21. Digital International Buddhism Organization Offering a free domain, http//yourgroup.buddhism.org, and unlimited free space for the group homepage Category Society Religion and Spirituality Internet Services......This is the most comprehensive directory service providing all the resources ofbuddhism and Buddhist from around world and trying to spread out buddhism http://www.buddhism.org/

About us Dharma Talks Whats new Web Directory ... Free Email This is the most comprehensive directory service providing all the resources of Buddhism and Buddhist from around world and trying to spread out buddhism worldwide. The purpose of this website is to provide basic information and practicing methods to generals and buddhists so that they can use these easily. we hope all visitors of this site genereously share their experiences and learning from the buddha with others. Digital International Buddhism Organization (DIBO) is a buddhist's group which would like to follow in Buddha's teaching and his footsteps. DIBO Virtual Host Sungag(zen pursuer) SongChol-Net Sokkuram(Stone Cave Hermitage) English Korean Choose Your language Digital International Buddhism Organization Membership If you want to be our member, Please click join and fill out the registration form.we offer free domain, http://your-group.buddhism.org, and unlimited free space for the group homepage and free homepage space and domain name, country-code.buddhism.org/~ID, for the personal homepage.

22. Women Active In Buddhism (WAiB) Homepage Women Active in buddhism. The Open Directory Project (formerly Netscape Open Directory)chose Women Active in buddhism as an Open Directory Cool Site (1999). http://lhamo.tripod.com/

Women Active in Buddhism What's New! Submit a link Activists Teachers ... Miscellaneous Welcome to Women Active in Buddhism (WAiB), the Web's first comprehensive collection of links and resources on contemporary Buddhist women. Women teachers, activists, scholars, nuns, and yoginis (practitioners) may be found on these pages, as well as teachings and special events, projects, organisations, bibliographic and contact information for women in Buddhism. We also offer a complete guide to the many female meditational deities found in Tibetan Buddhist practice. This month's SPECIAL TREAT is the speaking tour of Ven. Tenzin Palmo , the Buddhist nun who spent 12 years in meditation retreat in a Himalayan cave. See below for details! This page was last updated on 16 September 2001 . For details of changes and additions to this site, please bookmark and visit our What's New page. You are visitor number to this site since August 1996. Thank you for dropping by! Your comments and contributions are welcome. If you wish to recommend a teacher, an event listing or some other link for inclusion, please use our online form (but only if the item is directly related to women and Buddhism).

23. Buddhism buddhism is a practical means of spiritual growth that enablesus to develop awareness, kindness and wisdom. http://www.fwbo.org/buddhism.html

Who was the Buddha What does Buddhism Teach Buddhist Festivals Articles on Buddhism and ... Buddhism in the West Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of life. Buddhist practices such as meditation are means of changing oneself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. The experience developed within the Buddhist tradition over thousands of years has created an incomparable resource for all those who wish to follow a path - a path which ultimately culminates in Enlightenment or Buddhahood. Because Buddhism does not include the idea of worshipping a creator God, some people do not see it as a religion in the normal, Western sense. The basic tenets of Buddhist teaching are straightforward and practical: nothing is fixed or permanent; actions have consequences; change is possible. Thus Buddhism addresses itself to all people irrespective of race, nationality, or gender. It teaches practical methods (such as meditation) which enable people to realise and utilise its teachings in order to transform their experience, to be fully responsible for their lives and to develop the qualities of Wisdom and Compassion. There are around 350 million Buddhists and a growing number of them are Westerners. They follow many different forms of Buddhism, but all traditions are characterised by non-violence, lack of dogma, tolerance of differences, and, usually, by the practice of meditation.

