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Re: One Sangha

scott — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:04 -0000

Don't know if I have the same cache as a priest, but I'd be interested if the spot is open.

Re: One Sangha

Gerald Ford — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:12:34 -0000

Correction: left Jodo Shinshu, not Jodo Shu. See post titled "Parting Ways with Jodo Shinshu". :) Got tired of Shinshu culture among other things.

Did try Shingon for a time, but didn't get far. It's just not possible to practice alone, without enough people for support and lately I've found support from a Jodo Shu group, so that's been nice. There's more to it, but that's the story I'm sticking with for now.

Technically though I've not decided to commit to anything for the time, but I have enough of a background in Pure Land that I can post a thing or two on the subject.

Didn't realize you read my blog by the way, I don't believe we've met. :)

Al: If the Shinshu priest agrees, I think he'd be a much more suitable choice quite frankly.

Re: One Sangha

Rev. Jiun — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:28:08 -0000

Of course you know I'm in :-)

Gerald - I recall reading you were leaving the Pure Land fold and flirting with Shingon or Tendai... wind up back in Jodo Shu?

Re: One Sangha

albill — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:41:42 -0000

I have a message about to a Jodo Shinshu priest but we'll see what he says. :-)

Re: One Sangha

Gerald Ford — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:32:29 -0000

Well, if no one's taken it, I wouldnt' mind doing a Pure Land point of view on the blog. :)

Re: One Sangha

Wm. Bainbridge — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:05:52 -0000

Hey Al,

Since you emailed me on this, sure, I'll contribute. Your idea comes at a particularly significant time for me, since the inscrutable flow of karma has managed to manipulate me into the position of coordinating a study/discussion series for our local Karma Kagyu group, and in the process of putting things together for this, I was reminded of something that struck me many years ago, when I first encountered Tibetan Buddhism: despite all the attention that often is focused on strange looking Tantric practices, they really do base the whole thing on the realization and teachings of the Buddha, and not one bit of that stuff is discarded. There really is a common basis for what we all are doing, and it's a really good thing to be doing. So, a major part of what I can contribute is my experiences wading through the Three Vehicles and trying to relate them to the lives of whomever shows up on a given Tuesday night. Which I'm doing only because no one else is here to do it. Karma's a wyrd thing.

W.B.