tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post7197979933401363131..comments2024-03-18T16:28:06.364+07:00Comments on Buddha Space: Reflections on Bankei's 'Song of the Mind' Verses 45-46Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-92152611402037441122012-01-28T09:29:19.104+07:002012-01-28T09:29:19.104+07:00K - in what way are you using the phrase "mak...K - in what way are you using the phrase "makes a lot more sense," however? Intellectually? Emotionally? :)Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-79060989775984724392012-01-27T22:21:18.632+07:002012-01-27T22:21:18.632+07:00I find that the song makes a lot more sense when t...I find that the song makes a lot more sense when the word 'conditioned' is used. <br />!!!<br />- KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-81880437988678866772011-05-11T07:34:26.552+07:002011-05-11T07:34:26.552+07:00More Bankei commentaries are possible...in the fut...More Bankei commentaries are possible...in the future, Jeff. This post is the last of 15 on the Song of the Mind, so it's time to focus on other dharmas (things) for a while. But, as a fellow fan of Master Bankei, I'm sure he'll reappear on these pages sometime.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-69247047125245352972011-05-11T00:13:04.915+07:002011-05-11T00:13:04.915+07:00My pleasure. Keep those groovy Bankei commentarie...My pleasure. Keep those groovy Bankei commentaries coming, if you would please.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-31840218175566632822011-05-10T21:42:36.715+07:002011-05-10T21:42:36.715+07:00Thanks so much for the generous comment, Jeff. You...Thanks so much for the generous comment, Jeff. Your description of Shinran & Jodoshinshu is much appreciated, helping this little known form of Japanese Buddhism to be better understood in the West. Kudos!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-30628897865938567592011-05-10T02:07:06.148+07:002011-05-10T02:07:06.148+07:00I've always enjoyed Bankei. This is a pretty ...I've always enjoyed Bankei. This is a pretty good description of Pure Land Buddhism, but misses some essentials. For instance, the majority sect in Japan is Jodo Shinshu (Shin Buddhism). They don't believe that you sit on a lotus flower meditating until you reach enlightenment: their founder Shinran taught that the Pure Land is nirvana itself. At the instant of death one enters the Pure Land and achieves buddhahood, and then instantaneously returns to the suffering world to perpetually assist others with their difficulties and struggles toward liberation. Furthermore, for Shinran birth in the Pure Land is achieved (at least provisionally) during this lifetime through the awakening of shinjin (the trusting heart), which we might say is a sort of Pure Land analog to satori in the Zen tradition.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com