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The Gospel of Thomas: the Buddhist Jesus?

Lost for 1,600 years… The below website link will connect you with a different image of Jesus of Nazareth that most of you are not familiar with. Our Gospel of Thomas website offers an open-minded exploration of the parallel mystical sayings and belief system of Jesus with Shin and Zen Buddhist teachings. Included are wonderful…

Eightfold Daily Practices and Chants

“Live simply with gratitude, peace, purpose, and compassion”                                                                                                                  — Rev. Daishin Senpai, M.A. The following Eightfold Daily Observances and Practices are recommended for our Fellowship’s members and friends, communities, and interested parties. We highly encourage you to diligently practice them on a daily basis so that your life can manifest its potential for peace,…

Shinran Shonin: The Humble Reformer

Early Years Shinran Shonin (1173-1262) was the founder of Shin Buddhism. He was born at the close of the Heian period, when political power was passing from the imperial court into the hands of warrior clans. It was during this era when the old order was crumbling, however, that Japanese Buddhism, which had been declining into…

What is Shin Buddhism?

By Takamaro ShigarakiAuthor of the aclaimed Shin book “A Life of Awakening”   What is Shin? I am a Shin Buddhist. Zen, which arose in Japan in the same thirteenth century period of religious reform as did Shin Buddhism, became popular in America and Europe through the writings of D.T. Suzuki and others. Suzuki’s writings…