Continuing commentary upon Summary of Faith and Practice
TEXT: Dwelling in this settled faith
COMMENTARY
Settled faith is anshin. An-shin literally means "the heart-mind at peace". We can speak of different modes or dimensions of faith and anshin is
Read more…The bell master is responsible for the meditation hall and, in the liturgy, works with the celebrant. The celebrant may specify exactly what is going to happen or may take it as it comes. The bell master fills in the gaps and keeps everything flowing
Read more…Commentary on the Summary of Faith & Practice (part 5)
TEXT (is) the practice of Nien Fo
COMMENTARY
Nien means mindfulness. It also means an impulse of mind. The Japanese form is “nen” which becomes “nem-” in terms like nembutsu. Fo means Buddha.
Read more…TEXT: Amida will receive you and you may fear for nothing since all is completely assured
Continuing the commentary upon Summary of Faith and Practice
To be received and accepted as one is is the greatest wonder. To live in fear of rejection, althoug
Read more…The book Anna Kerenina begins with the statement “All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” In my observation, almost the opposite seems to be true. Happy people are each uniquely engaged in life whereas
Read more…(Publicado por David Brazier el 15 de marzo de 2017 en el grupo de “Budismo”)
La forma en la que a veces se presenta el Budismo Tierra Pura suena un tanto monoteísta. No es sorprendente dado que todos conocemos las formas convencionales del discurs
Read more…Commentary upon Summary of Faith and Practice (part 6)
TEXT
with body, speech and mind
COMMENTARY
This phrase occurs a great many times in Buddhist texts. Clearly it means “in all ways”. “Body” refers to behaviour. The body exists in the material wor
Continuing the commentary on Summary of Faith and Practice...
TEXT
If you can perform the practice in this simple minded way,
COMMENTARY
Of course, the simple mind may seem to be not so simple to arrive at. Modern life especially militates against it
Publicado por David Brazier el 13 de marzo de 2017 en el grupo "Buddhism"
Continuación del comentario de la recopilación “Fe y Práctica”.
TEXTO
Así, todos los obstáculos se convierten en impedimentos para la fe no siendo que experimentemos contrici
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Saving grace, as was made clear by Shan Tao's dream and advice to Tao Cho, only comes through the sange-mon.
COMMENTARY:
Sange means confession or contrition. The sange mon is, literally, the “gate of contrition”.
According to the story, towa
The way that Pureland Buddhism is sometimes presented, it starts to sound like monotheism. This is not surprising given that the conventional speech forms of monotheism are known to us all and, however much we might think we have rejected or moved aw
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TEXT
Thus all obstacles become impediments to faith unless we experience contrition and letting go.
Path with a Goal
When we undertake a spiritual project, we are trying to achieve someth
I have posted a paper here.
If you are interested in the foundations of Buddhism, especially Mahayna, this may be of interest. I have been busy translating Dong Shan's poems and other material from Chinese and have arrived at rather different conclus
Read more…Publicado por David Brazier, el 12 de febrero de 2017 en el grupo “Budismo”
Continuando con el comentario del resumen “Fe y Práctica, parte 32
TEXTO: Este conocimiento de nuestra condición es base fundamental en el surgimiento la contrición.
Ya hemos
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TEXT: This knowledge of our condition is part of the essential basis when it gives rise to contrition
COMMENTARY
We have already spoken about contrition in relation to an earlier sec
(Publicado por David Brazier el 1 de diciembre de 2016 en “Discusiones Budistas”)
Resumen de Fe y Práctica, parte 30
TEXTO: Seríamos como el cuerpo-voto del Buda
Aquí el término “voto” es una traducción del japonés “gan”.También podría traducirse com
Read more…(Publicado por David Brazier el 22 de noviembre de 2016 en “Discusiones Budistas”)
TEXTO: Por medio de nuestras dificultades diarias en la vida preceptual, despertamos a la presencia de una miríada de obstáculos kármicos.
La vida preceptual se ref
Read more…In religion we talk a lot about light. Seeing the light, enlightenment, the light of Buddha, the Buddha of infinite light, light brighter than the sun and the moon, and so on.
Yet light stands out in relation to darkness. It is just as important to ta
(Por Dharmavidya, 12 de diciembre de 2016 en “Discusiones budistas”)
TEXTO: Así, sabemos por experiencia que somos seres insensatos de pasión ciega
COMENTARIO: La expresión “seres insensatos de pasión ciega” se refiere a nuestra naturaleza bombu.
Read more…(Publicado por David el 19 de enero de 2017 en “Discusiones budistas”)
La palabra “Nembutsu” en japonés está compuesta de “Nen” y “Butsu”-.Nen significa “mindfulness”. Butsu significa “Buda”. Así pues el Nembutsu es mindfulness del Buda. Sin embargo
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