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TEN-PHRASE
LIFE-PROLONGING
SUTRA

In a letter dated 1754 to Lord Nabeshima, Hakuin (self=portrait show, left) tells of the virtues required of a good leader and the merits attached to recitation of the Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo (Ten Phrase Life Prolonging Kannon Sutra).

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Link to NEW internal webpage:
'Glyphs and Symbols versus the Crotchets and Quavers'

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Without A Second Thought
A DGR 'quicky'

Things don’t happen “for the better” or “for the worse”; they just happen.

THE SOUND OF A BELL BEING STRUCK 108 TIMES
represents the 108 forms of human delusions or ignorance;
based on the following formula:

6 rings represent the 6 senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch & thought.
3 rings represent the aspects of time: the past, the present and the future.
2 rings represent the two conditions of the heart: pure and impure.
3 rings represent the three sentiments of like, dislike & indifference. 6x3[18]x2[36]x3=108

HISTORIC LETTERS FROM ZUIKIN INAGAKI TO JACK AUSTIN
INTERNAL WEBPAGE [WEBLOG 12]

Rev. Jack Austin (1917-1993) first encountered Zuiken Sensei's translation of the Tannisho as early as 1949. Following this encounter, Rev. Austin initiated an extensive correspondence with Zuiken which led to letters being sent almost every week on the subject of Jodo Shinshu and Buddhism more generally. Zuiken's responses to Rev. Austin over the years amounted to over three hundred letters.

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ORDER OF THE
TWELVE ANIMALS IN
CHINESE ASTROLOGY

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RUPA AND SUNYATA

A Study Session Spin Off [DGR]

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Prince Shōtoku (574-622)

B.V.E. Hyde looks at the statesman
who fathered Japanese philosophy

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Free Download of The Teaching of Buddha from the BDK America

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Direct link to a complete PDF copy permanently stored on this site

EXTRACTS:
PLN WEBLOG 2a: Imagine A Desert Country
PLN WEBLOG 2b: Of Organizations, there are Three Kinds

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Pure Land Notes #45, published November 2020.
A special Jim Pym Memorial issue.

Contributors include:
Rev John Paraskevopolus (Australia),
Rev Sato (Three Wheels, London), and
Hoyu Ishida (Professor Emeritus, University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan).