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Buddhism2

Date Submitted: 07/28/2002 21:03:30
Length: 12 pages (3375 words)
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Jodo Shinshu Buddhism Jodo Shinshu Buddhism Religion 38090 Theodore J. Plemons In Life there is suffering. This spurs on the unending search for universal truth and meaning. Jodo Shinsu is an answer to this search. The "practice" of Jodo Shinshu is the recitation of the Nembutsu with self-reflection. It involves hearing the call of Amida Buddha, the Buddha of Eternal Life and Infinite Light, Compassion and Wisdom, within others' or ours recitation of the Name. Which …

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…will resemble the faith and wisdom of the Sravakas; and one's wisdom will be equivalent to faith and love in Christianity. The only practice that can fully convey the Truth of Buddha's teaching, and can become the supreme way of practice for human beings, in the practice of the Bodhisattva-the unification of faith and determination, loving kindness and compassion and wisdom. These three themes supplement each other and lead one to the attainment of perfection.

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