Dear Rick, ... thanks for the encouragement but I have to confess flattery works all too well on me so I instantly jumped to the conclusion I was way ahead of...
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Richard St. Clair
stclair@...
May 16, 2002 7:55 pm
... That is wonderful to hear! ... A, You are right, we cannot calculate becoming uncalculating. It is the deep conundrum of Shin Buddhism. As Ty Unno recently...
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Richard St. Clair
stclair@...
May 16, 2002 7:42 pm
... I'm sure Shinran would agree. We in Shin talk about ourselves as foolish beings. In comparison to the infinite life and light of Amida, we are very little,...
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Richard St. Clair
stclair@...
May 16, 2002 7:39 pm
... Dear A, People like to try all sorts of "definitions" of who or what Amida "is". The fact is, Amida is inconceivable, beyond our limited minds and bonno,...
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zpdsk
May 16, 2002 6:14 pm
I just checked the T.S.Eliot quote. It's so good in context I'm going to share it with you... ============================== Do not let me hear Of the wisdom...
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zpdsk
May 16, 2002 5:32 pm
Hi everyone, Following Clifton's suggestion, I noticed in K.Tanaka's "Ocean" the idea that Amida is a personification of Dharmakaya defined as interdependence....
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Ray Shepard
gaian47
May 16, 2002 2:56 pm
Greetings, C lifton (and all): I can readily understand the "reasons one should be an official member of a Shinshu congregation". However there are none within...
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Richard St. Clair
stclair@...
May 14, 2002 6:31 pm
... I think you are right in saying that the sutras represent a transcendent reality. I'm not sure about your pure land as original enlightened buddha nature....
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Clifton Ong
sanath_sg
May 13, 2002 6:38 am
Hi Richard, yes the term is Hongaku, `Original Enlightenment`, i think there was a tract by either Kakunyo shonin, Zonkaku shonin or Rennyo shonin on this...
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Clifton Ong
sanath_sg
May 13, 2002 6:35 am
Well, it`s still quite a new site so it probably would be updated in the near future, anyway, the Honganji`s Official webpage has got the teachings put inside...
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Anon
zpdsk
May 13, 2002 4:24 am
Hi, I have trouble believing Sakyamuni said the things attributed to him in the Pure Land Sutras and think it far more likely the Sutras were authored by ...
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zpdsk
May 10, 2002 6:31 pm
Dear Richard, ... would you please share what you feel Amida's vow power is? Is Amida a symbol (for you) or something like an objectively existing divine...
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Richard St. Clair
stclair@...
May 10, 2002 5:57 pm
... Excellent point, Clifton. I find the belief that we all have Buddhas inside us just waiting to wake up to be a massive delusion. I think the name for that...
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Richard St. Clair
stclair@...
May 10, 2002 5:50 pm
... The BCA website is ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC. Not a word about the Nembutsu, or Amida Buddha, or Shinran. Just a pale description of the organization of the BCA...
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zpdsk
May 10, 2002 5:14 pm
Hi Clifton (and all), ... "we" as we are imagined or conceived to be are certainly Bonpu and relying on that self is the disaster we see on the news every day....
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Clifton Ong
sanath_sg
May 10, 2002 7:12 am
Hi -A, reading Rev Kenneth Tanaka`s book - OCEAN, he also states that the story of the Pure Land is interpreted as a myth by some scholars, but i`d like to...
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Clifton Ong
sanath_sg
May 10, 2002 7:06 am
Hi -A, yes i really liked the `River of Fire, River of Water`, i was reading a little of the `Gospel` but had to return to the university libary as it was...
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Clifton Ong
sanath_sg
May 10, 2002 6:56 am
Hi all, please take note of the spelling error, the URL should be http://www.buddhistchurchesofamerica.org instead. Gassho, Clifton ... ===== Gassho, Clifton...
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Clifton Ong
sanath_sg
May 10, 2002 6:37 am
Hi Anon, if i am not wrong, Dr Haneda is one of the contemporary Shin scholars and a leading one at that, but i cannot remember which Honganji (Nishi or ...
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sanath_sg
May 10, 2002 6:26 am
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Anon
zpdsk
May 10, 2002 2:57 am
... thanks for the link, I enjoyed reading it and many other articles (mostly from the living dharma site). I particularly liked the ones by Dr. Nobuo Haneda....
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May 8, 2002 12:32 am
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Richard St. Clair
stclair@...
May 6, 2002 9:21 pm
... Dear A, Jodo Shinshu isn't about "conversion" per se. The central phenomenon or experience in one's life in the nembutsu is shinjin, the awakening to the...
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zpdsk
May 6, 2002 7:59 pm
I just read "Naturalness: A Classic of Shin Buddhism" by Kenryo Kanamatsu (which I enjoyed very much and highly recommend btw) in which he implies the story of...
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zpdsk
May 6, 2002 7:39 pm
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zpdsk
May 6, 2002 7:23 pm
thanks to all for the response to the question about wording of the nembutsu, how about initiation ceremonies? I recently reread "River of Fire..." and ...
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Richard St. Clair
stclair@...
May 6, 2002 5:46 pm
... Dear A, It doesn't make a particle of difference. There are innumerable nembutsus. The one you are comfortable with is the "right" one. gassho, Rick (Shaku...
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Clifton Ong
sanath_sg
May 5, 2002 10:15 am
Hi all, in the Honganji, we all recite `Na-man-da-bu(tsu)`, which is an abbreviation of the Name, try it, it can be recited very fast. Gassho, Clifton ... ...
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Shak El
from_alamut
May 5, 2002 2:54 am
Personally, I chant "Namah Amida Buddha" which is a Sanskrit-Japanese-English hybrid mantra. jim davis ... ===== Jim Davis author of "Waking Up After a Night...
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Anon
zpdsk
May 5, 2002 1:25 am
Hi, What are your feelings and thoughts about reciting Amida's name in a foreign language? To my mind, Amida Buddha means more than Amida Butsu. When I recite...
