Veneration to Those Virtuous Masters

To claim that Jodo Shinshu can only accommodate two masters, Shinran Shonin and Rennyo Shonin, forgetting, disdaining or even despising other masters from the direct lineage of the Shin school is not only a narrow-minded disposition but also an expression of ingratitude of what the Seven Masters have contributed in revealing and developing the Shin doctrine. Such a claim is a gigantic self-power pride which has totally forgotten about oneself being a hell destined bonbu and is blind to the Other-power, the Great Compassion. Jodo Shinshu is not a religion of Shinran or Rennyo, it's a religion of the Primal-vow Power, a religion arising from the Larger Sutra.

Zuiken says, "The Buddhist scriptures are difficult. It is Bodhisattva Nagarjuna and Bodhisattva Vasubandhu who disclosed to us the essence of the Larger Sutra on Amitayus (the Hongan of “If they should not be born there, I will not attain the perfect enlightenment”) ...... Bodhisattva Nagarjuna, Bodhisattva Vasubandhu and the rest of the seven masters propounded this teaching with one accord."

"People of the present age, both priests and laymen, should with one accord

Only accept in faith the teachings of those virtuous masters." 

- Shoshinge

Please listen to the Buddha Dharma with a humble mind.

"Having acquired shinjin and anjin (mind at peace), with the feeling of peace of mind one tends to forget that hell is definite." 

- Zuiken

"Regarding faith, we just feel its trustworthiness; the Buddha’s mind leaves room only for bowing our heads in gassho!" 

- Zuiken

"If we conduct an uncompromising study, we will surprisingly discover that most of those who claim to be Shinshu followers, are in fact doing "auxiliary-mixed practices (based on self-centered efforts)" This is alarming. However, if we mention it a lot in this regard, they will not come again for the Dharma sermons. What a headache."
- Zuiken

Gassho

Zuizen Melvin