QUESTION: What does Pureland Buddhism say about God, if anything? Are there just Buddhas who are enlightened but no need / place for God? Are they the same thing?
SHORT ANSWER: Nothing about God with a capital G. Some gods might be Buddhas.
LONGER AN
Read more…Qu'est-ce que le Nembutsu?
Question: Dans la Terre Pure, nous prononçons sans cesse le nembutsu. Pouvez-vous nous en dire davantage sur la signification du nembutsu?
Réponse courte: Moi, être stupide, j’appelle Amitabha Bouddha.
Réponse plus longu
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Question : Un membre de la sangha m’a demandé récemment : » Si les enseignements de Honen sont si simples, pourquoi nos services religieux sont-ils si compliqués ? » Comme l’avait noté ce membre de la sangha, nos offices comportent
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Qu’est-ce qui vous a amené à passer du Zen à la Terre Pure ?
Quand avez-vous su que vous étiez prêt à enseigner ?
Pourquoi avez-vous créé Amida Shu au lieu de vous aligner sur Jodo Shu ?
Réponses brèves :
Une progression naturelle.
La recon
Question : "Le bouddhisme est la croyance que des êtres deviennent éclairés, les arhats et les Bouddhas existent". Comment pouvons-nous vraiment savoir cela? J’ignore si j'ai déjà rencontré un Arhat ou un Bouddha. Et si c’est le cas, suis-je même cap
Read more…QUESTION: This may seem a bizarre question but one I would like a Buddhist view on.is suicide a sin,in Christianity to commit suicide is a total sin considered evil and completely against all it teaches but in Japanese culture from the past a way of
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QUESTION: Just a little question that's been on my mind recently. The second noble truth. Dukkha Samudaya. It is thirst for self-recreation that is associated with greed. It lights upon whatever pleasures are to be found here and there. It is thirst
QUESTION: In your book you make the statement "Life and death are the same". Could you explain this in more detail?
SHORT ANSWER: Just one thing after another.
LONGER ANSWER: One way of understanding the key point in the Buddhist message is as the ab
Read more…QUESTION: As a vow 22 student, just starting., I've been asked to look at the trikaya and make some comments. I'm researching the answer but find many answers on the subject. Not all the same and can differ considerably.
Could you give me your interp
QUESTION: Can you tell something more on the verse “Bring help and happiness to all other beings, and secretly take upon myself, all their harm and suffering” (The eight verses off Geshe Langri Thangpa in the Nien Fo book off Amida order): People say
Read more…QUESTION: I wanted to know how I could deal with the bad karma and delusions which cause me great pain in this life, whether or not there are practices or ways of chanting to receive benefits within this life.
SHORT ANSWER: Nembutsu brings measureles
Read more…QUESTION: Here is a quotation from Cesare Pavese. "We are all capable of evil thoughts, but only very rarely of evil deeds; we can all do good deeds, but few of us can think good thoughts." Is this true? If so, what are the implications for the relat
Read more…QUESTION: Is religion in conflict with reason?
SHORT ANSWER: This shibboleth has bogged our culture down unnecessarily.
ANSWER: As always, it depends what one means - in this case, what one understands by ‘religion’ and by ‘reason’. If you approach th
(Por David Brazier, publicado el 16 de enero en “Questions in the Sand”)
PREGUNTA: ¿Podrías decirme algo más acerca del versículo ”Infunde ayuda y felicidad sobre todos los seres, y secretamente deja sobre mí todo su daño y sufrimiento (Los ocho v
Read more…(Publicado por David Brazier , el 22 de enero de 2017 en “Questions in the Sand”)
PREGUNTA: En tu libro haces la siguiente afirmación:” La vida y la muerte son lo mismo.” ¿Podrías explicar esto en más detalle?
RESPUESTA CORTA: Sólo es una cosa tras
Read more…(Publicado por David Brazier el 4 de enero de 2017 en “Questions in the Sand”)
PREGUNTA: Quisiera saber cómo podría tratar el mal karma y los engaños que me causan gran dolor, si existen o no prácticas o formas de canto para recibir beneficios en es
Read more…QUESTION: Most weeks I visit a local temple in my town, where Theravada monks have a brief service before spending about 45 minutes meditating. This then makes me feel that maybe I should have made the effort to travel to the temple of my own form of
Read more…QUESTION: Dear Dharmavidya,… As you were used to travel a lot, to go where you're asked, to be in groups, to give workshops and talks...what is it to have to stay on the same place, in a little community or alone, as now? What is it for you to 'miss'
Read more…Publicado por David Brazier el 23 de enero de 2017 en “Questions in the Sand”
PREGUNTA: Tuvimos una discusión interesante acerca de la sílaba sagrada OM utilizada en tantas religiones (Hinduismo Jainismo, Budismo…). Alguien dijo que, en un mantra, OM
Read more…Quels sont exactement le sens et la fonction d'un mantra? Les mots utilisés dans un mantra et la syllabe OM en particulier, n'ont-ils qu'une valeur arbitraire ou sont-ils d'ordre sacré?
Réponse de Dharmavidya:
Je pense qu'aucune de ces positions ne c
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