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Pure Land Empowerment
Jōdo Shinshū expresses this devotion through a chanting practice called the nembutsu, or “Mindfulness of the Buddha [Amida]. The nembutsu is simply reciting the phrase Namu Amida Butsu(“I take refuge in Amida Buddha”). Jōdo Shinshū is not the first school of Buddhism to practice … Continue reading
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Reincarnation
Reincarnation is accepted amongst Buddhist and Westerner belief systems as an after life journey to be reborn in another body. This maybe the Hindu and New age concept, but not Buddhist. People often turn to religion for doctrines that provide … Continue reading
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Vietnamese Buddhism
Buddhism in Vietnam (called đạo Phật) as practiced by the Vietnamese is mainly of the Mahāyāna school. Buddhism came to Vietnam as early as the 2nd century CE through the North from Central Asia and via Southern routes from India. … Continue reading
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Purification Of The Buddha Mind and Pure Land
Purification of mind is understood in the Buddha’s teaching is the sustained endeavor to cleanse the mind of defilement, those dark unwholesome mental forces which run in the surface stream of consciousness active in our thinking, values, attitudes, and actions. The first among the defilement … Continue reading
Facts and Principles
These three basic facts of all existence are: Impermanence or Change (anicca) Suffering (dukkha) Not-self or Insubstantiality (anattaa). The first and the third apply to the temporary and transient existence, while the second (suffering) is, of course, only an experience … Continue reading
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Compassionate Means
The Buddha taught that to realize enlightenment, a person must develop two qualities: wisdom and compassion. Wisdom and compassion are sometimes compared The Tao of Harmony when the Yin and Yang aspects are equal. The word usually translated as “compassion” … Continue reading
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Birthlessness
As I am about to obtain my second Dan Black Belt. I think of the concept of Birthlessness. The cycle of birth and death in Buddhism is not s physical. How ever, in Martial arts as a paradigm, lets begin … Continue reading
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Teaching That Is Hard To Accept
Master Shinran would say – and I would say as well – that there is not a single one. But for so many people who have some sort of practice – some sort of Buddhism or Hinduism or Taoism or … Continue reading
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Three Minds Of Shin Buddhism
People have a hard time excepting Shinran’s Teaching. Shinjin is meant receiving the blessed gift of Shinjin from Amida Buddha through His transferred merit to all beings who take singleminded refuge in Him. The transferred merit is through the OTHER … Continue reading
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Nembutsu of Faith
The Nembutsu is not a prayer. It is chanted in all Jodo Shin Shu and Jodo Shu Temples. The Nembutsu-Namo Amida Butsu is not a practice but in Buddhism, it shows mindfulness of the Buddha and future achievement of spiritual … Continue reading
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