Youths Learn Buddhism Through the Classical Text, Tannisho
The student body of Shinran Followers hosted a Buddhist lecture at the 2,000-Tatami-Mat Hall on March 8. The topic of the lecture was...
Ignorance of One’s Own True Image Results in Serious Misunderstanding
As you may already know there are thousands of Buddhist organizations in the world. Although they all are supposed to teach Buddhism,...
Our Gratitude Extends to Takamori-sensei
It is Now Our Turn to Have a Shinran Center in Korea Shinran followers in Korea are now looking forward to the 55th anniversary of...
News of Members
Conversion from Zen to Pure Land Buddhism On March 18th, Fukuyo Furui (78) and her grandson, Kosei (20) of Aichi Prefecture attended the...
High-Level Doctrinal Quiz
We ran these questions on the previous issue. Have you tried to answer them? 1. Amida Buddha stated in his 18th Vow that all people are...
Swinging between Feelings of Joy and Despair, We Head for the Crucial Matter of the Afterlife
All of us are on a ship destined to fall into the waterfall of death. Within such a dreadful ship, we human beings cling to money,...
Benefiting Humankind Instead of Pursuing Their Own Selfish Gains
Last January, a 30-year-old Japanese female researcher who supposedly discovered a new embryo-stem cell became the focus of public...
The Overall Structure of the Hymn of True Faith is Clarified at the 2,000 Tatami Mat Hall on Sep 13
Lectures on the Hymn of True Faith, written by Master Shinran, are held at the 2,000 Tatami Mat Hall. The overall structure of the Hymn...
A Horse that is not Surprised Even When a Whip Penetrates to its Bones
I heard about “The Metaphor of Four Horses,” and thought I would not be included even in the forth horse “A horse that is surprised when...
Did Shinran Have No Disciples?
On Fire with Gratitude Q: In Tannisho, Shinran declares that he has not even a single disciple, but is that actually true? If it were...
