On the 17th Vow Amida Buddha - all Buddhas praise His Name and encourage us to say it in faith
This presentation and discussion is part of the “Topics of examination for those who want to become lay teachers or monks and nuns in Amidaji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism”. Kosho Arana, the main speaker here, is a candidate for monkhood (priesthood). By listening to all the videos in the playlist related with the examinations you will acquire very good knowledge of the general Buddhist teaching and the specific Jodo Shinshu doctrines. As you can see in these videos, Amidaji has well prepared members and it’s a team work, with people capable to continue our Dharma mission to spread the true, orthodox Jodo Shinshu Buddhist teaching.
This book is, as the title shows, an attempt to explain the meaning of faith and Nembutsu in accordance with the teaching of our school.
I start my explanations with the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha because without it there would be no Jodo Shinshu. As Shinran said:
“If Amida’s Primal Vow is true, Shakyamuni’s teaching cannot be false. If the Buddha’s teaching is true, Shan-tao’s commentaries cannot be false. If Shan-tao’s commentaries are true can Honen’s words be lies? If Honen’s words are true, then surely what I say cannot be empty.”
Every Buddhist school has a lineage of transmission. Ours starts with Amida Buddha, then continues with Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha, the seven Masters, Shinran Shonin, Rennyo Shonin and any true teacher that came after them and was loyal to the Primal Vow. What all the representatives of our lineage said with one voice is that the Primal Vow is true and that it contains everything we need for our attainment of Buddhahood in the Pure Land of Amida.
“Be in accord with the Primal Vow” is the motto of our school and this book tries its best to do just that – to be in accord with the Primal Vow, to turn people’s minds toward the Primal Vow and make them follow exclusively the requirements of the Primal Vow. May all beings who read it abandon the wrong teachings of non-Buddhist paths and among the various Buddhist teachings and practices chose the one which represents the true reason for all Buddhas coming to this world – the Nembutsu of faith, the One Vehicle of the Primal Vow.
The audio version of this book was made by my Dharma friend Gansen John Welch from Australia, to whom I am very grateful.
You can download it for free in pdf version, at this link,
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Note:
Many of the footnotes are not included in the audio version because they are too many, but you can read them in the online (pdf) version.
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Articles related with this video teaching,
The Name of Amida Buddha is the Great Practice - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-name-of-amida-buddha-is-great.html
Selected passages from Honen Shonin with commentary - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2022/05/selected-passages-from-honen-shonin.html
Enjoy the taste of nembutsu - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2008/01/enjoy-taste-of-nembutsu.html
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This short video teaching is NOT an encouragement to drinking or smoking, as I myself don't drink or smoke, but simply shows the unconditional salvation offered by Amida Buddha and the easy Path of Nembutsu.
Useful links related with this video:
The saying of Amida Buddha's Name is not a practice because it does not depend on our power (video teaching) - https://youtu.be/13AC987zijM?si=TsjQuenPR71HGQYf
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Introduction by Gansen John Welch,
I wrote this new poem to thank and honour my teachers Reverend Josho Adrian Cirlea and Paul Roberts as well as our Amida Dharma Masters, Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Tan-Luan, Daochuo, Shandao, Genshin, Honen,Shinran and Rennyo without whom I could not have found and understood (in my case, to some small extent) Amida Dharma and my utter helplessness, trapped in the endless suffering of samsara.
Never forget these wise words from Tannisho by Yuienbo:
“As I humbly reflect on the past [when the late master Shinran was alive] and the present in my foolish mind, I can not but lament the divergences from the true shinjin that he conveyed by speaking to us directly, and I fear there are doubts and confusions in the way followers receive and transmit the teaching. For how is entrance into the single gate of easy practice possible unless we happily come to rely on a true teacher whom conditions bring us to encounter? Let there be not the slightest distortion of the teaching of Other Power with words of an understanding based on personal views.”
My hope is that readers and listeners will find that certain words, phrases, ideas and concepts in this poem resonate with their past and present experience and prove to be helpful and meaningful in increasing their understanding of this profound and preciousAmida Dharma.
