Practicing in the Jodo Shinshu Tradition
Reverend Kiyonobu Kuwahara will be at the Seattle Betsuin on Saturday, October 19th to give a lecture on Master Shinran’s KyoGyoShinSho. Join us for a wonderful lesson on the essential teachings of our founder, Shinran Shonin.
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by Rimban Katsuya Kusunoki
I was asked this interesting question. What do you think? Is Amida Buddha a man or woman? It looks like a man when I view the statue of Amida Buddha, but I was not sure when I was asked this question. I kept silent and didn’t answer anything. My uncle broke the silence.
“Amida Buddha can be either a man or a woman, and Amida Buddha can be neither a man nor a woman. Buddha is Buddha. Buddha doesn’t stay in the gender framework which we think.”
The new Seattle Buddhist Study Center launches in October with Tacoma Buddhist Temple’s Reverend Takashi Miyaji’s seminar on “Shin Buddhist Ethics”. We have an awesome lineup of speakers and events coming and we hope to see you there!
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Message on ‘Our Pledge’
by OHTANI Kojun, Monshu
Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha
“Thank you for attending the perpetual memorial and autumn service at Hongwanji today. This annual service is in remembrance of all the Jodo Shinshu followers who passed away during the year. Let us take this opportunity to appreciate the Dharma with a feeling of respect to our deceased predecessors.
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