Adrian Cirlea

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  • Four misconceptions concerning the Nembutsu... 282

    The four misconceptions concerning the Nembutsu, presented by Master Seikaku in the Essentials of Faith Alone, refers to the wrong understanding of impermanence, bad karma, good karma, and the matter of once calling and many callings of the Name of Amida Buddha. If we wish to understand a certain object we look to its qualities, to the elements that make it up. What are the elements and fundamental qualities of life? A body and mind which are subject to an inexorable cycle of birth, growing, maturity, decay and death.

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  • Exposing the Placebos, Mental Gymnastics & Woke Jokers of Buddhist Modernism! 287

    This discussion between my students and Dharma brothers Gankai, Myoshin, Hogen and Joshin is a Dharma jewel. It shows what Amidaji stands for.  ...

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  • On doubts and fears... 267

    Question: “How does the person of Nembutsu, who has received shinjin, deal with the ‘demon’ of doubt that resurfaces after the believer has received and experienced the blessings of true entrusting from Amida Buddha?  As foolish beings, our Saha world minds are prone to delusion and ‘doubt’. That is part of our hopeless condition as bonbu. Perhaps those who have doubt after receiving shinjin are loved all the more by Amida Nyorai, because Amida recognizes the

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  • What should I do about my bad thoughts that don’t stop even after entrusting myself to Amida Buddha? 298

    -last revised June 10, 2021 - ...

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  • Members of Amidaji: Keshin Maria Zita D'Abreu (Australia) 278

     Click here to return to Amidaji biographies My Dharma name is Shaku Keshin 釋 華信 ("Flower of Faith"). I was born 5th September 1944 in Monte, Madeira Island in Portugal. I was for a long time disappointed with the Catholic Church and I lost my belief. Then I started thinking where wil

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  • Amidaji members: Shaku Myoshin (United Kingdom)... 276

    Click here to return to the main page of Amidaji biographiesMy Dharma name is Shaku Myoshin (“Wondrous Faith”). I was born 14th March 1971 in Kettering, Northamptonshire in England. It wasn’t until I was around 18 years old that I had any interest in spiritual mat

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  • Dharma talks - the new playlist on my youtube channel 331

    Since 2020 I've had many online discussions on zoom and other platforms with students and readers from all over the world that prefer this kind of interaction. I also started regular meetings with some of my Sangha members where we discuss various topics and answer to questions together.   As I think that some of the talks might be useful and because many readers said they wanted me to appear more often on Youtube, I've decided to create a new playlist - DHARMA TALKS where I will post fragments from my meetings as well as personal reflections. Please excuse my broken English as it's easier for me to write than to speak. Here is the  link for the playlist:   Please subscribe to my channel and to this playlist so that you can see my new

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  • Amidaji members: Shaku Hogen (United Kingdom)... 294

    My Dharma name is Shaku Hogen and I live in Bristol, England. Although I was brought up in the Salvation Army, to be honest, as a boy I had little interest in spiritual matters.  I was a believer in scientific materialist.  But in my late teens I saw a film about Carl Jung’s mystical experiences and heard a radio programme about the Buddha which opened a window in my mind.  My spiritual search began.  This was before the internet, so I read all I c

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  • Simple explanation of a difficult passage related with "mind", Buddha and visions from the Contemplation Sutra 280

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  • The Path Between the Thorns - my spiritual autobiography 289

    My spiritual life is nothing special and it does not deserve a book. However, I decided to write about it because I prefer to be the one who tells my own story and I think that some events of my missionary activity as well as my interactions with various peoples and institutions should be put on paper as long as they are still fresh in my mind. I called this book The Path Between the Thorns because for me, the 18 years since I became a priest where a constant fighting and struggle against inner and oute

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  • The Four Noble Truths from the Jodo Shinshu perspective 290

     After manifesting the attainment of perfect Enlightenment, Shakyamuni Buddha spoke about the Four Noble Truths:  1.     The Noble Truth of Suffering:“Birth is suffering, decay is suffering, disease is suffering, death is suffering, to be separated from the pleasant is suffering, not to get what one desires is suffering. In brief all the experiences made with the body and mind, which have craving as their base, a

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  • Amidaji members: Gankai Scott Pugliese... 262

       Click here to return to the main page of Amidaji members    Source: Shaku Gankai's youtube channel  ...

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  • The six paramitas (perfections) in the Jodo Shinshu context 292

    Shaku Shingan: “You may have heard of how at O-higan in North America, it is often taught that we "must" attain the six perfections (paramitas).”  My answer: I know that some link Ohigan with the six paramitas (perfections). This is not good because we are not a self-power school.  The word “Ohigan” means “the other shore”. We also celebrate Ohigan at Amidaji but

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  • On the Golden Chain document... 269

      source of the photo Shingan asked me to comment on the Golden Chain document which is sometimes recited like a creed at the start of religious services in many of the temples in US:  “I am a link in Amida Buddha’s Golden Chain of Love that stretches around the world. I must keep my link bright and strong.

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  • ПУТЬ ПРИНЯТИЯ КОММЕНТАРИЙ К «ТАННИСЁ» 277

      Эта книга представляет собой адаптацию моих бесед о Дхарме на тему «Таннисё — Заметки скорбящего об отступничестве», которые я читал в Тарики Додзё города Крайовы в обычные дни практики. Юйэн-бо, автор «Таннисё», предупреждал, что этот текст может быть неправильно понят теми, кто ещё не готов принять послание Изначального Обета Будды Амиды: «Не следует показывать его посторонним».

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