What are the Basic Teachings of Amida Shu Buddhism?
Added by Dharmavidya on July 19, 2008
Amida Shu is a form of Buddhism that affirms
- (together with all Mahayana Buddhsim) the threefold nature of Buddha (ultimate Buddha, spiritual Buddha, Buddh
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On the occasion of Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, being admitted to intensive care with COVID19
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TRANSLATION:
Namo Amida Bu! ... When reciting the Nembutsu I start by calling Amida with this trembling heart, as if, at some point, he had not been there.
But I had once more forgotten, as I wi
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Root Relation This refers to the presence in or absence from t
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TEXT: wishing to practise a religious life in truly simple faith,
Truly Simple Faith
Truly simple faith is a precious jewel that is rarely found. We are talking here abpout a direct trust
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Read more…Continuing the commentary on the Summary of Faith and Practice - we are working backwards toward the beginning at the moment...
TEXT: freeing themselves of sophistication and attachment to all forms of cleverness,
COMMENTARY
Sophistication
The term
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Throughout the history of Buddhism there have been controversies about the ideas of irreversibility and of determinism.These are to do with the inevitability (or not) of future arrival at nirvana, either for individuals or for all beings.
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4. The idea of 'interbeing' was not taught by Buddha.
This item is close to that of yesterday. However, we can address the matter from a different angle. One often hears these days that the esse
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3. It is not true that believing that all people are part of one another will necessarily make somebody a better person. People are often careless of themselves.
Advocacy of the idea that we are
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2. It is not necessary to create a 'self' before you abandon it.
The attempt to square Western psychology with Buddhist psychology sometimes yields useful ideas, bit it also often leads to confu
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1. Buddhism only values 'self-awareness' insofar as it cultivates humility and compassion.
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TEXT: Faith & practice cannot be differentiated
COMMENTARY
Differentiating
"Cannot be differentiated" means that one cannot tell one from the other. You can see a person's real faith in their practice. Prac
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5. 'Oneness' and 'interdependency' are mutually contradictory ideas and neither is central to Buddhism.
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There is a passage...
銀碗盛雪 明月藏鷺 類而不斉 混則知處
“A silver bowl full of snow / a white egret hidden in the moonlight / these are not the same / comparing them we can appreciate [our own] place”
This comes from the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, a medieval Chinese
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