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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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 11, 2005 9:44 pm
thanks. well said.as noted elsewhere, basing shin practice on reading translations in english is a risky business, especially without metapractice such as...
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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 11, 2005 9:39 pm
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...
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Shin02143@...
Mar 11, 2005 9:33 pm
<<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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Shin02143@...
Mar 11, 2005 9:18 pm
<<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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Shin02143@...
Mar 11, 2005 9:10 pm
<< 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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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 11, 2005 4:22 pm
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 ...
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John Napier
hirokomatsumoto
Mar 11, 2005 3:57 pm
_____ From: Shin02143@... [mailto:Shin02143@...] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 8:31 AM To: shinlist@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [shinlist] Doubt In a...
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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 11, 2005 3:03 pm
Haha. you guys are getting pretty revolutionary there. great. have yall read thurman's Inner Revolution? other than being a tibetophile and luddite about...
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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 11, 2005 2:46 pm
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. ...
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Shin02143@...
Mar 11, 2005 1:31 pm
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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Shin02143@...
Mar 11, 2005 1:27 pm
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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Jim
from_alamut
Mar 11, 2005 5:52 am
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 ...
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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 10, 2005 9:55 pm
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...
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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 10, 2005 9:50 pm
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...
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Shoren "the ever...
shoren108
Mar 10, 2005 9:35 pm
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...
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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 10, 2005 8:52 pm
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...
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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 10, 2005 8:19 pm
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. ...
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Shoren "the ever...
shoren108
Mar 10, 2005 8:13 pm
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...
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Shoren "the ever...
shoren108
Mar 10, 2005 7:52 pm
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...
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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 10, 2005 1:54 pm
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...
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Shin02143@...
Mar 10, 2005 12:33 pm
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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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 9, 2005 4:44 pm
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...
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Paul Roberts
netpaul316
Mar 9, 2005 3:58 pm
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...
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Paul Roberts
netpaul316
Mar 7, 2005 6:02 pm
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...
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Ken O'Neill
kendaiganoneill
Mar 6, 2005 6:38 pm
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:...
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Jim
from_alamut
Mar 6, 2005 3:33 pm
... 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...
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lotusponds@...
snakearmspatrol
Mar 6, 2005 7:22 am
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 ...
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kendaiganoneill
Mar 6, 2005 5:09 am
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,...
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Rod
digsalot1
Mar 4, 2005 9:39 pm
... Posted in the Episcopal Club. Hope we get some response. ghasso Namu Amida Butsu Digs...
