How to Practice at Home
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by Rev. Ellen Crane
2y ago
For those wishing to complement their at-home Buddhist practice we now have the course for you! The EVERYDAY BUDDHIST Course Pathway now includes Course 24-D “At Home Practice” with Rev. Ellen Hamada Crane. It is about bringing your Buddhist practice into your living space on a daily basis and offers a multi-faceted course covering topics such as (1) creating a home altar (obutsudan), (2) learning practices like incense offering (oshoko), meditation and chanting, (3) using mindfulness throughout your day and (4) a guide to home study. Rev. Crane will instruct you on creating a home environment ..read more
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New Year's Resolutions and Buddhism
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by Sterling Davenport
2y ago
As the holiday season comes to end and the new year is approaching, the ritualistic process of “The New Year’s Resolution” comes upon us. “The New Year’s Resolution” capitalizes on the fresh start of a new year by placing our hopes and aspirations on a promise to achieve something that we were unable to accomplish. Whether our hope is working out more, eating healthier, being kinder to strangers, or spend more time with the ones we love, these resolutions give us an opportunity to make a vow to become better and happier people. In Buddhism, vows also serve a special purpose. Throughout the his ..read more
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Blog Nog - A Buddhist Christmas
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by Rev. Ellen Crane
2y ago
A Buddhist Christmas. Sounds like an oxymoron. Christmas is such a pervasive aspect of Western culture that its meaning has morphed well beyond its Christian roots as the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. To the chagrin of many Christians, the Christmas holiday season has been appropriated in so many non-religious ways that its significance has been, if not forgotten, obscured. Christmas has been usurped by many for their own purposes, and the biggest culprit is, of course, commercial retailers who use the holiday gift-giving craze to fuel everyone’s desire to possess more things. This ..read more
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The Ground of Spiritual Security
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by Rev. Kenji Akahoshi
2y ago
Shin Buddhism may see the self and the world from a unique perspective. The path of Buddhism is to see and experience the world as it is. But the self can only see the world from the tiny view of its senses, not the world as it really is. It is a paradox for the eye to be able to see the back of the eye. To clarify this concept, let us use the meaning of Obon, which is the Japanese memorial observance for loved ones who have passed. Ullambana, the original Sanskrit word, refers to the suffering experienced by viewing the world from an upside-down position. We might reject the idea that our vie ..read more
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You Can't Always Get What You Want
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by Julie Robertson
2y ago
I’ll let you in on a not-so-secret fact about me: I’m categorically bad with dates. I’m bad with birthdays and anniversaries. I’m particularly bad with holidays. I’ve been this way all my life. How bad am I, you ask? Let’s just say that I was raised in a church-going Christian household, but still get confused on the actual date of Christmas v. Christmas Eve. Fast forward into adulthood and life as a Buddhist convert, and it’s just plain challenging sometimes to remember holidays without the benefit of automated calendar reminders. (Bless you, Google!) At this point, however, I’ve come to term ..read more
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That Overwhelming Feeling
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by Janet Arima
2y ago
In the midst of the crazy year 2021 has been, I had not paid a lot of attention to the space tourism phenomenon. Three billionaires, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson all launched trips to space for the rich or famous as part of their privately funded companies that build and launch suborbital and orbital space capsules. When I first heard about it, I was concerned about the safety of anyone other than NASA sending people into space, as well as skeptical about the motives of three billionaire men with outsized egos. There was even a kind of race between Branson and Bezos to launch fir ..read more
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Thanksgiving Gratitude
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by Rev. Jon Turner
2y ago
“If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it.” Thich Nhat Hanh Joy in Buddhism is defined as sympathetic or vicarious joy. It is the pleasure that comes from delighting in another’s well-being. Buddhist teachers interpret joy more broadly as an inner spring of infinite joy that is available to everyone at all times, rega ..read more
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From Practice to Philosophy
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by Rev. Jon Turner
2y ago
I read a quote once from a Catholic nun that has always stuck with me. She said that most people get religion backwards because we think that doctrine comes first and then the practice. And many of us skip practice altogether preferring to focus solely on reading texts. I think the same is true of Buddhism in America. At least it was for me. I had a Protestant background when I first came to Buddhism and I engaged the tradition through texts alone - not through practice. There is even a Latin phrase that is often used in Protestant Christianity. It is Scriptura Sola which, in English, literal ..read more
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Hearing the Call of the Nembutsu
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by Julie Robertson
2y ago
There's something about the age of 35, right? Siddhartha Gautama became enlightened at the age of 35, after years of seeking without truly finding. I can't claim enlightenment, but I am at least gratefully able to recognize pivotal moments and chew on slippery ideas until I finally understand them - and this, I think, is the essence of Jodo Shinshu practice. When I was 35, I traveled solo to Cambodia to run a half marathon through Angkor Wat. Visiting Angkor Wat, was the culmination of a dream born some 15 years previous during college; I added the half marathon as a "why not?" decision based ..read more
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Remembering Non-Self in the North Grove
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by Teresa Shimogawa
2y ago
I recently took my three children camping, and it made me think of non-self. Interdependence. How we all need each other to be healthy and happy. Being in nature reminds me that I am part of something much larger than my own existence. One day we went on a self-guided hike through a grove of giant sequoias in Calaveras State Park. Sequoia trees are both the oldest living organism in the world (the oldest one being somewhere between 3,200-3,266 years old, making it older than Siddhartha Gautama!), and they are also the most massive tree on earth. Children and adults alike are awestruck by these ..read more
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