tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9962837871439868122024-02-20T20:57:17.792-08:00Diamondlike ShinjinMelvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-65376662589057455572019-04-13T01:05:00.002-07:002019-04-13T01:06:49.786-07:00The Disease of Wanting to Acquire Birth/Shinjin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Do not listen (pay attention) to the Buddha Dharma but keep thinking of acquiring birth quickly, don't you suffer from "the disease of wanting to acquire birth?" Or else, you must be infected with the "disease of wanting to acquire </span>shinjin<span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">." Please be prepared to fail. Please try to fall to a stage where you cannot fall anymore. </span></span><br />
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-10911962096360087512019-04-13T00:09:00.004-07:002019-04-13T01:13:21.660-07:00Look up to the Power of the Tathagata<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Do I have shinjin? Is my shinjin real? Is that fine? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Stop pretending! Why are you complaining about shinjin being real or fake? Are there real and fake ones? Speaking of "save you" it means "save you" </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">certainly</span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">! Why are you beating about the bush and entertaining (the idea of) "real" and "fake" shinjin? Please, look up to the Power of the Tathagata. </span><br />
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-64492524338452953952017-04-30T21:22:00.000-07:002019-04-12T22:59:38.980-07:00Correspond with the Primal Vow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Be it religions or philosophies, after having spent 50 years reading, I discovered that there is no other way (not even one or two) aside from the Primal Vow-power of the Tathagata for a bombu to gain salvation. Forget it, forget it, if we have been duped, so be it; please follow after Master Shinran! By showing off your smartness of a monkey, you wouldn’t be able to put an end to the fire chariot of evil karma! The problem of our afterlife, like gold ingots falling from heaven, “just as you are,” truly it is “just as you are”. The sound of the Call of coming right away single-mindedly<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 宋体;">-</span>it’s superfluous to say “just as you are.” When you have naturally become “just as you are,” that’s called “correspond with the Primal Vow.” If you are working hard towards becoming “just as you are” you will go to places unthought of. The Buddha Dharma is about not-self; not-self is to become an idiot, to be a simpleton. It’s such that despite being alive our calculation perishes. It’s such that we discover the fact that no matter how it’s just impossible by using our own power.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-89080084101536680192017-04-23T20:46:00.000-07:002017-04-23T20:46:22.337-07:00The hand-held nenju does not fall owing to the power of the hand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“The hand-held nenju does not fall owing to the power of the hand.” </div>
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nenju is “held (in the hand)”, the same way we are grasped or held by Amida
Buddha <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 宋体;">-</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span>“embraced
and not forsaken” <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 宋体;">-</span>stopping me
from falling, this falling good-for-nothing can only be safe from falling.
That’s how it happens! However, this nenju (bombu) insists on “having to
acquire shinjin for birth!” Nenju (bombu) apparently do not have limbs but
think of holding on to Amida firmly for birth. As these good-for-nothing
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Therefore, we can “attain birth in the
Pure Land” whether or not we hear the Dharma, do good work (charity), say the
Nembutsu, as the nenju’s nature (weight) of falling does not change! “This me
who is falling,” “cannot fall because I am relying on Amida’s Primal Vow-power
that holds me firmly!” “Try to fall and see if you will. You won’t, will you?”
“I can’t fall!” when “I have been defeated by your power." You have just
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held by Amida Buddha <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 宋体;">-</span> “embraced
and not forsaken”<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: 宋体;">-</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span>and when asked to “try to fall and see if you will,”
however, you are unable to fall anymore. Unable to fall, no matter if you like
it or not, you have no way to get away from being born there. Because Amida
Buddha's power is so immense, you have been defeated by Him at last; isn’t this
shinjin? During the struggling period, you have no shinjin. When being held by Amida, you won’t be
worrying unnecessarily “Would I not fall? Would I not fall?” Similarly, when
being held by Amida, you won’t be saying “have to acquire shinjin for birth.”
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-39550980869786247602017-04-22T22:12:00.000-07:002017-04-22T22:12:35.701-07:00At any time we are completely naked before the Parent of compassion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“Apart from the Buddha saving me, ask no shinjin of your
own.” Therefore, you don’t have to forcefully boast, “I have entrusted myself.”
