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Published on: 2011-05-10
Released on: 2011-05-10
Original language: English

The Promise of Amida Buddha is the first complete English translation of a seminal collection of writings by the Japanese Pure Land school's founder, Honen-shonin (1133-1212). The so-called Japanese Anthology (Wago Toroku) collects his surviving short writings composed in Japanese, including letters of exhortation and public pronouncements. The vital writings provide a window into Honen's life and the turbulent era in which he lived and taught.Honen-shonin, who lived in Japan in the twelfth century, saw that the complexity of traditional Buddhist practices made them inaccessible to people outside the monastic elite. Drawing on the Chinese Pure Land tradition, he re-imagined Pure Land practice for Japan and ushered in a new and dynamic practice that continues in the present day. In our degenerate age, says Honen, we cannot hope to reach enlightenment via the practices employed by the Buddhist masters of old. For us there is only one avenue to liberation--rebirth in the Pure Land of Amida, from whence our progress is irreversible and our ultimate release assured. The Pure Land is a heavenly destination made manifest through the pure vow of Amida to save all beings, and we secure passage to this land in our next life through pure faith in Amida at the very moment of death. The practice of faith in Amida is performed through nembutsu, the continual recitation of the mantra Namu Amida Butsu, which bonds us to Amida and brings us into his care. The Essence of the Larger Sutra - Muryoko: Journal of Shin ... 'Infinite Light' Journal of Shin Buddhism: Saizo (Zuiken) Inagaki: THE ESSENCE OF THE LARGER SUTRA Revised and completed by Zuio H. Inagaki. The Larger Sutra says: Paper 94 - The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient ... 94:8.1 (1036.3) To become a Buddhist one merely made public profession of the faith by reciting the Refuge: I take my refuge in the Buddha; I take my refuge in ...
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