24. Resources For The Study Of Buddhism Site contains links to both general Buddhist resources and specialized materials on Zen, Chinese buddhism Category Society Religion and Spirituality buddhism What Is buddhism......Site contains links to both general Buddhist resources and specialized materialson Zen, Chinese buddhism, Yogacara buddhism, and various Buddhist scriptures http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Buddhism.htm

Resources for the Study of Buddhism Compiled by Dr Ron Epstein Philosophy Department San Francisco State University Please send all comments, suggestions, and corrections to epstein@sfsu.edu General Buddhism Introductory Reading List Buddhist Sutras Links to Online Collections of Buddhist Texts Links to Other Selected Internet Sites ... Five Moral Precepts Buddhism for Children "Following the Buddha's Footsteps"Curriculum from Instilling Goodness School, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas Once Upon a Time: A Collection of Buddhist Stories Buddhist Studies for Primary and Secondary Students Theravada Buddhist Teachings "The Healing Power of the Precepts" by Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Laying the Foundation for Social Action" by Ajahn Pasanno "Discipline and Conventions of Theravada Buddhist Renunciate Communities" "What Is Important?" by Ajahn Pasanno ... "Introduction to Insight Meditation" Mahayana Buddhist Teachings Yogacara ("Consciousness Only") Buddhism Chinese Buddhism Chan and Zen Buddhism Shurangama Sutra: Text, Commentaries, and Articles ... News from True Cultivators Buddhism and Science "The Future of Humankind" by the Venerable Chan Master Hsuan Hua "Monsters Appearing in the World" by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua "Toward Sustainable Science" by Bhikkhu P. A. Payutto

25. Buddhism A To Z Compiled by Ron Epstein, Ph.D.Category Society Religion and Spirituality buddhism Glossaries......buddhism A TO Z A Publication of the Buddhist Text Translation Society © Copyright1986, revised 1992, by Ron Epstein and the Buddhist Text Translation http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhistDict/BDIntro.htm

Caution! This area is under construction. BUDDHISM A TO Z A Publication of the Buddhist Text Translation Society Compiler and Editor: Ron Epstein Reviewed by: Dharma Master Heng Shun et. al. Proofreading by: Lin Chia-hui, Rita Lu, et. al. epstein@sfsu.edu Editor's note: I have made the following unfinished work available despite some misgivings. I have done so for two main reasons: 1) I think that much of the material may be of value, particularly to students and to others who are not familiar with basic Buddhist teachings; and 2) it has been many years since I have had time to work on this project, so perhaps by making it known, others can consider helping to bring it to completion. Colleagues in the Buddhist Text Translation Society are working on bringing the work to publication, and I am sure that they would welcome assistance. When the print version is published, which hopefully will be in 2002, I shall also try to make that revised version available online. Sanskrit diacritical marks are still missing, as are many of the Chinese characters. For the characters that are present, a Chinese internet viewer program is needed. (Otherwise the characters appear as unintelligible symbols.)

26. Buddhism In Canada, Buddhism In Canada (Canada Buddhist) A directory of Buddhist groups across Canada.Category Society Religion and Spirituality Canada......buddhism in Canada. BC - Yukon - Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba- Nunavut - N Ontario - SW Ontario - Toronto-W - Toronto-N - Toronto http://buddhismcanada.com/

Buddhism in Canada BC Yukon Alberta Saskatchewan ... How to find a Buddhist temple Canadian Buddhist web sites Traditions Special events in Southern Ontario About us ... Add a Bulletin

27. Faculty Of Asian Studies: Buddhism, An Introduction An extensive introduction to Buddhist thought and history. From "Anthology of Scriptures of Category Society Religion and Spirituality buddhism What Is buddhism......buddhism, an introduction. 1995, John C. Powers. Introduction; TheSpread of buddhism Outside of India; Selections from Buddhist Texts; http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/textnotes/buddhism.html

