Jodo Shinshu Buddhism for everyone
Book Review: Let This Be Known: Finding the Shin Buddhist Path by James Pollard
by Rev. Patti Nakai
This isn’t a book for “nightstand Buddhists” who avoid organized religion and challenges to their so-called spirituality. James Pollard’s Let This Be Known: Finding the Shin Buddhist Path helps readers gain a deep understanding of Shinran’s teachings. Continue reading “Not For Nightstand Buddhists”
By Rev. Ken Yamada
After leaving Salt Lake City, we traveled upstate to Ogden Buddhist Church, south of the historic Mormon city of Brigham. Continue reading “Nembutsu Roadtrip (Part Two)”
In case you missed it or want to see it again, Here’s a Bon Odori summer dance memorial in Berkeley, California via online Zoom presentation due to the pandemic. See this special one hour program, held July 11, 2020.
By Rev. Frederick Brenion
A finger pointing to the moon is only of value
when the moon illuminates it.
A book pointing to your heart is only of value
when your mind opens and you read it.
As a former bookseller, librarian, life-long reader and now Jodo Shinshu minister, let me recommend a few of my favorite Buddhist books.
Many are available from bookstores and online booksellers; others are out-of-print, but found in local libraries. Many titles are now e-books. You might also find them in thrift stores and yard sales. A wealth of wisdom awaits. Continue reading “Books for a Buddhist Nightstand”
By Rev. Ken Yamada
Travel across country in an RV and “spread the nembutsu,” pandemic be damned? Continue reading “Roadtrip: Nembutsu Across America (Part I)”