Hence, “I have heard it,” ”I have entrusted myself,” such minds of “entrusting”
and “hearing” should leave no residual trace. This is what is meant by “at any
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-496308487384818692017-04-01T21:11:00.000-07:002017-04-01T21:11:09.419-07:00Don't bring out human wisdom!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Without having Buddha's wisdom, you won't be going to the
realm of wisdom of Buddha. What do you use to enter the realm of wisdom of
Buddha? The Pure Land is the realm of wisdom of Amida Buddha! Also, it is the
realm of compassion of Amida Buddha! You may think of going to the realm of
wisdom of Buddha, but you won't without humbly accepting the Buddha's wisdom.
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Speaking of shinjin, it's accepting humbly the Buddha's
wisdom! Human wisdom does not work. Human wisdom is in any case termed
"calculation"! It puts you in self-power and doubt! Don't bring out* human wisdom! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-69086880491421271422017-03-26T17:37:00.000-07:002017-04-30T21:49:19.355-07:00Not trusting in people while thinking of humbly accepting shinjin is a mistake!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> “<i>I trust in Shinran Shonin, and therefore trust in the Infinite Life Sutra</i>” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Name of the Primal Vow propounded by the Infinite Life Sutra is not something that bombu can possibly trust in. Touching the Infinite Life Sutra, it is simply the Name of the Primal Vow! “Relying on the Name of the Primal Vow, just by this single honorable power we are taken to be born in the Pure Land,” while discarding everything else! Eishun Sensei said bombu would not be able to trust in the Infinite Life Sutra, which he referred to as the Name of the Primal Vow, but “(he) trusts in Shinran Shonin, and therefore trusts in the Infinite Life Sutra.” Please keep these words in mind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Not trusting in people while thinking of humbly accepting shinjin is a mistake! It does not matter how much great Dharma teaching you have listened to, books you have read, difficult words you have remembered -- these have nothing to do with shinjin! Without trusting in people, it is impossible to humbly accept shinjin.</span><br />
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-82882105568654163552017-03-25T22:50:00.002-07:002017-04-30T21:47:10.794-07:00When fish are hauled out of water <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "gotham" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">“</span><span style="font-family: "gotham" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When fish are hauled out of water, they will die no matter how you treat them. Fish will only survive in water.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "gotham" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">“We rely on the Buddha to live.” How many people out there are aware of this themselves? The wisdom of Namo is the master of the six syllables. The six syllables are the Buddha; relying on the Buddha we humans are shone upon and protected. Such an object (person to be saved) is only savable with the one-thought moment of Amida Buddha. Ahh, how embarrassed I am, how embarrassed I am!” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "gotham" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Note: Madam Hirata was a myokonin of Zuiken's time. She benefited a lot from Zuiken's dharma teaching and owed him great respect. Her speeches, thoughts and poems were collected into Zuiken's book titled The Ship of Vows of Great Compassion. </span></div>
Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-31884664604493766552017-03-25T22:12:00.000-07:002017-03-28T03:13:19.431-07:00Seeking shinjin within while turning your back on Amida Buddha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-35274264941433255572017-03-23T00:22:00.006-07:002023-11-09T17:50:12.360-08:00This Very Special Great Vow (betchi no gugan)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span face=""gotham" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif">What on earth can you do about it? Your (true) features when born, the same old you just like before hearing the Dharma! Doesn’t it mean that I won’t be able to attain birth? Yes, it does. You won’t make it (birth)! As you (this good-for-nothing) won’t make it, it only requires the Tathagata to fasten the lock of the Vow-power around your waist and pull you along. The Pure Land is not devised for unordinary people.</span></div>
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Indeed. If you cannot listen to or are deaf to this very special great Vow (*<i>betchi no gugan</i> 別異の弘願), you won’t be able to enter the White Path of the Primal Vow. It is the 18th Vow that surpasses the ordinary causes and effects of our world! It is *<i>shukuzen</i>! Even so, you are still invited to try listening with astonishment.</div>
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Please read: </span><a href="https://diamondlikeshinjin.blogspot.com/2016/07/amidas-primal-vow-accords-with-nature.html?m=0" style="font-family: gotham, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Amida's Primal Vow Accords with the Nature of Beings</a></div>
