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…
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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…

Hanjusan – 般舟讃 – by Master Shan-tao (Zendō) is presented on this page as a beautiful Jodo Shinshu chant. The Full title is 『依観経等明般舟三昧行道往生讃』- “Ekangyotomyo…

“Ho-onko is the most important service observed in Jodo Shinshu. The observance of Ho-onko, which is Shinran Shonin’s Memorial, gives us a chance to express…

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…

History of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism There are several sects of Buddhism each looking to the Buddha (Enlightened One) as its teacher. Different Buddhist sects celebrate…