A You-tube video of Rev Sonam Wangdi Bhutia's speech at the Buddhist Churches of America's 750th Memorial of Shinran Shonin in February.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stazdciqL0
A humorous "testimony" on his conversion to Shin Buddhism.
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Speech by Nepalese on his "conversion" to Shin Buddhism
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Speech by Nepalese on his "conversion" to Shin Buddhism
by Dodatsu » Fri Jun 04, 2010 2:18 pm
Contemplating the power of Tathagata's Primal Vow,
One sees that no foolish being who encounters it passes by in vain.
When a person single-heartedly practices the saying of the Name alone,
It brings quickly to fullness and perfection [in that person] the great treasure ocean of true and real virtues.
- Shinran Shonin
One sees that no foolish being who encounters it passes by in vain.
When a person single-heartedly practices the saying of the Name alone,
It brings quickly to fullness and perfection [in that person] the great treasure ocean of true and real virtues.
- Shinran Shonin
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Re: Speech by Nepalese on his "conversion" to Shin Buddhism
by Namu Butsu » Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:49 pm
This was great. I was excited when I first saw it on FB. Its good to see a Nepalese jodo shinshu branch 
"Just say the nembutsu and be liberated" Shinran Shonin
"However hard it may be to bid farewell to this world, when the conditions that bind us to this saha [samsara] realm run out, we are powerless to do anything as the final hour arrives and we are swept away to that Land." -A Record in Lament of Divergences
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Re: Speech by Nepalese on his "conversion" to Shin Buddhism
by Astus » Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:16 pm
It is fascinating to see how someone who spent many years as a Himalayan monk finds the Primal Vow to be the way to enlightenment. Although I've heard somewhere before that the Japanese have great interest in Tibet.
"While teachers of the middle way, mind only, transcendent wisdom, mantra, and other schools may have their own assertions, the fulfillment of those intentions is the same. There is not a single thing that is not contained within mind."
(Gampopa to Düsum Khyenpa, in "The First Karmapa", KTD Pub, p 254)
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(Gampopa to Düsum Khyenpa, in "The First Karmapa", KTD Pub, p 254)
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