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-63053065491772740802017-03-23T00:18:00.001-07:002017-03-23T00:19:16.425-07:00Essay 153<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "sans";">In the Dharma passage, “Delusion is the nature of ordinary beings. Apart from delusion, there is no mind in us,” “there is no mind in us" signifies that the mind is entirely delusion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, sans;">We are notified of this thanks to the deep benevolence of the Buddha. To know “Oh, so that's how it is!” on hearing it is rather easy. To know is easy; however, to be notified of it is very difficult. “Knowing it” is a far cry from “being notified of it.” To know does not have any power. To be notified of it means to be notified by the Tathagata. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, sans; text-align: justify;">When being notified of this, you will realize that “adorning” your mind is not at all needed. What use is it to adorn your mind, to design, to struggle, to believe that you have acquired shinjin? It does not help even a little. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, sans; text-align: justify;">If you truly know “apart from delusion, there is no mind in us” you will realize that “what you think, remember, know, believe, and that you have acquired shinjin, are none of their business.” “These are none of their business but you just can’t help hearing (the Dharma)” because it is the pleasure and joy of Dharma savored by a Nembutsu person from hearing the unsurpassed virtue power of the Tathagata, apart from their great joy (of shinjin), as long as they are alive. To hear is (the working of) the immeasurable power and virtues of the Tathagata; not to hear is also (the working of) the immeasurable power and virtues of the Tathagata. To be always mindful of the immeasurable power and virtues of the Tathagata or not, is the point of difference between entrusting and non-entrusting.</span><br />
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-50357236306390380632017-03-18T22:43:00.000-07:002017-03-18T22:52:54.315-07:00 Essay 159: Fail to distinguish what is important and not important<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Concerning the Buddha-Dharma, most people fail to distinguish
what is important (weighty) and not important (light). Why do I say this?
Because you keep going around with your mind whether or not you have attained
shinjin. This troubled mind is still the same old self spinning around, since
you place the emphasis of "How? How?" on yourself without paying attention to
the Buddha’s Primal Vow of "Should <span style="text-align: left;">[</span>you<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-align: left;">]</span> not be born there," which is the
virtue-power of Namo Amida Butsu, the Great Enlightenment of the twofold
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-39490574139663954252017-03-18T01:24:00.001-07:002017-03-18T07:32:46.818-07:00The Tathagata of unhindered Light filling the ten quarters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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single, I take refuge in the Tathagata of unhindered Light filling the ten
quarters</i>” (Namo Amida Butsu).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-92025623448836170712017-03-16T23:40:00.000-07:002017-03-16T23:40:00.898-07:00It is truly the power of the Primal Vow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Birth is not achieved after we have studied the Buddha-dharma, heard the Buddha-dharma, and humbly received shinjin; it does not happen after we have first accomplished ourselves. It is in our current, altogether or completely unaccomplished state, that birth is achieved. Therefore, it is truly the power of the Primal Vow. </span></div>
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-59001771255429046772017-03-15T21:40:00.002-07:002017-03-15T21:40:43.105-07:00Birth through saying the nembutsu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">“Birth through saying the nembutsu” refers to “birth through shinjin (faith-mind).” </span><div>
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-16125888034168796712017-03-14T06:39:00.000-07:002017-03-15T23:47:24.743-07:00We have been saying the nembutsu deliberately ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have been saying the nembutsu deliberately </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">in order t</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">o acquire shinjin, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">u</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">ntil today.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We wish to attain birth w</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">ith the power of saying the nembutsu.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">To this day, to </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">this moment,<br />We have been saying the nembutsu assiduously. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Isn't it shallow?</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Our father of compassion is right here and</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">that's my honourable shinjin.</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Both words and thoughts perish. </span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Together with Namo Amida Butsu </span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">We walk side by side.</span></span></span><br />
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-80555541076480155662017-03-14T00:54:00.000-07:002017-03-14T00:54:07.611-07:00The Tathagata trusts that you can definitely be saved<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Tathagata trusts that you can definitely be saved. This shinjin (faith-mind)
and compassion of the Tathagata as it stands penetrates my mind, is my anjin, also
my shinjin. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-64622573603949412112017-03-14T00:14:00.000-07:002023-12-17T03:25:20.346-08:00It is the Primal Vow at work to align with us<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In your heart of hearts, have you ever raised a thought of plea for help from the Buddha, “Amida Buddha, I beg of you”? If you do, that’s self-power, and that's not in accordance with the Primal Vow. Then, what is to be done to align with the Primal Vow? As we are working our will to align with the Primal Vow, and hence we can never be in perfect alignment. In fact, it is the Primal Vow at work to align with us.</span></div>