Faculty of Asian Studies EDUCATION NEWS PUBLICATIONS ... LINKS Buddhism, an introduction This document is a draft of a chapter from a forthcoming book, Anthology of Scriptures of World Religions , by John Powers and James Fieser, to be published by McGraw-Hill Publications in 1997. The anthology will contain a revised version of this chapter, with updated translations, and chapters of scriptures of all the world's major religious traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Bah'ai, and Zoroastrianism. The anthology will be available in three forms: (1) an anthology of Western religions; (2) an anthology of Asian religions; and (3) an anthology of all the world's religions. John C. Powers Introduction The Spread of Buddhism Outside of India Selections from Buddhist Texts ... The Buddha and the Texts of the Pali Canon The Life of the Buddha The First Sermon Analysis of the Truths The Buddha's Good Qualities Nirvana Dependent Arising Consciousness is a Dependent Arising Questions That Should Be Avoided Selflessness Instructions on Meditation Ordination of Women The Cessation of Suffering My Teacher Learning and Good Conduct Count More than Birth The Joy of Release Excerpts from The Path of Truth The Questions of King Milinda How to Avoid Extreme Views Change and Continuity The Buddha Lives On Selections from Mahayana Texts The Heart of Perfect Wisdom Sutra Excerpts from the Diamond Sutra Bodhisattvas Are Celibate On the Differences Between Men and Women

28. Faculty Of Asian Studies: Buddhism, An Introduction buddhism, an Introduction. The Triple Appearance; Chinese and JapaneseBuddhist Texts; Why buddhism Is Superior to Taoism and Confucianism; http://www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/buddhism/buddhism.html

Faculty of Asian Studies EDUCATION NEWS PUBLICATIONS ... LINKS Buddhism, an Introduction Buddhism, an Introduction is from a draft chapter of Anthology of Scriptures of World Religions , by John Powers and James Fieser, published by McGraw-Hill Publications in 1996. This work is 1995, John C. Powers. The anthology contains a revised version of this chapter, with updated translations, and chapters of scriptures of all the world's major religious traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Bah'ai, and Zoroastrianism. The anthology will be available in three forms: (1) an anthology of Western religions; (2) an anthology of Asian religions; and (3) an anthology of all the world's religions. The entire document, divided below into browseable sections, is also available by anonymous ftp from: ftp://online.anu.edu.au/pub/asianst/texts/buddhism.ps.Z Introduction The Spread of Buddhism Outside of India Selections from Buddhist Texts The Buddha and the Texts of the Pali Canon The Life of the Buddha The First Sermon Analysis of the Truths The Buddha's Good Qualities Nirvana Dependent Arising Consciousness is a Dependent Arising Questions That Should Be Avoided Selflessness Instructions on Meditation Ordination of Women The Cessation of Suffering My Teacher Learning and Good Conduct Count More than Birth The Joy of Release Excerpts from The Path of Truth The Questions of King Milinda How to Avoid Extreme Views Change and Continuity The Buddha Lives On

29. Japanese Buddhism About buddhism in Japan the introduction to Japan; and the different sects, with dates.Category Society Religion and Spirituality buddhism......Click Here. Religion buddhism. buddhism originated in India in the 6th centuryBC. It consists of the teachings of the Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2055.html

Religion Buddhism Homepage Travel to Japan Living in Japan Language Food History Arts and Crafts Forum Japan PenFriend Discussion Forum Question Forum Live Chat Classifieds More Photo Gallery Link Directory Marketplace Local Surveys japan-shop.com Contact us Home Religion History Temple ... Cheap Airfare Buddhism originated in India in the 6th century BC. It consists of the teachings of the Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha. Its central theories are that human life is full of suffering due to worldly desires, illness, death and the loss of loved ones. By getting rid of desires and attachments, one can achieve the state of enlightenment (Nirvana) and escape suffering and the circle of reincarnations. Buddhism was imported to Japan in 538 or 552 in form of a present from the king of the friendly Korean kingdom of Kudara (or Paikche). The new religion was welcomed by the ruling nobles while the common people did not understand its complex theories. After a few conflicts with the native religion Shinto , the two religions soon were able to co-exist harmonically and even complemented each other. During the Nara period , the great Buddhist monasteries in Nara , for example the Todaiji, gained strong political influence which was one of the reasons for the government to move the capital first to Nagaoka (784) and then to Kyoto (794). Nevertheless, the problem of politically ambitious and even militant monasteries remained a main issue for the governments during many centuries of

