Click here to read my article on the Five conditions for birth in the Pure Land - http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2016/10/five-conditions-for-birth-in-pure-land.html If you find my videos useful please click LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to my channel. 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 Click here if you want to order the printed copies of my books - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2020/08/amidaji-bookstore-libreria-amidaji.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhW7duV5FWA

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, http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2018/07/new-book-meaning-of-faith-and-nembutsu.html#more 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. Contact details and information about me and my temple: http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html If you wish to support my Dharma activities and Amidaji temple, you can do so by becoming a casual donor or a patron (constant/monthly donor). To send your donations you can use the information bellow. Any small contribution is greatly appreciated and very much needed: http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.ro/p/donation.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgVoqeYMW-I

Thank you for watching! Please click like and subscribe! 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 Useful articles mentioned in the video: Why Amidaji – the testimony of a member who re-enters our Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Sangha (video) - https://youtu.be/z8nWhtcIJKo Never say Amida Buddha is the same with the "god" of monotheists or with any other divine figure outside the Buddha Dharma - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2018/10/never-equate-amida-buddha-with-god-of.html The eight elements of faith (short version) - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2020/03/amida-dharma-fasicle-5-eight-elements.html The eight elements of faith (longer version) - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2016/10/some-elements-of-genuine-faith-shinjin.html The eight precepts of faith - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2020/03/amida-dharma-6-eight-precepts-of-faith.html Ryogemon - Profession of Faith (short explanation and commentary) - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2011/01/ryogemon-profession-of-faith-short.html 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 An example of the false teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2019/12/an-example-of-false-teachings-of-thich.html The Nembutsu liturgy of Amidaji temple (final version) - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2018/11/simple-nembutsu-service-from-amidaji.html Pure Land as a state of consciousness or a real place? - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2016/03/pure-land-as-state-of-consciousness-or.html On Amidaji branch of Jodo Shinshu and its relation with Nishi Hongwanji - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2020/09/on-amidaji-branch-of-jodo-shinshu-and.html#more The Three Refuges in Jodo Shinshu Buddhism - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-three-refuges-in-jodo-shinshu.html Jesus was NOT a Bodhisattva nor a Buddhist monk - https://youtu.be/CskY_bIcA_Y 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=E-DnaycPLXE

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 testimony of Ananda and the audience gathered on Vulture Peak to the existence of Amida Buddha and His Pure Land – commentary on the sections 41 and 42 from the Larger Sutra - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-testimony-of-ananda-and-audience.html Commentary on the Sutra on the Buddha of Infinite Life (Larger Sutra) - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2019/01/commentary-on-sutra-on-buddha-of.html Shakyamuni Buddha’s supreme appearance and the reason for His coming to this world – commentary on the section 3 of the Larger Sutra - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2018/11/shakyamuni-buddhas-supreme-appearance.html The difference between those born in the Pure Land in the embryonic form and those born by transformation – commentary on sections 43, 44 and 45 of the Larger Sutra - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-difference-between-those-born-in.html The so called “exclusion” in the Primal Vow: „excluded are those who commit the five grave offenses and those who slander the right Dharma." - https://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2007/10/exclusion-in-eighteenth-vow.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 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 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=6UiPy4ZzK1A