Hey Fellow Bombu: Y'all know about the hijiri? Back when buddhism was first introduced to Japan, in the form of monks, the Japanese took care to correct that,...
Ah, townes> he sure could get downes! All those cats, singing luminances and Joyous glows for all beings twangingly! Actually, willy the nelson was strong ...
... HI, Wondered what you have been up to recently. What an idea contained in your message. It sort of reminds me a bit about the English Ranters who used the...
Jim: Please contact me offline from the yahoo group so I can have an address that will, unlike Yahoo, accept attachments. best Ken ... From: Jim To:...
Here's the link: http://www.shinugly.com/blog/wp-trackback.php/66 I am currently working with his friends in the USA to re- publish his book, "My Understanding...
Rev. Al Bloom (of Shin Dharma Net) asks: Your discussion sounds much like that of scholars and clerics. Why make a contrast between scholars and clerics who...
Hey Paul: Sounds like you haven't read much regarding interpretation of Shin and other forms of Japanese Buddhism - indeed, the larger issue of interpretation...
In a message dated 3/9/05 11:53:42 AM, kayoneill@... writes: << Chastizing Al Bloom who's spent about fifty years in the field of shin is patent...
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Rich: Don't know the source of Al Bloom's email; however, it is on netpaul's blog, as are other correspondances. I have to admit he's put a great deal of time...
Hello Ken, If what I understand what I am reading, the majority of anything in English regarding Shin is flawed. My Japanese is near non existent and the...
Hi there, I had wondered what is the difference between the practice of Shin in Japan verses The US? I know that since the first Shin practitioners were the...
Hello Shoren: Dennis Hirota's doing a good job, and the ryukoku translation series is a lot better than it used to be - probably due to Dennis' involvement. ...
Shin is real different in Japan than in north america. When the Japanese came to north america, the methodists launch a semi-autonomous missionary activity...
Thanks Ken, I guess for now the following is my core....(and my email signature).... "The Primal Vow was established out of deep compassion for us who cannot...
Shoren: While pulling together my lunch, a thought crossed my mind. You seem to express a sense of disillusionment. That's a good experience. Several years ago...
Hey Greenhorn: I'm writing from the heart of the Texas Hill Country with a pasture land full of cows across the street, and deer to watch for on the night...
WESTERN BUDDHISM'S COMING TO AGE When will Western Buddhism come to age? As soon as the bodhisattvas of the earth overcome the hatred, greed and ignorance ...
In a message dated 3/11/05 12:55:08 AM, from_alamut@... writes: << When will Western Buddhism come to age? As soon as the bodhisattvas of the earth ...
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In a message dated 3/10/05 4:58:10 PM, kayoneill@... writes: << and get rid of that word 'faith' - its a christian term with no association to shin....
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Rich: thanks. but you haven't said why faith is a good word, more that you just happen to like it. I don't. it's misleading due to centuries of associations. ...
Haha. you guys are getting pretty revolutionary there. great. have yall read thurman's Inner Revolution? other than being a tibetophile and luddite about...
_____ From: Shin02143@... [mailto:Shin02143@...] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 8:31 AM To: shinlist@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [shinlist] Doubt In a...
sounds like a drug addiction. not to mention dogshit along the way. ... From: John Napier To: shinlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:57 AM ...
<< just stay with the nembutsu. some people do well mixing nembutsu with zenlike sitting - that's fine too. you didn't grow up in japan, didn't learn seiza as...
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<<relying on the primal vow. what's that mean? where is it. some amida godguy? not hardly. no talking in tongues, either! shinran's real clear that nembutsu is...
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<<what's going to kill dharma is our own western habits:sectarian elitism and suppression of gnosis in favor of dogma and doctrine. and i've seen that now for...
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well, bud, I think Shinran would certainly disagree with the 'saved' stuff; he wasn't a salvific christian in reliance on a savior god. the problem with...
thanks. well said.as noted elsewhere, basing shin practice on reading translations in english is a risky business, especially without metapractice such as...
New Times Across the seas of time and space mystics have always gathered together to teach and practice the many ways to the Real. Our present time is no...
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