30. Sacred Texts: Buddhism Contains various texts on buddhism teaching.Category Society Religion and Spirituality buddhism Teachings......Buddhist texts at sacredtexts.com. Theravada, Mahayana, Tibetan, andother primary texts of buddhism. buddhism, buddhism. About buddhism http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/

The Internet Sacred Text Archive is available on CD-ROM. Every file with this icon is on the disk. Do your part to keep this site online and buy a copy today. Topics African Age of Reason Alchemy Americana ... Buy Books about Buddhism Buddhism About Buddhism Southern Buddhism Northern Buddhism About Buddhism These are modern (early 20th century) compilations of the Buddhist Canon by Paul Carus, and are suitable for casual readers who want to get a sense of what Buddhism is about: Buddha, the Gospel Buddha, the Word 101,164 bytes These are collections of files harvested from the Internet on these popular Buddhist topics: Tibetan Buddhism: Archives Zen Buddhism: Archives Journal Articles about Buddhism This is a collection of academic journal articles about Buddhism from the 19th Century, contributed thanks to Chris Weimer. Southern Buddhism (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 10) Buddhist Suttas (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 11) Vinaya Texts (Part I) (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 13). Dialogues of the Buddha Volume II of the Sacred Books of the Buddhists. Buddhism in Translations by Henry Clarke Warren [1896] This is a often-cited scholarly anthology of translations of key Theravada Buddhist documents.

31. Zen@MetaLab The Electronic Bodhidarma The International Research Institute for Zen buddhism(IRIZ) at Hanazono University (Kyoto, Japan) is an academic research http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/

please direct any complaints about this site's content to the webmaster established by ben walter updated march 12, 1999 by adam fuller Lightning flashes, Sparks shower, In one blink of your eyes, You have missed seeing. If you've wandered here wanting to know what Zen is, then more than likely you will come away disappointed. This is a question that is easily asked but not easily answered. A Hindu story tells of a fish who asked of another fish: "I have always heard about the sea, but what is it? Where is it?" The other fish replied: "You live, move and have your being in the sea. The sea is within you and without you, and you are made of sea, and you will end in sea. The sea surrounds you as your own being." The only true answer is the one that you find for youself. This page on Zen was created while I was searching for a home for an on-line version of The Gateless Gate , a famous collection of koans (a koan is a short story, often a dialog between a student and a teacher, that points towards some essence of the spirit of Zen). I don't claim to be an expert on koans or on Zen, but I fell in love with the spirit of the Zen teachings and wanted to be able to share some of the koans with the Net at large. Read a koan picked at random from the text.

32. IRIZ (International Research Institute For Zen Buddhism) International Research Institute for Zen buddhism (IRIZ) at Hanazono University (Kyoto, Japan) is Category Society Religion and Spirituality buddhism Lineages Zen......ENGLISH JAPANESE Zen Centers of the World OLD SITE http://www.iijnet.or.jp/iriz/

33. IRIZ (ORIGINAL SITE) International Research Institute for Zen buddhism (IRIZ) at Hanazono University (Kyoto, Japan) is Category Society Religion and Spirituality buddhism...... The International Research Institute for Zen buddhism (IRIZ) at Hanazono University(Kyoto, Japan) is an academic research institution devoted to the study of http://www.iijnet.or.jp/iriz/irizhtml/irizhome.htm

