... . Kobai Sensei: I think Rev Sato – chairman: Difficulties…His question you know and his answer is those who say Amida is a fictional, myth, only a story, those people don't have shinjin. Rev Sato: That is his ... to a symbol or a fictional character and achieve something by it? Only to the real and living Amida Buddha (in his transcendental or sambhogakaya form) can we entrust and be sure of our birth ...

The cloud of light is unhindered, like open sky; There is nothing that impedes it. Every being is nurtured by this light, So take refuge in Amida, the one beyond conception. –Shinran, Jōdo Wasan hymns Hello, This post is an attempt to explain the Jodo Shinshu approach to Amida Buddha. I've mentioned this before in passing, but a debate recently [...]

... Jokein teaching was that our saying of the nembutsu is essentially a request to the Buddha, "Amida, please save me!" Rennyo, however, criticized that notion. Instead, he said that when we hear the ... intent, then please save me." Thus, our saying of the nembutsu means, "THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME." It does not mean, "Amida, please save me!"When the time comes for us to die, the manner in which we die is ...

... Fujiwara no Yorimichi in 1052. The most famous building is the Phoenix Hall or the Amida Hall, constructed in 1053. in fact, the Phoenix Hall is the only ... , and a tail corridor. The central hall houses an image of Amida Buddha. we were told that there was a 2-hour wait to get intot he ... , so we were cheapskates ;-P  peek-a-boo. amida peeks out at us Inside the Phoenix Hall, a large image ...

Caroline and I have just returned to Amida France retreat centre after a journey by car of a little over 2000 miles taking in the 15th European Shin Buddhist Conference in Bad ... in Germany, visits to sangha friends in Belgium and Netherlands, and the leading of a day retreat for the Amida Belgium sangha. At the conference we had particularly valuable meetings with Gregg Krech, director of the Todo ...