Question:“Sometimes, one may be concerned about friends and family, because they have chosen different religious ways, or decided to believe in nothing at all. Of course, they also think that their path is the correct one and even if this can change during a lifetime, they might never have access to Buddhism. If we try to bring them on the path, they might block this from the beginning. It is just too early for them from the karmic point of view. How can we work discreetly on them, so that they develop interest in Buddhism, if not in this life, at least in one of the coming lives? What is your advice?”

Answer:Master Rennyo often spoke about having or not having good from the past and that people without this good from the past cannot entrust to Amida Buddha. The "good from the past" represents our good karma from past lives and this life which manifests itself as an opening or receptive state of mind...