Rev Josho Adrian Cirlea ☸️

For however long I remain in this delusory body, I will be devoted to Amida Dharma from the very core of my mind, And whatever I do, say or think, Will be directed to help all beings receive faith in Amida Buddha. I will travel on the path to liberation, And riding the horse of faith and true teaching, I will lead all beings to birth in the Pure Land. Namo Amida Bu 🙏 Click here if you wish to download my books for free: English: …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/the-true-tea… Spanish: …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/articulos-en… Russian: …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/articles-and… Romanian (romana): josho-adrian.blogspot.com/p/cartile-mele… Portughuese: …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/artigos-em-p… French: …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/artic.html Click here if you wish to support my Dharma activities and Amidaji temple (any small help is useful and very much needed) …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/donation.html Click here if you wish to buy the printed editions of my books in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French: …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2020/08/amidaj… 🙏 All you need to know about Amidaji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism: …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html Namo Amida Bu 🙏 (photo: the statue of Amida Buddha I use in my Dharma activities, travels and pilgrimages. It was kindly offered by Drolkar Veronica Anghelescu ) #buddhism #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #pureland #amitabha #amidabuddha #amidaji #amidajitemple #mahayana #mahayanabuddhism #buddhistbooks #amituofo #amitayus #sukhavati #karma #shinranshonin #honenshonin #rennyoshonin

Transferul karmic de la Buddha Amida catre practicant @josho.adrian/video/7627054064039136534?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7618502429214164502" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@josho.adrian/… Namo Amida Bu 🙏 #karma #budism #budismromania #buddhismromania #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #shinbudismromania #shinbuddhismromania #amidaji #templulamidaji #naturadebuddha #samsara #nirvana #buddha #taramulpur

Our religion is a relaxed and personal relationship with Amida Buddha, our spiritual Parent and best friend. There is nothing to worry about on this Path. We should simply let Him save us, entrust to Him completely and enjoy His Name and presence. Namo Amida Bu 🙏 #buddhism #buddha #amitabha #amitayus #amituofo #nembutsu #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #mahayana #pureland #amidaji #amidajitemple

The alaya consciousness and faith in Amida Buddha In Buddhism we speak about the Eight Consciousnesses which are generated when our senses encounter their objects: 1) consciousness of sight, 2) consciousness of hearing, 3) consciousness of smell, 4) consciousness of taste, 5) consciousness of touch, 6) consciousness of mind, 7) impure (mind) consciousness, 8) the alaya (storehouse) consciousness. The meanings of the first five consciousnesses are easy to comprehend, so I will not dwell upon them. The consciousness of mind integrates the perceptions of the five senses in concrete images and takes decisions concerning the exterior world. The impure (mind) consciousness is the source of clinging and so the origin of the sense of ego as well as of the other illusions which are born from the fact that the man takes as real something which is merely apparent. The alaya consciousness or storehouse consciousness is the place where all the actions and experiences in this life and the previous lives generated by the seven consciousnesses are stored as karma. It is the only consciousness which comes along with every birth. This consciousness influences at the same time the workings of the other seven consciousnesses. We take this alaya consciousness with us in all our births in the various realms of existence. It contains the seeds of various types of karma and it is the storehouse of the habitual evil karmic tendencies that we have cultivated for eons. Because of the karmic seeds contained in the alaya consciousness one may die a premature death, be stricken with unexpected disease or inexplicable misfortune, be overcome by strong desires, aversions and obsessions, can think and do things that one should never even imagine, etc. So strong is the influence of the alaya consciousness. When Shinran is recorded as saying in chapter 13 of Tannisho: “a person may not wish to harm anyone and yet end up killing a hundred or a thousand people”, he is in fact referring to the influence of past karma contained in the alaya consciousness. Here are two questions and answers related to alaya consciousness: Question 1: How can the influence of this alaya consciousness be annihilated in our case, as ordinary people? Answer: Only through the Nembutsu of faith in Amida Buddha. Question 2: What exactly happens with alaya consciousness after we receive shinjin (faith in Amida Buddha)? Answer: After we take refuge in Amida Buddha and receive shinjin, the alaya consciousness as well as the other consciousnesses continue to exist as long as we are still in our samsaric bodies, but at the end of our lives, when we are born in Amida’s Pure Land or His sphere of influence, it naturally melts and is absorbed in the Buddha nature. It is as the comparison with ice and fire. Once the ice meets fire (birth in the Pure Land), it becomes water (Buddhahood). Thus we can no longer speak about alaya after we become Buddhas in the Pure Land. It simply doesn’t exist anymore. We can’t purify this consciousness during our lives, but due to Amida’s influence it becomes powerless and cannot accompany us in the next life. By receiving shinjin during this present life, the seeds of our karma contained in alaya consciousness are sterilized, never to grow again in a new samsaric plant. It is like the struggle of the fish after it was taken out of the water. It will still move for a while but it will surely die in a short time. Or like a cut flower which is put into a vase. It still preserves its colour but will soon wither away. Our karma stored in alaya consciousness is like this. It may continue to influence the present life, but cannot accompany us into the next life, because we become Buddhas at the moment we die and we are born in the Pure Land. No other religious practices outside or inside Buddhism can destroy the karmic seeds of the alaya consciousness so easily as the Jodo Shinshu method. This is because in Jodo Shinshu we become totally connected to the enlightened karmic energy of Amida Buddha who takes care of everything related to our attainment of Buddhahood. * Click here to download my books for free, …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/the-true-tea… If you find my articles and books useful, please consider a DONATION to express your gratitude, support my Dharma work and Amidaji temple, …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/donation.html Namo Amida Bu 🙏 #hanamatsuri #buddhabirth #shakyamuni #amidabuddha #amitabha #amitayus #pureland #nembutsu #nienfo #amituofo #buddhism #buddha #shinranshonin #honenshonin #rennyoshonin #amidaji #amidajitemple #alaya #alayaconsciousness

