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January 2021

Every Sunday Global Sangha Interest Group

event Every Sunday Global Sangha Interest Group 6 Likes EASTER TRANSMISSION RETREAT 2nd-5th April 20…

event EASTER TRANSMISSION RETREAT 2nd-5th April 20… 6 Likes

November 2020

GLOBAL SANGHA NEWSLETTER 4: 23rd November 20… This is going to be a great Bodhi Retreat. Covid has forced us on-line and we are learning a lot. It is enabling us to bring in lots of new people with important experiences to share. There will b… Discussion GLOBAL SANGHA NEWSLETTER 4: 23rd November 20… 2 Likes Investigation of Dharma ~ Podcast GS3: 23. N… Sometimes in life, just as we're sailing along and think that everything is going fine, we suddenly run into rough water. Perhaps people we trusted, people who perhaps have been friends for a long ti… Discussion Investigation of Dharma ~ Podcast GS3: 23. N… 1 Like CEREMONY OF ADMISSION TO AMIDA SHU AND LAY M… GATHERING & ANNOUNCEMENT BELLMASTER leads nembutsu chanting. * CELEBRANT: Rare is it to meet with the Dharma, ultimate and profound, Even though one seeks for hundreds and thousands of aeons F… Discussion CEREMONY OF ADMISSION TO AMIDA SHU AND LAY M… 3 Likes TAO & EASTERN WISDOM

Group TAO & EASTERN WISDOM 7 Likes

July 2020

Amida Shu Podcast 39 - 22nd June 2020: Echoe… Though others kill, we shall be kind. And by being kind we shall heal the world. Though others steal and exploit, we shall be generous and hospitable. And by doing so, we shall make a refuge for the… Discussion Amida Shu Podcast 39 - 22nd June 2020: Echoe… 5 Likes

May 2020

Not Just About Me.

I had a bit of a rough night last night, which is not unusual, but in these current circumstances contributes more to the weirdness and difficulty of the lockdown than it does to a…

Blog Not Just About Me. 3 Likes Lighthouse by Robert Althouse

Blog Lighthouse by Robert Althouse 2 Likes 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 innoc… Discussion DYING, DEATH, BARDO, BIRTH, RETURN 7 Likes CLARIFYING NEMBUTSU PRACTICE QUESTION: I’d like to be clear about what nembutsu practice is. It’s seems from what I can glean from your writing you are saying Amida Buddhism is the work of compassion in the world in the play of… Discussion CLARIFYING NEMBUTSU PRACTICE 6 Likes 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 Dharmato Buddhas… Discussion FRAGRANCE OF DHARMA FAITH 2 Likes 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 h… Discussion FAITH IN THE MIDST OF THE FIRE 10 Likes 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 pray… Discussion ON BEING BUSY 3 Likes 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… Discussion BHAKTI 5 Likes 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 stil… Discussion OLD GRANITE 4 Likes

March 2020

Thousand Images of Amida Buddha

video Thousand Images of Amida Buddha 4 Likes On solitude

video On solitude 2 Likes

February 2020

On authenticity

video On authenticity 4 Likes

January 2020

Mala picture 1

photo Mala picture 1 1 Like LU SHAN HUI YUAN Hui Yuan of Mount Lu (334-416) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, founder of Pureland Buddhism in China.. Mount Lu Mount Lu is in the centre of China, just south of the Yangtse River, nowadays clos… Discussion LU SHAN HUI YUAN 5 Likes