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Having Chan but lacking the Pure Land, nine out of ten will stray from the path; when the realm of the aggregates appears before them, they will instantly follow it.

Lacking Chan but having the Pure Land, ten thousand out of ten thousand who practice it will go [to rebirth]. Having seen Amitābha, why worry that one might not attain enlightenment?

Having both Chan and Pure Land, one is like a tiger with horns [i.e., doubly capable]. Such a person will be a teacher in the present life, and a buddha or patriarch in future lives.

Lacking both Chan and the Pure Land, it will be the iron beds and bronze pillars [of hell] for ten thousand kalpas and a thousand lives with no one to turn to.

南無阿弥陀仏🙏🏻

Artist: Takeji ASANO

Since I’m a more of a tablet user, my daily devices are iPhone and iPad at the moment. I’m using Safari with AdGuard and private relay, but I was thinking of switching to Vivaldi. AFAIK the engine is practically the same and doing so I would also lose private relay and extensions support. I’ve already ditched other Apple apps and switched to EU services on almost everything (also not Apple related) What do you think? What do you use on iOS?

Since I’m a more of a tablet user, my daily devices are iPhone and iPad at the moment. I’m using Safari with AdGuard and private relay, but I was thinking of switching to Vivaldi. AFAIK the engine is practically the same and doing so I would also lose private relay and extensions support. I’ve already ditched other Apple apps and switched to EU services on almost everything (also not Apple related) What do you think? What do you use on iOS?

Giant statue representing Amitabha Buddha, placed in Kamakura

“As there is not a moment’s separation between the devotee who says Namu and Amida Butsu himself, every thought cherished by him is Namu-amida-butsu. This being so, every breath of his has never even for a moment been separated from the virtues of the Buddha; his whole being, indeed, is the substance of Namu-amida-butsu. . . . When there is an understanding as to the meaning of the Nembutsu-Samadhi, both his body and his mind are Namu-amida-butsu. For that reason, when all beings of the past, present, and future raise one thought of faith [in the original vow of Amida], the very thought goes back to the one thought of Enlightenment [which was originally awakened in the Buddha]; and the minds of all sentient beings in the ten quarters, when they utter the name, also go back to the one thought of Enlightenment. No thought, no utterance ever issuing from the devotees remains with them [they all go back to the source whence comes Enlightenment]. As the original vow is an act in[…]”

From Selected Works of D.T. Suzuki, Volume II

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26332506

I’ve downloaded Here WeGo maps, but I’ve noticed that the app lacks a review system. Additionally, the detail level for most places is quite poor.

Which Google Maps alternative is your favorite?

I’ve downloaded Here WeGo maps, but I’ve noticed that the app lacks a review system. Additionally, the detail level for most places is quite poor.

Which Google Maps alternative is your favorite?

Update: Here We go Maps started showing again TripAdvisor reviews. I know TripAdvisor is American, but it's better than not having reviews for me, and the maps are EU.

Bodh Gaya: Hundreds of Buddhist monks and members of the OBC, SC, and ST communities have been staging an indefinite hunger strike for the past four days in front of the office of the Mahabodhi Mahavihar Temple Management Committee. Their demand is clear: the complete transfer of Mahabodhi Mahavihar to Buddhist monks and the removal of the Brahmin priest who currently holds a key position in the temple’s management.

https://famepublish.com/events/bodh-gaya-massive-protest-demands-transfer-of-mahabodhi-mahavihar-to-buddhist-monks/

“There is not a single thing That does not arise interdependently. Therefore there is not a single thing That is not emptiness.

Everything that arises interdependently Is unceasing and unborn, Neither non-existent nor everlasting, Neither coming nor going, Neither multiple nor single, To this teaching that pacifies all complexity, The most sacred speech of the perfect Buddha, I pay homage!”

Root Verses of the Middle Way, XXIV, 19