2012-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Living Boddhisattvas / Embracement Living as a Boddhisattva Embracement of Everything, even Your Enemies 2012-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Living Boddhisattvas / Embracement [audio https://jhlui1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/201207_shinnyo_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes A sonouta, or spiritual poem, by Master Shinjo Ito reads: Though human, we are bodhisattvas … Continue reading 2012-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Living Boddhisattvas / Embracement →

2012-June Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast The Path to Happiness How The Goreiju Melody Came to Be 2012-June Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes The path to our own happiness and the path to making others happy are one and the same. When we completely dedicate ourselves towards the … Continue reading 2012-June Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – The Path to Happiness/The Goreiju →

2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast Dealing with Dharma and Causes of Karma The Perpetual Cycle of Karma Please Do Not Feed the Bears 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast (Dharma/Karma) [audio https://jhlui1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/201205_shinnyo_extra_dharma_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Dharma, simply put, is Nature’s law.  The way things are meant to be in Nature. The … Continue reading 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast (Dharma/Karma) →

Blending Buddhism with other Beliefs and Religions 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast [audio https://jhlui1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/201205_shinnyo_extra_bridging_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Within our sangha (or buddhist community) there are to be found Christian Buddhists, and Catholic Buddhists, Jewish Buddhists and many other forms of post-Common Era dual-belief system alignments, sometimes even Agnostic and perhaps Atheistic … Continue reading 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast (Bridging Beliefs) →

Enlightenment is a Universal Truth Redefining Wants versus Needs 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast Subscribe to Podcast (RSS) or iTunes One of the key ideas in the Nirvana Sutra, the principal sutra of Shinnyo-en, is that all living beings possess buddha nature. This means that all sentient beings are naturally endowed with the qualities … Continue reading 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast →

2012-January Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast New Year’s Guidance and Practices 2012-January Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast Subscribe to Shinnyo Podcasts (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard The Chinese zodiac symbol for this year is the Yang-Water Dragon. According to the ancient Chinese philosophy of yin and yang and the five elements, yang-water signifies the … Continue reading 2012-January Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast →

2012-February Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast The Story of Shojushinin 2012-February Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast Subscribe to Shinnyo-en Podcasts (RSS) or in iTunes or via Flipboard In Shinnyo-en one of our important sources of teaching is woman known post-humously as Shojushinin (a dharma name meaning “heart or mind of embracement or shoju”). She was … Continue reading 2012-February Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast →

2012-March Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast Exploring Enlightenment and Spiritual Awakening The Nirvana Sutra Attaining Joy Through Your Daily Actions 2012-March Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast Subscribe to Shinnyo-en Podcasts (RSS)or in iTunes or via Flipboard Enlightenment, or knowing why everything is the way it is, is not a distant reality that can take countless … Continue reading 2012-March Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast →

2012-April Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast Five Behavioral Ideals for 2012 (+3 bonus ones) Month of Rebirth and Departure from Suffering Shinnyo-en Monthly Focus Podcast 2012-April  Subscribe to Shinnyo-en Podcasts (RSS) or in iTunes or via Flipboard In this month of April, 2012, also the centennial year of our dharma mother, Shojushin’in-sama, we are reminded … Continue reading 2012-April Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast →