Hi Atta: I heard it too. It was quite an uncritical piece, almost like a sales pitch. Sounds like SGI had considerable input on the final editing. There was no...
I was wondering if anybody here could explain the five skandhas or as they are also known the five aggregates. This concept seems to have a great deal of...
There is something particular among the Chinese and Japanese paintings inspired by Zen. The faces and bodys of the people painted look very realistic. It also...
Hi Alexandra: I don't know that I would give too much credit to Zen for the beauty and wonder of the Chinese and Japanese style of painting. There does seem to...
Thank you for the book recommendations. youzhangme <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Hi Alexandra: I don't know that I would give too much credit to Zen for...
... Hi there, long time no see! In fact, it took time for me to re-organize lots of my life, leading me to web-only reading, meaning retreating from most...
Hi Axel: Your analysis would suggest that the Buddhism of T'ien T'ai was, as you put it, 'pure Buddhism as a merely philosophical school' - this is completely...
... Heya, youz: you're correct, I was thinking faster than my fingers could punch down the thoughts into the keybord (though I am really quick with it)....
I was reviewing the always interesting tientai.net website and have a question for anyone in the know about the Siddham alphabet. What is the relationship...
Siddham refers to a form of script used in Central Asia and China for the writing of Buddhist Sanskrit. Sanskrit is the classical form of the Indian language,...
... Mason: In fact, you might better address this to a zen-list, such as "E-Zendo" also hosted at yahoogroups. However, as a short answer to satisfy the first...
Thanks Axel: The tracing of spiritual lineages of course goes back even further than the Buddha Shakyamuni. The Buddha himself claimed to have received his...
It seems that Pure Land Buddhism is very prevalent and the most accepted form of Buddhism in many countries. I would like to better undrestand what 'The Pure...
Hello Chick and Atta, In actuality, Nichiren was totally against the Pure Land school of Buddhism, especially as it was embodied in the teachings of the...
You certainly could not call Nichiren Buddhism "Pure Land" because there is no derivision from one form to the other. However, as eveidenced by quotes from...
I think that an important distinction needs to be made between the Pure Land sects and the Buddhist concept of the the Pure Land. Once one gets past the merely...
OK but what exactly is 'the pure land' as a concept in Buddhism? Hugo ... insight ... devices) ... the ... because ... especially ... which ... Amida ... which...
Hi Hugo, There isn't an exact answer to this. Pure land is a concept of Pure Land Buddhism - it doesn't exist outside of that school. Inside that school it...
... Hi, Katinka: as I said, after Huineng, Chan split up in different schools, that's more or less the basic reasons, they stopped counting "patriarchs" - i.e....
... Sorry, Katinka, but this is wrong. The Pure Land of (a) Buddha is something known very much in Tibetan Buddhism as well. But interpreted completely...
I believe that there is a teaching in Buddhism about 'four lands' in which the 'pure land' is but one. I believe one of the other ones is the 'Saha world'. ...
The Four Lands: 1. The Saha World, The Land Where All Equally Reside: The realm of good & evil, karma & retribution; the threefold realm of mortal existence;...
So are you drawing a comparison between the 'pure land' of Amitabha and the eternal Buddha of the 16th chapter of the Lotus Sutra? Chick ... the ... insight ...
In many ways there are parallels but there are some differences that can be distinguished. In the illustration of the good doctor healing the children in the ...
Wasn't Amitabha a brother of Shakyamuni and one of the 16 sons of the Buddha Great Penetrating Wisdom in the Magic City chapter of the Lotus Sutra? I know this...
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