About the devotion of the Jodo Shinshu

I read your consultation. About a year ago, I was asked a question about Shomyo Nembutsu. You've been listening to the Jodo Shinshu Sect since before that, haven't you?

However, it is said that doubts have not been cleared up. What is the nature of the doubt? Please let me hear it again if you don't mind. Let's listen to it together.

Now, during hearings, are there many opportunities to ask what kind of person Amitabha Buddha targets for salvation? It is this “me alone,” and what kind of person I am is an ordinary man living in distress. An ordinary man is an ordinary man no matter how far we go. It's not that an ordinary person ceases to be an ordinary person and can be saved.

Since ordinary people don't know the truth, they inevitably ask for their own help. Amitabha Buddha's original wish probably works in the hearts of ordinary people.

The work must have already arrived at Haruka's place. If worries flourish, then the original wish is also flourishing.

Maybe what Haruka is trying to gain is not faith, but +α beyond that (something so-called beneficial). I think it feels like you can't gain faith because you don't realize something that is easy to understand.

I'm also an ordinary person, so I think it's the same that my doubts aren't cleared up. There are many things I feel uneasy and don't understand as I keep listening. But that's why it also makes me keenly aware that it is a teaching that works for me alone.

Please don't give up and keep listening. Doubts are nothing to be ashamed of, so if you don't mind, please tell me more about the story.

Namu Amida Buddha

“I'm listening and reading Buddhist books”
In conclusion,
As you may have feared, with this method, even if it takes a lifetime, you will gain faith and no days will clear up your doubts.

[Yui Kushin Shikaoshin theory] (I just don't believe this high priest's theory.) It is the last phrase of the familiar “Seishinobu,” but “high priest” is, in other words, the seven high priests from India, China, and Japan appearing in the text, and the “theory of high priests” means “praise Namu Amida Buddha.” Where there is no [Shomyo Nembutsu], there is no [gain faith].

Both in one and two,
First of all, please immediately begin living a life called “Namuamidabutsu.”

Thank you so much for this very important question. I'm looking forward to the next one.
Namudami dabutsu worship
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When I'm alive, it's natural that I have my doubts and worries every time because of the convenience of being at Shaba.

If I were to carry only one in the coffin, it would be Namu Amida Buddha.
I hope there will be more times when I think so.

Buddhism is believing (believing) and awakening (awareness, awakening, enlightenment).
When I say “faith,” I just associate it with “a heart that believes,” and with my own strength, “I believe!” It just takes a lot of strength. There is also a way of saying that the monks of the Jodo Shinshu sect “receive devotion,” but it's hard to imagine something... That's because that was the case for me at first.
So when I said “getting the confidence of others,” I was like, “Oh, was that so!” I understood that it might be a time when I felt aware of that. It's a kind of small moment of enlightenment. Life is a series of such realizations. It's hot or cold, or maybe they laugh or get angry... every day is an event. And isn't that “Hataraki” that made me notice “the power of Nyorai (that is, other powers)”?
So “Hataraki” is your life itself. And “Hataraki” is made up not only of you, but of countless “good luck.”

Was that difficult to explain?

Namu Mysterious Light Nyorai
Gassho　

I can't help but listen to the law
That feeling is precious.

Doubts remain unresolved
That's fine.

Thank you for your interest in the Jodo Shinshu sect.

There is no need to be prepared for faith.
Just say “Namu Amida Buddha.”
That is the faith of others.

Doubts are like clouds covering the sky. We said, “Clear up!” Even if I hope so, the clouds don't move. Of course, clouds are there regardless of our efforts or wishes.

It would be great if it was clear! But even if it doesn't clear up, wouldn't it be nice if it was bright under the clouds? Even if they don't clear up their doubts, I'm sure there's something that resonates with their heart, and they're learning the teachings.

There are times when I ask this question with suspicion, too. There are times when I don't feel convinced. How useful is it to hear the same thing all the time? There were times when I thought that. However, there were times when I was taught more deeply by asking questions like that in the wake of such doubts.

I don't feel like there's anything good about removing doubts. Conversely, you might become a person who doesn't even have a nose. Actually, I think that even when I talk to my counselors like this, it's just me looking at it from above. I think it was because of the teachings of Namu Amida Buddha that taught me that I exist.

I teach it only because I'm not prepared. From now on, let's continue to work hard on listening with the same attitude!