1-13 A Wrong View Concerning “Ten Kalpas Ago” These days, there are some among the nembutsu practicers in this region who use strange words, saying…
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1-8 Construction at Yoshizaki About the beginning of the fourth month in the third year of Bunmei, I just happened to go away from a…
1-6 Drowsiness I wonder why I am so drowsy and sleepy especially this summer. I feel that the time of departure from this world is…
1-5 Journey in the Snow From the beginning of this year a large number of people, both monks and laypeople, men and women, from the three…
1-3 [ Hunting and Fishing ] The important point of the settled mind in our tradition does not lie particularly in refraining from evil thoughts or…
1-2 Renouncing the World and Awakening the Bodhi-mind The basic teaching of Shinran Shonin in our tradition is not primarily that you should renounce the world…
Ojoraisan 往生礼讃 by Master Shan-tao (Zendō) is presented on this page as a beautiful set of Jodo Shinshu chants. These chants are not chanted as…
Shozomatsu Wasan – Hymns of the Dharma ages. Shinran Shonin, at age 85 (1257), wrote the Shozomatsu Wasan, some nine years after he had finished…
Shinran Shonin, at age 76 (1248), wrote the Jodo and Koso wasan, the first Hymns in Japanese. These Hymns are a wonderful insight into Shinran…
On this page we will share a talk delivered at the International Buddhist Association, Jan. 31, 2009 by Daien T. Haseo, Resident Minister, Touzenji Buddhist…