http://www.amidabuddha.org/ Jodo-shu Buddhism and general South Florida Buddhist Resouces. en-us Copyright 2007 Andrew Mossberg Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:05:26 -0400 aem@inicom.com (Amida Buddha Webmaster) aem@inicom.com (Amida Buddha Editor) makenews 360 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.amidabuddha.org/amida3a88x107.jpg http://www.amidabudda.org 10788 http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/03Jul2009.html To comprehend and to understand God above all similitudes, as He is in Himself, is to be God with God, without intermediary, and without any otherness that can become a hindrance or an intermediary. Whosoever wishes to understand this must have died to himself, and must live in God, and must turn his gaze to the eternal light in the ground of his spirit, where the Hidden Truth reveals Itself without means. - Ruysbroek. ... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:05:26 -0400 Buddhist Thought of the Day http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/02Jul2009.html The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground. - Buddha ... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:04:38 -0400 Buddhist Thought of the Day http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/01Jul2009.html While the Tathagata, in his teaching, constantly makes use of conceptions and ideas about them, disciples should keep in mind the unreality of all such conceptions and ideas. They should recall that the Tathagata, in making use of them in explaining the Dharma always uses them in the semblance of a raft that is of use only to cross a river. As the raft is of no further use after the river is crossed, it should be discarded. So these arbitrary conceptions of things and about things should be wholly given up as one attains enlightenment. -Buddha ... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:04:45 -0400 Buddhist Thought of the Day http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/30Jun2009.html If we clearly apperceive the difference Between direct apprehension in Whole-mind And relative comprehension by reasoning In mind divided into subject-and-object, All the apparent mysteries will disappear. For that will be found to be the key Which unlocks the doors of incomprehension. - 'Posthumous Pieces' by Wei Wu Wei... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:07:15 -0400 Buddhist Thought of the Day http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/29Jun2009.html The teaching of Junen Nembutsu appears in the Eighteenth Vow of Amida Buddha in Sutra of Immeasurable Life (Muryoju-kyo). It states that every person who recites the Nembutsu ten times shall be saved. "Namu Amida Butsu" is recited eight times in one breath without voicing "tsu," a breath is taken and the full "Namu Amida Butsu" is recited once making nine times. The final (tenth) Nembutsu is chanted with the "tsu" almost silent again, as if one has swallowed the word. ... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:06:02 -0400 Buddhist Thought of the Day http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/28Jun2009.html There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth -- not going all the way, and not starting. - Buddha ... Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:06:32 -0400 Buddhist Thought of the Day http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/27Jun2009.html The Noble Eightfold Path: Right Views, Right Thoughts, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration.... Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:11:20 -0400 Buddhist Thought of the Day http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/26Jun2009.html The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. - Buddha ... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:06:03 -0400 Buddhist Thought of the Day http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/25Jun2009.html We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time. - T.S. Eliot... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:05:28 -0400 Buddhist Thought of the Day http://www.amidabuddha.org/news/24Jun2009.html One is one's own protector, one is one's own refuge. Therefore, one should control oneself, even as a trader controls a noble steed. - Buddha... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:06:12 -0400 Buddhist Thought of the Day