NOTICE http://www.iijnet.or.jp/iriz/ Overview in Japanese The largest collection of Buddhist primary text materials on the Internet News (May 24, 1996) Electronic Zen texts (JIS and Big5) Buddhist input projects Institute information Zen bibliographies and text information ... Electronic text in East Asia Information about our INSTITUTE and its PUBLICATIONS Institute staff and visiting scholars Printed publications The Zen KnowledgeBase and the ZenBase CD 1 (and how to get it for just ten US$ Over 80 electronic Zen text files in JIS and Big5 ready for copying Our electronic Zen Research Tools Our 48.000 character IRIZ KanjiBase and related tools Unique tools for looking up terms in a dozen Zen dictionaries Our input tools (Zen terms, four corner dictionaries, OCR) The IRIZ gaiji set and an elegant font with diacritics Programs for JIS/Big5 and Big5/JIS code conversion on both Mac and DOS Information about BUDDHIST INPUT PROJECTS The Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative (EBTI) Michel Mohr's report of the Taipei EBTI meeting 1996 Urs App's surveys of Buddhist input projects ( and A case study of the Foguangshan project Information about the input of the Korean Buddhist canon (with illustrations) Information about ZEN TEXTS and PUBLICATIONS ON ZEN Urs App's "Annotated Bibliography of Reference Works for Chan Studies" Bibliographies of English Russian Hungarian French , and German publications ELECTRONIC TEXT

34. Tricycle.com: Buddhist Basics: Index The basics of buddhism, including the life of the Buddha.Category Society Religion and Spirituality buddhism Buddha......Welcome to Tricycle's online introduction to buddhism. Dharma 101 Dharma 101 TheBasics of buddhism The Life of Buddha Buddha's Life Buddhist Glossary. http://www.tricycle.com/buddhistbasics/

SUBSCRIBER SERVICES DAILY DHARMA BUDDHIST ... EVENTS Welcome to Tricycle 's online introduction to Buddhism. Click a topic to begin. Dharma 101 The Basics of Buddhism The Life of Buddha Buddhist Glossary Driving Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh Tibetan Meditation Instructions by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Zazen: How to Sit Theravadin Breath Meditation Instructions For a complete introduction to the basics of Buddhism, order Tricycle 's Three Wheeler Series

35. Tricycle.com: The Buddhist Review Online The Tricycle Hub is the interactive forum of Tricycle The Buddhist Review, an independent Buddhist Category Society Religion and Spirituality buddhism Publications...... Special Section Science buddhism Do buddhism and contemporary science haveanything to offer each other? click. Buddhist Basics New to buddhism? http://www.tricycle.com/

SUBSCRIBER SERVICES DAILY DHARMA BUDDHIST ... EVENTS The Buddhist Ray is seeking an Executive Director SPRING 2003 talks about taking a stand, facing the enemy, and the recent changes in her sangha. On Practice: Rising to the Challenge How do we find the still point in a turning world? Robert Thurman Christopher Titmuss , and Bonnie Myotai Treace guide us toward right action and equanimity in uncertain times. Do Buddhism and contemporary science have anything to offer each other? In this special section, prominent scientists and Buddhists find that they do. Andrew Cooper explores the new meaning of spiritual faith in a world fixated on reason.

36. Tibetan Buddhism A short, comprehensive explanation of Tibetan Buddhist spiritual practice. Dzogchen. Vajrayana. Category Society Religion and Spirituality Tibetan Personal Pages......Tibetan buddhism. The basic prerequisites for Dzogchen are similar toTantra. Tibetan buddhism in Relation to Other Buddhist Traditions. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~greg.c/tibet.html

Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism derives from the confluence of Buddhism and yoga which started to arrive in Tibet from India briefly around the late eighth century and then more steadily from the thirteenth century onwards. Indian Buddhism around that time had incorporated both Hindu yogic and tantric practices along with the classical teachings of the historical Buddha who lived around 500 BC. It acknowledged that there were two paths to enlightenment ( complete transcendence of identification with the personal ego ). One path was that taught in the sutras according to the historical teachings. The heart of sutra practice was based on morality, concentration, and wisdom ( not identifying with the personal ego ). The other path, which has become the cornerstone of Tibetan variations, was tantric. This practice blended the sutra teachings with techniques adapted from Hindu systems of yoga and tantra. Tantric systems transform the basic human passions of desire and aversion for the purpose of spiritual development. Rather than denying such primal urges, tantra purifies them into wholesome and helpful forces. It is very much like trying to deal with a wild horse charging towards you. One way is denial: put up your hands and shout out, "stop, stop!" Probably you will be bowled over by the animal. Another, more clever, approach is to step aside and then jump on its back as it charges past you. In such a case, you have a chance to start coaxing it to move in certain directions, and over time you may be able to direct it into a stable. Truthfully, one needs some skill in both self-control and acceptance if one is to be successful with tantric work.

37. BUDDHISM IN MALAYSIA buddhism IN MALAYSIA An independent online information centre about Buddhistactivities in Malaysia to foster fellowship and understanding amongst all http://www.geocities.com/~buddhistnews/

BUDDHISM IN MALAYSIA: An independent on-line information centre about Buddhist activities in Malaysia to foster fellowship and understanding amongst all Buddhists. Launched on 15/1/97 and updated regularly. Last update: 11/7/99. Buddhism in Malaysia Click here to read Chinese pages in GB codes MAHA SANGHIKADANA 1999 Held together with "CHANTING AND BLESSING" Grand Assembly in Thai Theravada Tradition Penang International Sports Arena (PISA), Relau, Pinang 15th August, 1999 (Sunday Morning) 3 reasons why you should be there: 1) The Maha Sanghidana, attended by 500 sangha members of all traditions, is the largest and most grandeur occasion in Malaysia. (2) The "Chanting Buddhas' Names" Grand Assembly in Mahayana Tradition provides you and all devotees who are present with the golden opportunity to gain great merit. (3) The "Chanting and Blessing" Grand Assembly in Thai Theravada Tradition marks the rare occasion where several Thai monks recite the suttas together and perform services to bless you and other devotees who are present. Can you afford to miss the grantest "3-in-1" Buddhist event?

38. ZEN, WOMEN, AND BUDDHISM Articles and links to other pages about female Buddhists and buddhism from the female perspective.Category Society Religion and Spirituality Sex and Gender Women......ZEN, WOMEN, AND buddhism. ZEN, THE TAO, ENLIGHTENMENT, AND buddhism FROMTHE WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE. A Bibliography in buddhism for Feminists. http://www.geocities.com/zennun12_8/

ZEN, WOMEN, AND BUDDHISM ZEN, THE TAO, ENLIGHTENMENT, AND BUDDHISM FROM THE WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE The ZenNun: Bhikshuni Nandabala "Many women must have completed their studies and some must have started temples, but we know very little about the history of women in the Dharma because the translators and historians were mostly men." The first `bhikshuni` mentioned in the Ch'an literature was a disciple of Bodhidharma named Tsung-chih . Very little of her life-story is known (see) . The Cheng-te ch'uan-teng lu tells us that before returning to India after many years of teaching in China, Bodhidharma asked his disciples to relate their realization of the Dharma. Tao-fu said, "I perceive that the Buddhist path is transcending language and words and yet not separating from language and words." Bodhidharma said, "You have attained my skin." The Bhikshuni Tsung-chih said, "What I comprehend is like joyfully seeing the `Aksobya's` Buddha-land." After seeing it once, you never see it again. "You have attained my flesh," said Bodhidharma. Tao-yu said, "The four elements are originally empty and the five aggregates are non-existent. Not even one thing of what I comprehend is attainable." "You have attained my bone," said Bodhidharma. Finally

39. Shinto & Buddhism: Wellsprings Of Japanese Spirituality Article written by Paul Watt for the Asia Society's Focus on Asian Studies, Vol. II, No. 1, Asian Category Society Religion and Spirituality Eastern Religions......Shinto buddhism Wellsprings of Japanese Spirituality. It is no wonder thatat first the Japanese were unable to appreciate buddhism on its own terms. http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/r000009.htm