As Master Rennyo wrote:
“There will also be those who are lacking in faith(fushinjin). This is an extremely serious matter. For unless there is a decisive settling of faith, the birth that is to come in the fulfilled
land is uncertain. Therefore, those whose faith is lacking (fushin)should in all haste attain the decisive mind.The human realm is a place of uncertainty. The Land of utmost bliss is one of eternity. Hence we should not make our abode in the uncertain human realm, but rather aspire to [birth in] the eternal Land of Utmost Bliss. In our tradition, therefore, the matter of faith is placed before all else; unless we are fully aware of the reason for this, everything is meaningless. We must promptly undergo a decisive settling of faith (anjin) and aspire to birth in the Pure Land.”
(The Letters of Master Rennyo, Fascicle Five, 11: On the Anniversary of Master Shinran’s Death)
“There is, then, no anxiety over becoming a Buddha. How incomparable is the all-surpassing Primal Vow! And how gracious Amida Tathagata’s light! Without encountering the [receptive]
condition of this light, there can be no cure at all for the fearful sickness of ignorance and karma-hindrance, which has been ours from the beginningless past. Prompted by the condition of this light, and with the ripening of good from the past, we assuredly attain other-power faith now. It is immediately clear, however, that this is faith
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Useful links:
AMIDA DHARMA - Fascicle 14. The twelve moral precepts - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2020/03/amida-dharma-fascicle-14-twelve-moral.html
If you have a question, ask the Dharma - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2020/07/if-you-have-question-ask-dharma.html
You don't need to change the Buddhist morality when you are saved as you are - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2020/10/you-dont-need-to-change-buddhist.html
Rules of the dojo/temple - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/rules-of-dojotemple.html
Why do we need discipline in a dojo or temple? - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-do-we-need-discipline-in-dojo-or.html
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This presentation and discussion is part of the “Topics of examination for those who want to become lay teachers or monks and nuns in Amidaji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism”. Rev Kosho Arana, the main speaker here, has already passed the examination and received the monk ordination in our Amidaji sangha on September, 2023.
By listening to all the videos in the playlist related with the examinations you will acquire very good knowledge of the general Buddhist teaching and the specific Jodo Shinshu doctrines. As you can see in these videos, Amidaji has well prepared members and it’s a team work, with people capable to continue our Dharma mission to spread the true, orthodox Jodo Shinshu Buddhist teaching.
Useful links related with this video teaching:
Topics of examination for those who want to become lay teachers or monks and nuns in Amidaji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2021/08/topics-of-examination-for-those-who.html
The Ten Benefits in this life of a person who has faith in Amida Buddha - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2008/12/ten-benefits-in-this-life-of-nembutsu.html
The benefit of being possessed of supreme virtues - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-ten-benefits-in-this-life-2-benefit.html
False (mundane) merits vs True (supramundane) merits - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2021/01/false-mundane-merits-vs-true.html
The merit transference from Amida Buddha to those who entrust to Him - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-transference-of-merit-from-amida.html
Click here if you wish to make a donation to support my Dharma work. Any little help is appreciated and very much needed - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/donation.html
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Articles mentioned in the video:
A vision with Amida Buddha - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2010/08/vision-with-amida-buddha.html
The Path of Acceptance - commentary on Tannisho (free online edition) - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2011/11/path-of-acceptance-commentary-on.html
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The audio version of this book is a work in progress.
Author: Rev Josho Adrian Cirlea
Narrator: Gansen John Welch Sensei
This book can be downloaded for free in pdf or bought in printed copy at this link,
https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2020/08/new-book-simple-teachings-on-emptiness.html
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and you can buy all his books in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, at this link (Amidaji Bookstore),
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Namo Amida Bu
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The merit transference from Amida Buddha to those who entrust to Him - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-transference-of-merit-from-amida.html
False (mundane) merits vs True (supramundane) merits - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2021/01/false-mundane-merits-vs-true.html
Click here if you wish to become a patron or make a donation to support my Dharma work. Any little help is appreciated and very much needed - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/donation.html
Click here if you want to read about the whole process of constructing Amidaji since the beginning - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2013/07/support-construction-of-amida-ji-temple.html#more
Click here if you want to know about Amidaji temple - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html
Click here if you want to read my autobiography - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-path-between-thorns-my-spiritual.html
Click here to download my books for free - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/the-true-teaching-on-amida-buddha-and.html
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