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Finaly the printed version of my last book, JODO SHINSHU BUDDHIST TEACHINGS is ready for sale!
You can buy it from this link where you may also find other books for sale:
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http://amida-ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2010/12/buddhist-books-for-sale.html
Shaku Kaigo (Robert Ionescu)This year, RobertKaigo Ionescu will represent me and the Romanian Jodo Shinshu sangha at the9th Conference of The United Nations Day of Vesak (31 May- 2 June 2012).
Website of the event: http://www.undv.org/vesak2012/en/index.php
“If, when I attain Buddhahood, my life-span should be limited, even to the extent of a hundred thousand kotis of nayutas of kalpas[1], may I not attain perfect Enlightenment.” - the 13th Vow
This vow simply means that his transcendent manifestation (Sambhogakaya body)[2] will last forever...
“If, when I attain Buddhahood, innumerable Buddhas in the lands of the ten directions should not all praise and glorify my Name, may I not attain perfect Enlightenment.” -the 17th Vow In this vow Dharmakara promised that when he becomes Amida Buddha his Name will be praised by all Buddhas...
Dear friends, I am happy to announce you at the begining of this new year, that the English edition of my book JODO SHINSHU BUDDHIST TEACHINGS (1) is now available in a free online edition. This book is an adaptation of some Dharma sermons given at Tariki Dojo and letters to my Buddhist friends...
The printed edition of my book THE PATH OF ACCEPTANCE - COMMENTARY ON TANNISHO is now available for sale here.
The free online edition can be downloaded from here.
If one reads the Thirty-fifth Vow of Amida Buddha without carefully understanding its meaning, he might come to the conclusion that there is a disesteem against women:
“If, when I attain Buddhahood, women in the immeasurable and inconceivable Buddha-lands of the ten quarters who, having...
Unfortunately, there are many false teachers in the international Jodo Shinshu community who support wrong interpretations of the nembutsu Dharma - the so called modern and progressive interpretations - but which are in evident contradiction with the teaching of the sutras and the sacred texts....
In Buddhism we speak about the Eight Consciousnesses which are generated when our senses encounter their objects: 1) consciousness of sight, 2)consciousness of hearing, 3) consciousness of smell, 4) consciousness of taste, 5) consciousness of touch, 6) consciousness of mind, 7) impure (mind)...