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-46348412455808051512017-03-13T23:32:00.001-07:002017-03-14T00:58:02.235-07:00The person who entrusted themselves to Amida Tathagata will definitely be born in His Pure Land<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The world greatest sage is Sakyamuni Buddha. Sakyamuni
Buddha is the manifestation-body of Amida Tathagata. The Buddha says in the Sutra (the Larger Sutra), “The person who entrusted themselves to Amida Tathagata (the Primal Vow
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If we are born there, Amida Tathagata and Sakyamuni Buddha
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After that, we will become Buddha instantly. This is
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-14974580923414241032017-03-13T01:31:00.000-07:002017-03-14T00:58:57.802-07:00Unmistaken Salvation and Birth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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salvation of the Primal Vow-power is unmistaken, hence my birth is unmistaken. Bombu's
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-83305296483106079332017-03-12T23:30:00.001-07:002017-03-14T00:59:52.932-07:00The Posture of Amida and Sentient beings Becoming Buddha in Unison is Namo Amida Butsu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amida Tathagata established the Primal Vow to become Buddha in unison with sentient beings. As the Primal Vow implies, the posture of Amida and sentient beings becoming Buddha in unison is Namo Amida Butsu. The Buddha-wisdom and Great Compassion that we "ashamedly" accept with reverence is shinjin.</span></span></div>
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-71556388916918201052016-10-03T22:01:00.001-07:002016-10-03T22:01:30.962-07:00That's the implication of my Name<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; line-height: 19.32px;">I pleaded Amida for endowment of Shinjin. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; line-height: 19.32px;">Amida replied, "Don't worry, I will save you! That's the implication of my Name."</span></span></div>
Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-3000469008254530212016-10-03T21:59:00.001-07:002016-10-03T21:59:23.253-07:00Even down to ten times<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"<i>Even down to ten times" refers to people who say the Name as few as ten times. "Even down to" means that neither those who say the Name more than ten times nor those who only HEAR the Name are omitted or excluded from birth in the Pure Land</i>." </div>
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The above passage is referring to the true entrusting (shinjin). On hearing Amida's Vow, "Save you as you are!" free of doubt (shinjin), the nembutsu of gratefulness and joy will flow, "Namo Amida Butsu, my Lord Buddha, t<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">hank you for saving me!" This is one utterance awakened from Shinjin.</span></div>
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When Shinjin has been settled, in ordinary days, every time when we come to think of Amida's Vow, it naturally calls to mind His Name of Great Compassion, and the nembutsu will naturally flow, "Namo Amida Butsu...." All these are the proof of Amida's realisation of our birth.</div>
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Gassho,<br />Zuizen Melvin</div>
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-15612768390731572772016-10-03T00:44:00.000-07:002017-03-12T06:53:00.849-07:00All the hindrances become free of hindrances<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">“Taking refuge (kimyo)” means to give up our design (self) and pursue and adore the “kimyo” of the Tathagata.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">The Tathagata is free of hindrances; virtuous and unvirtuous people are equally saved. From the perspective of bonbu, the virtuous people are saved while the unvirtuous are not; so they discriminate based on their frame of mind from ages ago. This is known as “hindrances.” Bonbu discriminates over every single thing, and this is termed “hindrances.” The “Unhindered Light” of the Tathagata is the Primal Vow that saves bonbu who is good at nothing but discrimination. Thus, it’s said that “all the hindrances become free of hindrances.”</span></span><br />
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Melvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07528285446196641717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-996283787143986812.post-69470456797792176572016-10-03T00:42:00.003-07:002016-10-03T00:42:47.437-07:00The Tathagata in Hell<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Zuiken Sensei preaches,<br />'<i>You think you are hearing the Buddha Dharma in this Saha world, at the main hall (of the Buddhist temple). Therefore, you get nowhere.<br />In hell, to behold Amida Tathagata even once, “Ah, what a joy!” is the only fit expression.<br />The Tathagata in hell is the Buddha Dharma!<br />No Buddha Dharma and shinjin outside the state of mind of encountering the Buddha Dharma in hell. </i><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><i><br />You may think of acquiring shinjin by listening to the Buddha Dharma, but there is no shinjin when you forget about the Tathagata in hell</i>.'</span></div>
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Yes, it’s true! Because you forget about the hot flames that begin to burn right under your feet, you are taking no heed and turning a deaf ear to the call of the Oyasama (Honored Parent)…</div>
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What’s more lamentable than this?<br />What’s more sorrowful than this?<br />Namo Amida Butsu<br />Namo Amida Butsu</div>
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