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		<title>The Danger of near misses &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ekayanadharma.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/the-danger-of-near-misses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are hundreds of books available today on what is wrong with traditional Asian Buddhism and contemporary Western Buddhism.  But I do not encourage a revolution of external society, but a 'revolution of the basis' - a turning around of the light of consciousness so that it illumines within.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ekayanadharma.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8384388&amp;post=1186&amp;subd=ekayanadharma&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Giving compassion its rightful place &#8230; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a world where those in power have forgotten that they are servants and pursue only their own calculative goals, it is both rewarding and disturbing to hear how this young girl sees the world those in power have created &#8211; a world where compassion takes a back seat to economic and political power-brokering and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ekayanadharma.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8384388&amp;post=1170&amp;subd=ekayanadharma&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going for Refuge to Amida Nyorai</title>
		<link>http://ekayanadharma.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/going-for-refuge-to-amida-nyorai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James C.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pure Land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sukhavati]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nembutsu]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surely every person feels a secret longing to be wise and compassionate, to experience reality just as it is, to attain Complete Perfect Enlightnement (Annutara Samyak Sambodhi) and realize Buddha-Nature; but&#8212;if we are being honest with ourselves&#8212;we are confronted by the perception that there is an unfathomable gulf between the ignorant and passion-ridden self we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ekayanadharma.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8384388&amp;post=1126&amp;subd=ekayanadharma&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Clause of Exclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second in a series of posts about supposed Pure Land (generally) or Jodo Shinshu (more specifically) &#8216;innovations&#8217; &#8211; showing how they refer back to Mahayana and/or Ekayana teachings. &#160; We are often asked about the import of the so-called &#8216;clause of exclusion&#8217; in the &#8216;Primal&#8217; (or 18th) Vow of Dharmakara Bodhisattva as found in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ekayanadharma.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8384388&amp;post=1100&amp;subd=ekayanadharma&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shakyamuni teaches about Amida</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First in a series of posts about supposed Pure Land (generally) or Jodo Shinshu (more specifically) &#8216;innovations&#8217; &#8211; showing how they refer back to Mahayana and/or Ekayana teachings. &#160; We are often asked about the supposed Pure Land innovation which states: the sole purpose of Siddhārtha Gautama Śākyamuni was to teach about Amida and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ekayanadharma.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8384388&amp;post=1063&amp;subd=ekayanadharma&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The apparently selective arising of settled faith</title>
		<link>http://ekayanadharma.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/the-apparently-selective-arising-of-settled-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James C.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anjin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddha nature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am frequently asked: &#8220;Why does settled faith arise in some people and not in others? When I humbly contemplate the matter, I recall that Shinran in the Koso Wasan wrote: Looking to and encountering the moment When faith&#8212;firm and diamond-like&#8212;becomes settled In that instant Amida&#8217;s compassionate light grasps and protects us, So that we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ekayanadharma.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8384388&amp;post=1028&amp;subd=ekayanadharma&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Nembutsu: its centering and calming effects</title>
		<link>http://ekayanadharma.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/the-nembutsu-its-centering-and-calming-effects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James C.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compassion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am frequently asked: &#8220;The nembutsu seems to help center and calm me &#8230; is this sort of recitation a mild form of self-hypnosis? If one were to use the recitative nembutsu with the specific purpose of producing calm then, yes, it probably would act as a mild form of self-hypnosis. This type of recitation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ekayanadharma.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8384388&amp;post=1016&amp;subd=ekayanadharma&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What and where is the Pure Land and when do we go there?</title>
		<link>http://ekayanadharma.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/what-and-where-is-the-pure-land-and-when-do-we-go-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am often asked how I understand Shinran Shonin&#8216;s language describing the location of the &#8216;Pure Land&#8217; and the time of our arrival therein. This question, though often asked reflexively, goes straight to the heart of BuddhaDharma: the goal, means and end of Dharmic realization. After humble contemplation on Amida&#8216;s Light and Life (Wisdom and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ekayanadharma.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8384388&amp;post=931&amp;subd=ekayanadharma&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhism with a capital &#8216;B&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://ekayanadharma.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/buddhism-with-a-capital-b/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often use the term &#8216;Buddhist&#8217; to describe my approach to life, but that usage is mainly a convention to make it easier for people to get some basic concept about where I might be coming from &#8211; and in general it works fairly well. If, however, I say that I am Jodo Shinshu (or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ekayanadharma.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8384388&amp;post=918&amp;subd=ekayanadharma&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is the essence of the Dharma?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Question: I am frequently asked what I consider to be the ultimate essence of the Dharma. Recently, this question was asked within a specific context: after a visit to a Jodo Shishu Temple where the questioner was constantly told about Japanese customs and never the Dharma (for instance she was told she couldn&#8217;t wear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ekayanadharma.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8384388&amp;post=894&amp;subd=ekayanadharma&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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