This is one of the commonest versions of the Vajrtasattva Dharani. It is the version used in the Amida Shu Chanting Book...
Om Vajrasattva samaya, manu palaya,
Vajrasattva teno patita, dridho me bhava,
Suto kayo me bhava, supokayo me bhava,
Anurak
Vertaling in het nederlands van Dharmavidya's tekst:
De eerste zaligspreking van Jezus was: "Zalig zijn de armen van geest; want hun is het Koninkrijk der hemelen." We zouden kunnen zeggen: "hun is het Zuivere Land van Boeddha". Maar is in onze mo
The first beatitude of Jesus was "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." We might say, "theirs is the Pure Land of Buddha". But in the modern world, is being "poor of spirit" something that people seek? Don't we, rather
Read more…Publicado por David Brazier el 8 de mayo de 2018 a las 10:14 en el grupo “Budismo”
Texto: Para aquellos que tienen afinidad kármica con el Buda Amitabha
COMENTARIO
Para quien
Este texto y el camino religioso que describe es "para aquellos que t
Read more…Text: For those having a karmic affinity with Amitabha Buddha
COMMENTARY
For Whom
This text and the religious path it describes are "for those who have an affinity". This implies that they are not for everybody. For sure, everybody has a path and i
Read more…THE OLDEST DUALISM
There is an idea, common in contemporary Buddhist circles, that unless we believe in fundamental human goodness all is lost. I used to think so myself long ago. It seemed to be a good way of opposing some other notions current in o
Il suffit de vivre une vie simple fondée sur la foi, mais ne passez pas à côté des ouvertures, si elles apparaissent. Nous sommes tous plus libres que nous ne le croyons. Il existe quatre modes différents de foi, nous permettant de franchir la porte
Read more…Publicado por David Brazier el 23 de marzo de 2018 en Discusiones Budistas
Actualmente, la idea de "estar en el aquí y ahora" está de moda. y considero que es un asunto verdaderamente interesante sobre el que reflexionar.
Aquí y ahora estoy sent
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It is enough to live a simple life of faith, but don’t miss the openings when they come. We are all more free than we think. There are different modes of faith that enable one to pass the gateless gate.
Shinjin: This primarily refers to the times whe
Read more…An Interesting Question
The Tien Tai patriarch Chih-I (also spelt Zhiyi, 538-597), who lived a century before Shan Tao, was asked the following question. A bodhisattva is supposed to be unselfish and altruistic. Yet bodhisattvas go to the Pure Land.
Read more…A Perennial Question
The question of faith and works is a longstanding religious debate. It is one of the main divides between Protestants and Catholics, for instance. Protestants, in principle, believe that faith in God’s love should be sufficient w
Read more…A shrine is a sacred place where one can be in touch with the spirit of a sage or holy being. In Buddhism, the term shrine is used both for large temples dedicated to a Buddha, bodhisattva or other holy being as well as to the smallest home altar or
Read more…In this piece I would like to briefly restate my understanding of the Four Truths. This is already set out in my books The Feeling Buddha and Not Everything is Impermanent and will be familiar to those of my students who follow my work closely. It wi
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The medical metaphor is used a lot in Buddhist studies. The Buddha is sometimes referred to as “the great physician” curing the dis-eases of the world. The Four Truths which are fundamental to Buddhism - dukkha, samudaya, nirodha and marga -
Read more…Currently, the idea of “being in the here and now” is à la mode. and I find it a truly interesting matter to reflect upon.
Here and now I am sitting in the middle room in my house in France. The walls are white. The wood stove is black. Observations
Read more…Publicado por David Brazier el 17 de marzo de 2018 en “Discusiones budistas”
Los pensamientos y sentimientos negativos son un calvario para la vida humana. Son la contrapartida del gran don que es la imaginación. Una persona me insulta de alguna mane
Negative thoughts and feelings are a bane of human life. They are the downside of the great gift of imagination. A person insults one in some way and one finds oneself riling with unwanted emotions. Thoughts of vengance, or bitterness, or guilt, or m
I am at Vajra’s. Here the day starts with meditation. I sit. How does one meditate? I have been doing it for decades. I must have sat thousands of hours now - but how really should one meditate? I feel even more ignorant now than when I started all t
Read more…There is a strong tradition in Buddhism of reciting large numbers of mantras or other holy texts and invocations. These accumulate quantities of merit. Thus, some members of the Amida Shu undertake to recite a million nembutsu in the course of a year
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