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"Insights"
is designed for members of the Shin Dharma Net Cyber Sangha to
share insights and understandings about Shin Buddhism or life in
general. We welcome YOUR contributions as well. Just e-mail
them to us, along with a photo (.jpg format preferred) if you like.
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Amida
Buddha ... a little BIG story ... with no end.
In an age before ages were marked, in
a time before
time was named or history recorded,
Dharmakara Bodhisattva lived upon the earth,
practiced the dharma with great diligence, made and fulfilled
inconceivable vows, and died for the sake of all. ...
Eighty four thousand times he gave up all, yet lost nothing. ...
Eighty four thousand bodies burned to white ash. ...
'Self-extinguished...gone beyond.'
For me alone were these things done.
He is the living one, slain and reborn from
the foundation of this realm,
Yet ever beyond...birth, death or limitation.
He is now with us in his Primal Vow, Amida Buddha,
lord of the land of perfect joy.
The holy one, the exhalted one, the supremely enlightened one.
Namu Amida Butsu. Namu Amida Butsu. Namu Amida Butsu.
-- by Cyber Sangha member
Kenya-Lee Province (click
here for her poetry)
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