Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi, 774–835 CE)
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi, 774–835 CE)
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![Buddhistdoor Quote for Today:
The Buddhadharma is not far removed: it is within the mind and near at hand.
Suchness is not without: abandon the body and how could it be found?
Delusion or awakening are both within us: the moment we raise the thought [of bodhi] we are already there.
Neither wisdom nor ignorance is something other: if we practice with conviction we will immediately realize enlightenment. — Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi, 774–835 CE)
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A small stone statue of the #Shingon founder #Kūkai (空海) a.k.a. #Kōbō #Daishi (弘法大師) at Ishiyama Kannon (石山観音) in the outskirts of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, #Japan.
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Photo I found of #ChineseBuddhists including #LiYizhen, #WangHongyuan, #Manshujiedi in #Nara at #Hasedera temple to take acarya from #GondaRaifu in the Buzan #Shingon tradition. #Buddhism #JapaneseBuddhism
山伏 by 小川 Ogawasan
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#japan #japon #kyoto #yamabushi #shingon #山伏 #聖護院 #霊山観音 #春季慰霊大法要 #採燈大護摩供 #修験道 #京都 #flickr #thingsdavidlikes
Sumadera (須磨寺) is a unique #temple full of iconographic #arts, at the western end of Kōbe (神戸). Perhaps because it's not in Kyōto or Nara, there is little information available online about Sumadera, even in #Japanese. It was founded in 886 and has its own branch of Kūkai's #Shingon #Buddhism: Sumadera-ha (真言宗須磨寺派). It is internationally active, and a place for #religious practices rather than an outdoor museum. By the same token, it's free to enter.
Suma appears in ancient waka poetry (和歌) of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables, and is associated with the Heike Monogatari (平家物語). I was determined to go, despite the rain, because I'd read an article clarifying wabi and sabi with a #waka coincidentally about Suma. The first photos show Sumadera's exchanges with #Nepal resulting in a display of Tibetan #Buddhist and #Hindu #iconography. Although there was light rain on the beach at first, later up at Sumadera the day turned bright.
#Japan #travel #religion #Hinduism #mythology
@religion @mythology
🌀 Explore the Mystical Path of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism 🌀
Discover the profound teachings of Kukai, the mesmerizing rituals of Ajikan meditation and the Goma fire ceremony, and the transformative journey towards attaining Buddhahood within one's own life.
sacred mantras and mudras.
✨ This video offers a concise guide through Shingon's mystical and ritualistic intricacies.
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Dear Friends of #Buddhism,
As we may know eventually … :lobster:
After #reading #theory, perhaps a #visit to a center and or #temple … :_stars:
We practice #meditation! :blobangel:
If you have ever tried and given up, you might need a different #technique or approach:
At the #moment a lot of my practice time after the #settling period is #mantra/#chanting. :ablobderpyhappy:
During the settling time I do a sort of seated ‘#Yoga Nidra’ (#Yogic Sleep). I may then use techniques from #Shingon or other #esoteric schools. We future #Buddhas are an #eclectic #sangha of #misfits, #mystics, #worriers and #warriors … :ablobdancer:
I’m Aurie, 26 year old Chinese-Canadian belonging to the Japanese #shingon school of #vajrayana #buddhism. I came across this tradition on #koyasan in 2018 thanks to a tour guide who explained the teachings to me. She had pointed to my heart and said “here, the Buddha is inside you” and I had felt like the Shingon teachings had put words to everything I believed in but could not articulate. I aspire to be a student and maybe monastic.
Welcome and let’s support each other! 🙏
It’s my first time sharing online my work-in-progress #fiction #story tentatively titled “nuns vs asteroid”.
This story is about the end of the world told through the eyes of #buddhist nuns in a Japanese monastery. I refer to it as the story of my life because writing it to my satisfaction is very important to me, no matter how long it might take.
This opening scene is inspired by my experiences with #Shingon #Buddhism on #Koyasan, and the monks who played #Igo into the night.
Temples that practise #Shingon #Buddhism, one of the few surviving #Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, perform #goma fire rituals (derived from #Hinduism's #homa) to destroy harmful thoughts and desires, and to seek blessings and the fulfilment of prayers.
#ByodoJi is part of the oldest and largest Shingon sect in #Japan and is a stop on the #Shikoku Pilgrimage trail. Byodo-ji streams its #NewYear goma ritual from midnight:
Temples that practise #Shingon #Buddhism, one of the few surviving #Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, perform #goma fire rituals (derived from #Hinduism's #homa) to destroy harmful thoughts and desires, and to seek blessings and the fulfilment of prayers.
#ByodoJi is part of the oldest and largest Shingon sect in #Japan and is a stop on the #Shikoku Pilgrimage trail. Byodo-ji streams its #NewYear goma ritual from midnight:
"Esoteric Buddhism, Grundgestalt, with a touch of Frank Zappa"
https://noblogo.org/eidon/esoteric-buddhism-grundgestalt-with-a-touch-of-frank-zappa
#Mantra #मन्त्र #Grundgestalt #Kotodama #言霊 #Krabat
#Shingon #真言 #種子
