American Buddhist Study Center

Hoshina Seki
American Buddhist Study Center

Our passion is to introduce Buddhist Values and Japanese culture. We will have interviews with authors, scholars, ministers, and artists. There will also be discussions and, to liven things up, we will have live performances.

  1. 29/09/2022

    Weekly Wasan - Episode 68 - Shōzōmatsu Wasan (Hymns of the Dharma-Ages) 115-116

    Hi Dharma-friends! Welcome back for the conclusion of our traversal of the Shōzōmatsu Wasan or Hymns of the Dharma-Ages.  , These verses are among Shinran's last public thoughts and are particularly trenchant, even for such a fearless guy as Shinran.  In these verses, Shinran looks directly into the mirror and identifies himself as a fellow foolish being of this last dharma-age, our dharma-age, the time when the teaching alone remains, but the self-power practices and realization have become extinct.  Shinran, our great teacher, does not exempt himself from his understanding of Amida's Primal Vow to bring to the Pure Land (Awakening or Enlightenment) foolish beings who call the Name, Namo-Amida-Butsu.  To me, these are powerful verses, and they perplexed me many years ago when I first read them.  But now, I have come to understand them as real teaching, not only as a religious construct but for me personally.  How many other religious teachers won't let themselves off the hook?  Speaking for myself, this is precisely what makes Shinran the greatest teacher.  I hope these verses resonate with you as well. Our audio series of Shinran's 3 main Wasan collections is now complete in 68 episodes.  Congratulations if you have stayed with us from the beginning!  I believe the American Buddhist Study Center will keep the Wasan series online as an audio resource.  We read the Jōdo Wasan (Hymns of the Pure Land), the Kōsō Wasan (Hymns of the Pure Land Masters) and the Shōzōmatsu Wasan (Hymns of the Dharma-Ages), letting Shinran speak to us across the centuries in his own voice, even if only in translation, with minimal commentary. Please check out the home page of the American Buddhist Study Center ambuddhist.org for more great Dharma content.  Please be happy, well, and peaceful! Palms together, Gary

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