Monthly Archives: February 2019

Whatever sorrows or lamentations there are, the various kinds of suffering in the world, it is because of attachment that these exist; without something dear, these do not exist. They are happy and free from sorrow who have no attachments anywhere in the world. … Continue reading →

So long as you can recite the Name, any dwelling at all is fine. Avoid places where your utterance is hampered. But wherever you dwell, be detached from your surroundings. —Myozen

Those who do not kill nor cause others to kill, who do not vanquish nor cause others to vanquish, kindly towards all beings. they feel enmity for none. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Mettabhavana Sutta

Those who seek the Pure Land abide in the thought that we are out on a journey. Though we travel to the limits of cloud or sea, as long as we have physical existence, we cannot do without the bare … Continue reading →

There is one thing which, when it appears in the world, appears for the detriment of many, for the misery of many, for the loss, harm, and suffering of many. What is that one thing? It is disunity in the … Continue reading →

If your purpose is birth in the Pure Land, take care not to stand conspicuous in the eyes of others. […] It’s good to be good for nothing. —Myozen

Some recluses and sham sages are deeply attached to their own views. Those who see only one side of things engage in quarrels and disputes. […] Possessed by conceit, fettered by conceit, bound by conceit, they argue ruthlessly because of their views and cannot go … Continue reading →

There is an unborn, an uncaused, an unmade, an unconditioned. If there were no unborn, uncaused, unmade, and unconditioned, no liberation would be possible from what is born, caused, made, and conditioned. But since there is an unborn, an uncaused, an … Continue reading →

While doing something else, recite the Holy Name. Don’t do something else while reciting the Name. —Honen om amideva hrih, namu amida butsu, a mi da phat, amitoufo, namo amitabhaya

It is by living with a person that her virtue is to be known… It is by association that her purity is to be known… It is in adversity that her fortitude is to be known…. It is by conversation … Continue reading →