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...
A Tour to Shikoku Shinran Center Creates A Friendly Bridge
Around thirty followers who belong to the Oyabe Center visited the Shikoku Center to communicate with Shikoku followers on January 13....
Two Kinds of Doubt
Thank you so much for your sermon in the 2000 Tatami Mat Hall. I listened to it via the Internet. I learned that there are two types of...
Shinran and Causality in the Three Worlds
Q: I understand that Buddhism teaches “causality in the three worlds.” What exactly does that mean? What is the connection between that...
