{"id":5252,"date":"2016-01-07T21:38:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T02:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=5252"},"modified":"2025-09-10T20:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:57:01","slug":"the-heart-of-the-shin-buddhist-path-seminar","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/events\/the-heart-of-the-shin-buddhist-path-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Living a Life of Awakening<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">2 sessions<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Registration ends March 27th, Starts April 10th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>This seminar examines Shin Buddhism as a practical path of spiritual growth and self-transformation, challenging assessments of the\u00a0 tradition as a passive religion of mere faith. It presents the essential tenets of the Shin Buddhist path in fresh, engaging, down-to-earth language, considering each frankly from both secular and religious perspectives. It discloses a non-dual Pure Land that finds philosophical kinship with Zen but has been little discussed in the West.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the seminar will explore the <em>Tannisho<\/em>, the sayings of the founder of the Shin tradition, Shinran Shonin, using a new contemporary edition, that brings to life the heart of this extraordinary path that is open to anyone, at anytime.<\/p>\n<p>It does not matter if you are new to Buddhism or a practicing Buddhist, everyone will gain a deeper appreciation and understanding to a teaching of wisdom and compassion, and the boundless light of Amida Buddha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOOK SELECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path: A Life of Awakening by T. Shigaraki<\/p>\n<p>Great Living: In the Pure Encounter of Master and Disciple by Kemmyo Taira Sato<\/p>\n<p><strong>SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apr 10<\/strong>. <em>The Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path: A Life of Awakening<\/em> (Presented by Senpai Lewis)<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 1<\/strong>5. <em>Great Living: In the Pure Encounter of Master and Disciple<\/em> (Presented by Dharma Teacher G. Bermant)<\/p>\n<p>To learn more and to register, visit our New England Institute for Buddhist Studies&#8217; web site <strong>here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living a Life of Awakening 2 sessions Registration ends March 27th, Starts April 10th This seminar examines Shin Buddhism as a practical path of spiritual growth and self-transformation, challenging assessments of the\u00a0 tradition as a passive religion of mere faith. It presents the essential tenets of the Shin Buddhist path in fresh, engaging, down-to-earth language,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[],"class_list":["post-5252","ctc_event","type-ctc_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13842,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/5252\/revisions\/13842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=5252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}