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This is a group where the electronic editions of Running Tide - the Amida Trust Journal will be available to read and comment upon.
Dear Dharmavidya:
Dear Hanryo:
I am very much touched by this post on the Kyogyoshinsho. It may be a very difficult book to read and to understand, but it is certainly an indispensable source for anyone engaged in Pure Land Buddhism. I think th...
willing to share Pureland's faith with any "Amitabha's fans",hahaha!
A group in which to discuss any issue relating to Amida in Africa - the relation between Buddhist and African culture, projects, travels, aid, practices, etc.
Dear Kenny Lewis:
Just a brief complementary comment:
- Impermanence in itself is neither perfection nor imperfection. Imperfection is essentially a product of the ignorance that falsely discriminates an impermanent world as permanent giving r...
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4- Yes, but we must state clearly that world transcendence does not mean world denial pure and simple. It is precisely this world transcending character of Buddhism that opens the way to a improvement of society grounded in a profou...
Dear Kenny Lewis:
Before all I would like to express my gratitude for your questioning. I do not know if my statements are the strongest counter position to the views you expressed on the perfect character of the world, but I have a strong feeli...
Dear Professor Jamie Hubbard:
I am very thankful for your comments, and also very happy for your presence in this discussion. For many years I had the strong feeling that interest in critical Buddhism had faded completely in the West, so I was v...
Hello, and thank you for your invitation to join this group. Of course, I am always interested to see how people are responding to the work of Hakamaya and Matsumoto, as well as the many others that have taken up this thread in recent years.
I am...
Dear Dharmavidya:
Thank you for presenting us with the questions inherent in Sangharakshitas testament. I have read very few of his works, and I know very little about the FWBO. My main interest in his work had always been centered in his relati...
An opportunity to contribute to debate about the shape of things to come.
Dear Dean:
I think that you are posing a question that is very important for contemporary Buddhism and specially for Buddhism in the West, but that has no ready made answer. Today we may find a clear divide among traditional and modernist or dem...
Profile Information
- About Me:
- Dear members of Amida Trust: My name is Joaquim Monteiro. I am a Priest of Jodo shinshu Honganji-ha and i hold a doctor degree from Komazawa Universiry. As all my expertise in Buddhist studies comes from the critical Buddhism developed by Noriaki Hakamaia and Takatoshi Ito
i am extremely interested in discussions on this topic in the West.
- Amida Membership
- Would like to be a member
- Faith Background & Affiliation
- Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha
- Occupation or Primary Activity
- Professor - Buddhist Priest
- Involvement in Spirituality/Religion
- - Shin Buddhist Priest
-Research in critical Buddhism
-Research in Pure Land Buddhism
- What is your interest in Amida Trust
- - Discussions on the relationship between critical Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism and engaged Buddhism.
- Buddhist social action
- How did you find this web site?
- internet
- What country are you living in?
- Brasil
- What is the nearest town to where you live? If in UK, please give first half of your postcode. Thank you.
- Santos
- Are you a member of an Amida group/Congregation
- not at the moment
- Have you visited
- None of these
- What can you offer to other members of this network?
- Expertise
- What other interests do you have, eg Arts, Gardening and so on.
- Symbolist art and literature, philosophy.
- Skype/Aim/Msn details
- joaquimantoniobernardescarneiromontei
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 3:57am on August 11, 2009,
fangxiaoguo said…
- Dear Joaquim:
Being a half-city,my hometown is such a religious "hotpot' where an aggressive Christian priest from a gigantic church would go and scold another Christian priest from another luxurious church for "snatching" his "lambs"(or "clients"?), where a scenic Buddhist temple's priest acts so arrogantly and often criticizes other temples & religious persons openly on the stage, with harsh words that U could hardly imagine.
I 'm really interested(busy body,haha!) in observing this kind of "war field",for I like to investigate how human nature twists from buddha nature, how some "religious idols" use beliefs as an effective "marketing tool' to expand their own "religious empire' - popular shows in the Latter Day of the Law ?
