Ryusaku Tsunoda
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 20
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... 113--116. Genku taught that the reason why men keep constantly returning to the Home of Error (bodily life) is entirely due to our being fast bound with doubt. In order that we may enter straight into the peaceful and eternal abode of Nirvana, it is necessary for us to receive the believing heart. 117--120. Thus prophets and teachers, propagating the teachings of the Sutras, have saved countless men from countless evils. Monks and laymen in the present age! We must put our hearts together, and believe the words that these exalted monks have spoken. BUDDHA AMIDA AS THE UNIVERSAL PARENT. This religious song is known among the faithful as Shoshinge, or the hymn of the true faith, and the translation was rendered by the pen of the late Prof. A. Lloyd of Tokio Imperial University, who made the study of Japanese Buddhism his life work. His "Shinran and His Work," together with "The Religion of Half of Japan," is of scholarly merit, and is much appreciated among the unbiased students of religion. But in perusing this translation, you can easily perceive how different this Buddhism of Redemption is from that of the Law. For in this, Buddha Amida is the centre of worship, and our Buddha Gautama is considered only as a bearer of light, who proclaimed the gospel of salvation of Amida Buddha. In the conception of Buddhahood, too, the previous Buddhism laid emphasis on the enlightenment of the mind, sanctification of speech and holiness of action, but in. this the most dominane feature of Buddhllfir lies in Buddha's vow, in his mercy, in his all-embracing love and compassion. He thought out everything, wrought out everything, in order to save us human beings, impotent and helpless, wicked and wretched, and so otherwise doomed to the torture of hell....