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Yes, I agree with you both. Doing what we can is better than doing nothing, both spiritually and psychologically. And one of the Amida tenets is ‘demonstrating an alternative’. Showing we care about our earth and the sentient beings it houses. Showing courage and supporting others who do so.
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Dharmavidya:
FOOTNOTE: It is sometimes assumed that the kind of approach described above is slower than more directive approaches. This is incorrect. How rapidly an approach moves along depends on its accuracy. Most of the encounters in Zen stories are very brief – two minute therapy. Two minute therapy is possible when the exchange is on the ball. To be on the ball in this way, the therapist must, in principle, be empty of self and empty of preconceived ideas. To put the same thing differently, they must be invulnerable to manipulation and have no manipulative intention of their own. Things can then move along without impediment. I imagine this principle applies whatever type of therapy one is talking about.
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Beautiful – thank you! _/l\_
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Hello Stephanie – wasn’t that a super day! You haven’t been able to follow the link because I changed it from Shibusa to Shibui, which sounds gentler to me. I think shibusa is the noun and shibui is an adverb https://lotusinthemud.typepad.com/shibui/
At the moment I am knitting – a twiddlemuff for my 97 year old mother whose world is shrinking dramatically. I finished the knitting part and have just been to The Range to buy beads, buttons, bows, ribbon to add to it. So poignant to see her decline (via small video clips from my sisters)
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Thank you – I will. I’ve just taken a small piece off the little loom to take to the lodge as a wall hanging. Planning my next pieces!
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Vittorio – I don’t see any reason not to! If Amida has called you and connected with your heart in this form then, along with Nembutsu chanting, this would make a beautiful, profound and meaningful practice for you. What a blessing!
Junirai “The Twelve Adorations”
About Junirai
Junirai was written by Nagarjuna (c. 2nd –3rd BCE) the first of the Seven Masters of Jodo Shinshu. It expresses eloquently the depth of Nagarjuna’s gratitude to Amida Buddha.
(translation below)
KEI SHU TEN NIN SHO KU GYO
A MI DA SEN RYO ZOKU SON
ZAI HI MI MYO AN RAKU KOKU
MU RYO BUSHI SHU I NYO
KON JIKI SHIN JO NYO SEN NO
SHA MA TA GYO NYO ZO BU
RYO MOKU JO NYAKU SHO REN GE
KO GA CHO RAI MI DA SON
MEN ZEN EN JO NYO MAN GATSU
I KO YU NYO SEN NICHI GATSU
SHO NYO TEN KU KU SHI RA
KO GA CHO RAI MI DA SON
KWAN NON CHO DAI KWAN CHU JU
SHU JU MYO SO HO SHO GON
NO BUKU GE DO MA KYO MAN
KO GA CHO RAI MI DA SON
MU BI MU KU KO SHO JO
SHU TOKU KYO KETSU NYO KO KU
SHO SA RI YAKU TOKU JI ZAI
KO GA CHO RAI MI DA SON
JIPPO MYO MON BO SASSHU
MU RYO SHO MA JO SAN DAN
ISHO SHU JO GAN RIKI JU
KO GA CHO RAI MI DA SON
KON TAI HO KEN CHI SHO KE
ZEN GON SHO JO MYO DAI ZA
O HI ZA JO NYO SEN NO
KO GA CHO RAI MI DA SON
JIPPO SHO RAI SHO BUSSHI
KEN GEN JIN ZU SHI AN RAKU
SEN GO SON GEN JO KU GYO
KO GA CHO RAI MI DA SON
SHO U MU JO MU GA TO
YAKU NYO SUI GATSU DEN YO RO
I SHU SEPPO MU MYO JI
KO GA CHO RAI MI DA SON
HI SON BUSSETSU MU AKU MYO
YAKU MU NYO NIN AKU DO FLI
SHU NIN SHI SHIN KYO HI SON
KO GA CHO RAI MI DA SON
HI SON MU RYO HO BEN KYO
MU U SHO SHU AKU CHI SHIKI
O JO FU TAI SHI BO DAI
KO GA CHO RAI MI DA SON
GA SETSU HI SON KU DOKU JI
SHU ZEN MU HEN NYO KAI SUI
SHO GYAKU ZEN GON SHO JO SHA
E SE SHU JO SHO HI KOKU
NAMANDABU
NAMANDABU
NAMANDABU
NAMANDABU
NAMANDABU
NAMANDABU
EKOKU
GAN NI SHI KU DO KU
BYO DO SE ISSAI
DO HON BO DAI SHIN
O JO U AN RA KOKU
The English translation of this gatha is from the Shinshu Seiten, Jodo Shin Buddhist Teaching, published by the Buddhist Churches of America, 1978.
Junirai Translation
Before Amida Buddha, whom Deva and men worship,I humble myself in deepest reverence.
In His wondrous Land of Bliss
Surrounded is He by countless Bodhisattvas.
His golden form shines forth pure, like the King of Mount (Sumeru);
His practice of Truth is steadfast, like an elephant’s pace;
His eyes radiate, like pure blue lotus blossoms.
Thus I prostrate myself before Amida Buddha.
His countenance is perfectly pure and round, like the full moon;
His majestic light shines like a thousand suns and moons;
His voice is like a heavenly drum, yet like a heavenly bird (Kokila).
Thus I prostrate myself before Amida Buddha.
Avalokitesvara wears upon his crown,
The image of Amida adorned with many precious jewels,
He subdues the arrogance of demons and heretics,
Thus I prostrate myself before Amida Buddha.
Incomparable, vast and pure His Virtues are,
Clearly extending like vast open space,
His acts freely benefiting all.
Thus I prostrate myself before Amida Buddha.
Bodhisattvas from the ten quarters
And countless maras always venerate Him.
He dwells with Vow-power for the sake of all beings.
Thus I prostrate myself before Amida Buddha.
In the Golden treasure pond where the lotus flowers bloom,
Established with goodness is a wondrous throne;
Where reigns the Lord, like the King of Mount (Sumeru).
Thus I prostrate myself before Amida Buddha.
From the ten quarters Bodhisattvas come,
Revealing wondrous powers, they attain blissful state;
Honoring His face, they offer eternal homage.
Thus I prostrate myself before Amida Buddha.
All things are transient and without self
Like the moon on water, lightning, shadow, or dew.
“The Dharma cannot be expressed by words,” the Buddha proclaimed.
Thus I prostrate myself before Amida Buddha.
No words of evil are in His Land;
No fear of evil doers, nor evil paths;
With sincere heart all beings worship Him.
Thus I prostrate myself before Amida Buddha.
His Land of infinite expediencies
Is without degenerate things or wicked beings;
Upon Rebirth, Non-Retrogressive Bodhi does one attain.
Thus I prostrate myself before Amida Buddha.
Thus have I praised the Virtues of Amida.
Boundless are they like the water of the sea.
Upon receiving these pure and good qualities
May all beings be reborn into his Land.
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Good evening – glad that you have found our sangha!
Namo Amida Bu
Sujatin
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Glorious morning. I’m sitting admiring the view of mountains in the distance, writing an Order of Service and Ceremony document for Amida Scotland’s Bodhi Day Retreat on Saturday
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Glad you’ve found your way here!
Namo Amida Bu
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Here’s my Lhasa Apso, Ojo, visiting the new vegan cafe in Perth
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Well done, Andrew!
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Thank you, Andrew. Really like this! NAB
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Tonight’s meeting postponed – new date to be confirmed
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Thank you both – that should keep me busy! Still waiting to have the raised beds built