Comments on: The Buddha as Rain http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/03/12/the-buddha-as-rain/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jishin http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/03/12/the-buddha-as-rain/#comment-146 Jishin Fri, 16 May 2008 20:38:54 +0000 http://level8.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-146 Yes. That's a very important clarification, Kyoshin. Yes. That’s a very important clarification, Kyoshin.

]]> By: Kyōshin http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/03/12/the-buddha-as-rain/#comment-145 Kyōshin Thu, 15 May 2008 14:01:09 +0000 http://level8.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-145 I also believe that; provided that by 'Amida Buddha' Jishin means Amida as Formless Dharmakaya rather than the Dharma-body as skillful means. In other words the Amida that is not only Amida but the commonality of all Buddhas. Btw/ I have updated the Lotus Sutra page on my blog: http://jodoshinshubuddhism.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/jodo-shinshu-the-lotus-sutra/ I also believe that; provided that by ‘Amida Buddha’ Jishin means Amida as Formless Dharmakaya rather than the Dharma-body as skillful means. In other words the Amida that is not only Amida but the commonality of all Buddhas.

Btw/ I have updated the Lotus Sutra page on my blog:
http://jodoshinshubuddhism.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/jodo-shinshu-the-lotus-sutra/

]]> By: Gerald Ford http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/03/12/the-buddha-as-rain/#comment-143 Gerald Ford Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:09:44 +0000 http://level8.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-143 That's an great explanation Jishin. :) That’s an great explanation Jishin. :)

]]> By: Jishin http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/03/12/the-buddha-as-rain/#comment-144 Jishin Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:56:39 +0000 http://level8.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-144 My personal take on the Lotus Sutra is that when Shakyamuni Buddha reveals that he has been a Buddha from the immeasurable past he is in fact stating his oneness with Amida Buddha, something which Ananda sees for himself at the beginning of the Larger Sutra of Eternal Life when he encounters the wondrous light emanating from Shakyamuni Buddha's face. My personal take on the Lotus Sutra is that when Shakyamuni Buddha reveals that he has been a Buddha from the immeasurable past he is in fact stating his oneness with Amida Buddha, something which Ananda sees for himself at the beginning of the Larger Sutra of Eternal Life when he encounters the wondrous light emanating from Shakyamuni Buddha’s face.

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