Wellsprings of Japanese Spirituality Article written by Paul Watt for the Asia Society's Focus on Asian Studies, Vol. II, No. 1, Asian Religions AskAsia The Japanese religious tradition is rich and complex, encompassing within it both complementary and contradictory trends in religious thought and practice with an ease that may occasionally puzzle the Western observer. At the very heart of the tradition stand Shinto, the indigenous religion of Japan, and Buddhism, the Indian religion that reached Japan in the sixth through eighth centuries A.D. from Korea and China. Throughout the long course of Japanese history, it has been these two religions that have contributed most to the Japanese understanding of themselves and their world. Shinto Shinto was the earliest Japanese religion, its obscure beginnings dating back at least to the middle of the first millennium B.C. Until approximately the sixth century A.D., when the Japanese began a period of rapid adoption of continental civilization, it existed as an amorphous mix of nature worship, fertility cults, divination techniques, hero worship, and shamanism. Unlike Buddhism, Christianity, or Islam, it had no founder and it did not develop sacred scriptures, an explicit religious philosophy, or a specific moral code. Indeed, so unself-conscious were the early Japanese about their religious life that they had no single term by which they could refer to it. The word Shinto , or "the Way of the kami (gods or spirits)," came into use only after the sixth century, when the Japanese sought to distinguish their own tradition from the foreign religions of Buddhism and Confucianism that they were then encountering. Thus, in its origins, Shinto was the religion of a pristine people who, above all, were sensitive to the spiritual forces that pervaded the world of nature in which they lived. As one ancient chronicle reports: in their world myriad spirits shone like fireflies and every tree and bush could speak.

40. Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism, Dharma For The Modern Age The Nembutsu is Shakyamuni Buddha's teaching of Liberation from Samsara through refuge in Amida Buddha Category Society Religion and Spirituality Pure Land and Shin......Welcome to Shin buddhism! Amida Buddha NAMU AMIDA BUTSU. I take refuge inAmida Buddha. Namoamidabu. The entire THREE SUTRAS of Pure Land buddhism. http://web.mit.edu/stclair/www/amida.html

Welcome to Shin Buddhism! NAMU AMIDA BUTSU I take refuge in Amida Buddha Y our F inder Introduction Shinran Shonin Shinran's Shoshinge Basic Points ... Boston Shinshu News The entire THREE SUTRAS of Pure Land Buddhism SUTRA ON AMIDA BUDDHA LARGER SUTRA ON AMITAYUS SUTRA ON CONTEMPLATION OF BUDDHA AMITAYUS Jodo Shinshu Buddhism , or Shin Buddhism, is based upon the teachings and writings of Shinran Shonin (1173-1262). Shinran expounded the "True Pure Land Way", or the path whose "practice" is total faith in and reliance upon Amida Buddha, the Buddha of Infinite Light and Life. The Collected Works of Shinran include poems, letters, and his great treatise, Kyo Gyo Shin Sho . Outwardly, this faith is expressed by the grateful recitation of the Nembutsu, pronounced "Namu Amida Butsu" in Japanese. For a summary of Shinran's teachings, see the Tannisho , a short book composed by his follower Yuienbo with key quotes directly from Shinran. Tannisho represents Jodo Shinshu Buddhism in perhaps its most distilled and yet most simple and accessible form. Jodo Shinshu Buddhism teaches that faith in Amida Buddha cuts the bonds to our negative karma from the infinite past and into the infinite future. It is the faith behind the Nembutsu that is a person's link to Amida Buddha, who the Larger Sutra says created a "Pure Land" of infinite positivity and zero negativity where people go after they die, wherein they will realize full enlightenment (nirvana) and buddhahood. Amida Buddha was revealed to the world in three great Mahayana sutras attributed to the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, who lived and taught in India ca. 563-483 BCE.

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