I would like to share with U more on these negative social actions,hopefully it won't pollute your pure mind.....Amitabha!
- At 6:19am on June 9, 2009,
Xiao Yue said…
- Very sorry for delay and very thanks for your kind about my English paper check. Because of very limited, I had to get a helping hand from one of America who is a professor at Bukkyo University.
My paper almost accomplish until, thank you again. I look forward to having a discussion on Chinese Pureland Buddhist.
- At 2:04am on May 29, 2009,
Thich nu Tinh Quang said…
- Hello, Joaquim.
Thank you for your friendship. Your scholarship in Buddhism far outreaches mine ... I'm a fairly simple nun with a simple practice. There are a few books written that may be helpful to you.
1. Pure Land of the Patriarchs: Zen Master Han-Shan on Pure Land Buddhism, by the Sutra Translation Committee of the United States and Canada. It is for free distribution from The Buddhist Society of Wonderful Enlightenment, 99 Madison St., New York, New York 10002, U.S.A. (212-964-0523)
2. Pure Land Zen - Zen Pure Land, by Thich Thien Tam. I believe that it is also for free distribution after being reprinted by The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educatinal Foundation, 11th Floor, 55, Hang Chow S. Rd. Sec 1, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. (02-3951198) or Fax 02-3913415.
In Zen the focus of practice is one-pointed mind. In traditional Zen, this one-pointedness is the breath. In Vietnamese Zen - Pure Land, "A Di Da Phat" (Amidha Buddha) becomes the one-pointed focus of the mind. I use both practices. When sitting I use the breath; when walking I use "A Di Da Phat."
I hope that my simple explanation and information is helpful to you.
A Di Da Phat.
Metta,
Sister Tinh Quang
- At 1:24pm on May 22, 2009,
Yaya said…
- oi Joaquim
vamos nos falar, e quem sabe ate nos encontrar? estarei em sao paulo na segunda ate quarta feira - dia 25 ate dia 27 maio. se puder me ligue - celular 8881-1855 ou na casa onde estou no sumare - 3865-1355
um abraco
Namo Amida Bu
Yaya
- At 3:37pm on May 18, 2009,
Fran Ayllón said… - Hi, Joaquim. Thanks for leting me add you as my friend. At the present stage, I truely don't know what I am doing, I'm just experimenting with this website, trying to learn how to use it, so I have no idea what will happen once I press on "Add comment". Anyway, once I learn more about how to navigate in this place, i hope we can have a meaningful exchange. Thanks again!! Please don't hesitate to ask anything...
Yours:
Fran
- At 5:16pm on May 4, 2009,
Xiao Yue said…
- 肖越2009総研紀要.pdfDear Rev. Joaquim Monteiro
Thank you very much for your invitation. It is my great pleasure to meet you here. I will try to get your paper which you indicated to me.
It gives me great pleasure to send one of my recent papers presented to the Journal of The Research Institute of Bukkyo University. This is the paper presented at IABS held at Emory University, Atlanta in 2008. I am very known that much work remain to be done. I am doing another paper. I will appreciate you very much if you would give me a helping hand on my English checking.
- At 4:48pm on April 20, 2009,
Yaya said…
- Oi Joaquim
obrigada pela tua resposta tao imediata. estarei em Sao Paulo no sabado - se tiver algum acontecimento depois dessa data, gostaria de saber para participar. meu telefone la e 3865-1355 e meu celular la e 8881-1855
com certeza estaremos em contacto. tenha um otimo dia
Namo Amida Bu
Yaya
- At 4:15pm on April 20, 2009,
Yaya said…
- oi Joaquim
eu sou uma brasileira radicada no canada, mas estou indo para o brasil na proxima semana e gostaria de encontra-lo e ver possibilidades de uma visita do David Brazier ai em Saoa Paulo.
um abraco
Namo Amida Bu
Yaya
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