Useful articles mentioned in the video: 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 A detailed explanation of the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-detailed-explanation-of-primal-vow-of.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 The twelve Lights of Amida Buddha (commentary on the first part of section 11 of the Larger Sutra) - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-twelve-lights-of-amida-buddha.html Elements of genuine faith: 7) To say the Name of Amida Buddha - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2018/02/elements-of-genuine-faith-7-to-say-name.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 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 These are all the social platforms where you can find me: Facebook account - https://www.facebook.com/joshoadrian333 (main account) Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/Josho.Adrian.Cirlea Amidaji Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/amidaji MeWe - https://mewe.com/i/joshoadriancirlea1 Minds - https://www.minds.com/josho VK (Russian platform) - https://vk.com/josho Telegram - https://t.me/amidaji Gab - https://gab.com/Josho Twitter - https://twitter.com/RCirlea Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshoAdrianCirlea Odysee - (a backup channel for all my videos), https://odysee.com/@JoshoAdrianCirlea:8 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGaycyrvudI

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 precious Amida 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 fait ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWy9RkXtvMI

Useful links mentioned in this video: Simple Teachings on Emptiness and Buddha Nature (book) - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2020/08/new-book-simple-teachings-on-emptiness.html The Four Noble Truths from the Jodo Shinshu perspective - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-four-noble-truths-from-jodo-shinshu.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 These are all the social platforms where you can find me: Facebook account - https://www.facebook.com/joshoadrian333 (main account) Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/Josho.Adrian.Cirlea Amidaji Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/amidaji MeWe - https://mewe.com/i/joshoadriancirlea1 Minds - https://www.minds.com/josho VK (Russian platform) - https://vk.com/josho Telegram - https://t.me/amidaji Gab - https://gab.com/Josho Twitter - https://twitter.com/josho_adrian Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshoAdrianCirlea Odysee - (a backup channel for all my videos), https://odysee.com/@JoshoAdrianCirlea:8 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzB0XkYXPP0

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 precious Amida 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 fait ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1gAPPCcXuE