jodo Shinshu Buddhist school, stated clearly: „Within the four seas, those who share the same Fai...

Raising the Sutra book to the forehead before reading and after closing it, shows that the sacred writings are not ordinary books. The ...

It is recorded in the Samyutta Nikaya that one day, Ananda said to the Buddha: “Venerable One, I thought a great deal and reached the c...

I was asked many times how we do things in the Romanian Shinshu sangha. How do we chant, if we do meditation, how is the Dharma talk, e...

I was asked this kind of question from time to time so I thought is good to give an answer here:   All people without exception are welco...

Somebody who knows that I insist very much on discipline, recently asked me why do we need discipline in a dojo or temple.I thin...

In the passage (138) “Be more reverential as you become familiar with the revered persons” , from Rennyo Shonin Goichidaiki Kikigaki , Mast...