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Trikaya Contemplation (Italiano)

Podcast 69: 21 agosto 2020: Trikaya Contemplation: tradotto da Angela Romani

Nel Buddismo Mahayana abbiamo il principio della Trikaya natura del Buddha.

Tri-Kaya significa letteralmente tre corpi o, possiamo dire, tre manifestazione del Buddha.

Vorre

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PODCASTS IN JULY 2020

This is a list of the 5 minute podcasts sent out in July 

All podcasts are by Dharmavidya David Brazier. They are about 5 minutes long and deal with Buddhist topics from a Pureland perspective, often in relation to current affairs.

44: 2nd July:Ekaga

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PODCASTS IN JUNE 2020

This is a list of the 5 minute podcasts sent out in June 

All podcasts are by Dharmavidya David Brazier. They are about 5 minutes long and deal with Buddhist topics from a Pureland perspective, often in relation to current affairs.

29: 2nd June: Resp

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PODCASTS IN MAY 2020

This is a list of the 5 minute podcasts sent out in May 

All podcasts are by Dharmavidya David Brazier. They are about 5 minutes long and deal with Buddhist topics from a Pureland perspective, often in relation to current affairs.

13: 1st May: Meet i

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PODCASTS IN APRIL 2020

This is a list of the 5 minute podcasts sent out in April.  

All podcasts are by Dharmavidya David Brazier. They are about 5 minutes long and deal with Buddhist topics from a Pureland perspective, often in relation to current affairs.

01: 4th April:

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OLD GRANITE

Flowers under foot,
clouds in the sky.
Here, in between,
I savour solitude.
They are busy with their business,
while I am merely watching,
listening, with nothing to wait for.

There is a weighty stillness
inside of me
as of a hunk of old granite
in the

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WHAT IS ESSENTIAL?

This is a transcript of the podcast of 23rd April 2020 with Italian translation below

We are all living under lockdown and sharing stories about what it’s like.  I’m here in France where the lockdown is pretty strict. 

When it was first announced we 

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HIMALAYA GLEAMING

The Himalaya gleaming
can be seen from Katmandu
the smog has cleared away -
it’s gone,
the dust, the grime, the humans too,
it’s all gone quiet on the street
the dogs are asleep in the sun
that shines in the clear air above
now the cars and planes have gone.

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EIGHTFOLD PATH IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC

1. Right view: This too shall pass.  

2. Right thought: Compassion for those who suffer.  Gratitude for simple things.

3. Right speech: Don’t spread alarm.  Stay calm. Keep in touch with friends and loved ones by wifi.

4. Right action: Do good for o

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FRAGRANCE OF DHARMA FAITH

There is a verse called Koge in Japanese that is used regularly in Jodo Shu services.

A loose translation goes as follows:

FRAGRANCE GATHA
My body the pure censer
my heart afire with Dharma
to Buddhas of the three times
throughout the ten directions
m

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ON BEING BUSY

Amida is always busy

Always be busy with Amida.

Make all business Amida Nembutsu

Be busy with the thought of Amida

Be courageously busy supported by Amida Light

Be busy supporting Amida

Be busy praying for the Pure Land of Amida

Grateful

Don’t be la

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BHAKTI

I'm posting this lovely piece with permission from Nati

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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DYING, DEATH, BARDO, BIRTH, RETURN

In response to Vajrapala’s request that I might describe the Buddhist teaching on death, here is what I have heard.  Some parts of this, through near-death experiences, samadhi, and memories of innocent childhood, I have conscious awareness of having

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FAITH IN THE MIDST OF THE FIRE

PAIN IN A BOMBU WORLD

In the on-line order meeting this past Saturday I said that in relation to the current world crisis caused by the arrival of a virus for which, as yet, we have no cure, I am a happy pessimist.  I’ll say a little more on this sub

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SAIGYO

Saigyo (1118-1190) was a wandering poet monk in Japan.  He is one of the most famous Japanese poets.  He wrote more than fifteen hundred poems, many of which became famous.  His poetry reflects his life as a rather solitary wanderer, often spending t

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