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On the Attainment of True Faith | Ekayana Shin Dharmalog
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Inclusive Jodo Shinshu and the skillful use of expedient means. On the Attainment of True Faith. July 26, 2015. James E. S. On the Attainment of True Faith. Author unknown – c. 13-14th c? Translated by Eizo Tanaka. THE PURE LAND – Journal of European Shin Buddhism, Series 1, 1982-1983. Buddhists should first of all understand how the Original Vow was made. Amida. Sets out this vow in the Ojo Raisan. Would become a Buddha but if any fail to be so born then he would not enter Perfect Enlightenment. Has alr...
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Happy Bodhi Day! | Ekayana Shin Dharmalog
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Inclusive Jodo Shinshu and the skillful use of expedient means. December 8, 2015. James E. S. Day, I would like to take the opportunity to remind myself that. The mind that aspires to enlightenment for the sake of all beings), is not just a thing for Buddhists. Indeed, in the world at this moment, the need for the development of. Is perhaps greater than it has ever been. We, as Buddhists, have the. Vow with us into the voting booth. Give me your tired, your poor,. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
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Dharma Supplies | Ekayana Shin Dharmalog
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Inclusive Jodo Shinshu and the skillful use of expedient means. Many of the texts on the ESD. Mdash;like the current featured text, ‘Great Living’, and our previous featured text, ‘Strategies for Modern Living’, are available for purchase via our Amazon Dharma Supplies Store. Purchases help support ESD). Great Living: In the Pure Encounter Between Master and Disciple. By Kemmyo Taira Sato. A new and very bracing translation of –and commentary on– ‘. 8216; by the renowned scholar-devotee. Are part of the ...
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Ares, Aphrodite and Hephaestus | al-kemi
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An alchemists notebook: exercises in alchemystical exegesis. The Epistle of John Pontanus. Verse on the Threefold Sophic Fire. Ares, Aphrodite and Hephaestus. Of Things Perfecting and Corrupting Metallick Bodies. Meditations of the Greek Master. The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine. Twelve Keys – Preface. Twelve Keys – Introduction. Twelve Keys – Clavis I. Twelve Keys – Clavis II. Twelve Keys – Clavis III. Twelve Keys – Clavis IV. Twelve Keys – Clavis V. Twelve Keys Clavis VI. Twelve Keys Clavis VII. Fathe...
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The Difference Between Faith and belief | Ekayana Shin Dharmalog
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Inclusive Jodo Shinshu and the skillful use of expedient means. The Difference Between Faith and belief. November 14, 2010. James E. S. I am often asked what I see as the difference between ‘faith’ and ‘belief’.”. Though in common parlance we often find these terms used interchangeably, technically these terms point to very different things. The deep religious faith of. One may start on the Pure Land path from belief — having heard of the causal seed of the compassionate primal vow of. Entrance into the ...
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Genshin’s Ōjōyōshū on Other Practices | Ekayana Shin Dharmalog
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Inclusive Jodo Shinshu and the skillful use of expedient means. December 11, 2015. James E. S. It may be asked, ‘All good practices are virtuous, and each enables one to attain birth in the Pure Land. Why is it then that the teaching of the. In answer, I would say, ‘When I now encourage everyone to practice the. I do not mean to set aside the various other good practices. What I mean to say is that the. Condition … no practice is more accessible than the. Genshin’s Ōjōyōshū on Other Practices. Insight in...
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Ekayana Shin Dharmalog Statement of Principle | Ekayana Shin Dharmalog
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Inclusive Jodo Shinshu and the skillful use of expedient means. Ekayana Shin Dharmalog Statement of Principle. June 20, 2010. James E. S. Condone, promote or accept any teaching (‘Buddhist’ or otherwise) that:. Is disrespectful and intellectually dishonest when comparing one teaching to another;. Treats anything recorded or transmitted by human agency as if it were a 100% accurate statement of absolute truth;. Requires or encourages unquestioning belief in that which a person of. Has not verified;. Rev S...
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On what sūtras can practitioners rely? | Ekayana Shin Dharmalog
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Inclusive Jodo Shinshu and the skillful use of expedient means. On what sūtras can practitioners rely? April 17, 2010. James E. S. We are often asked: “on what. This is not an easy question to answer. The. Has a history of over 2500 years. It is no longer possible to determine authoritatively what. Was initially transmitted by word of mouth to individual practitioners and disparate communities of both home-dwellers and home-leavers and was not recorded in writing until some time after the demise of.
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Harold Stewart on Faith | Ekayana Shin Dharmalog
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Inclusive Jodo Shinshu and the skillful use of expedient means. March 28, 2016. James E. S. Harold Stewart on Faith. Faith has been repeatedly mentioned in these pages, and the reader may well ask what meaning this word has for Buddhism in general and for the Pure Land sects in particular. Faith is the. Conditio sine qua non. Not only for the spiritual quest but for accomplishment in any field of endeavour. Of this extract from Harold Stewart’s, ‘By The Old Walls of Kyoto.’. Harold Stewart on Faith.