Jesus was NOT a Bodhisattva or a Buddhist monk! There is a very disturbing wrong view (and spiritual bullshit) that I hear nowadays as some deluded people say that Jesus was a Bodhisattva or a former Buddhist monk! Dear friends, don’t let yourself driven into confusion! If Jesus was indeed a Buddhist monk, then he was a very bad monk because he ended up accepting the wrong view of an eternal creator god. How can a person teaching such a wrong view can be a Bodhisattva? Such an idea is idiotic. I don’t deny some good things he taught and did; however, the Compassion of an Enlightened Bodhisattva does not include good deeds only, but true teaching as well, and as we see in this article based on the Buddha's own words in the Baka Brahma Sutra - “There is NO supreme creator god in the Buddha Dharma” - …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2015/02/there-… to teach wrong views is never a quality of a genuine Bodhisattva or Buddha. If you portray Jesus as a Buddhist Bodhisattva or monk you do a disservice to both him and Christianity as well as to Buddhism. Please STOP this nonsense! * Image: Buddha (right) preaching the Truth to Baka Brahma (left) who had the illusion that he is supreme in the world - read the article suggested above! * At this link you can also find another useful article, On the powerful pretas (hungry spirits) who wish to dominate other beings through religion …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2017/02/powerf… Yours in Namo Amida Bu 🙏 #shakyamuni #amidabuddha #amitabha #amitayus #pureland #nembutsu #nienfo #amituofo #buddhism #buddha #budhism #budism #shinranshonin #honenshonin #rennyoshonin #amidaji #amidajitemple #bakabrahma

Happy Hanamatsuri! (Today, April 8th, we celebrate Hanamatsuri - Shakyamuni Buddha's Birthday)! “The reason for the Buddha's appearance in the world Is solely to expound the Primal Vow of Amida, wide and deep as the ocean. All beings in the evil age of the five defilements Should believe in the truth of the Buddha's words." Shinran Shonin Recommended articles: Shakyamuni Buddha’s supreme appearance and the reason for His coming to this world – commentary on the section 3 of the Larger Sutra …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/2018/11/shakya… "The One Vehicle of the Primal Vow - the ultimate teaching of Shakyamuni and all Buddhas …ji-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.ro/2018/03/the-on… (photos: right - Shakyamuni's birthday; left - Shakyamuni Buddha with the image of Amida Buddha on His head) Please support Amidaji and my Dharma work on this occasion with a done time donation or by becoming a Patron (constant supporter) - …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/donation.html Yours in Namo Amida Bu 🙏 #hanamatsuri #buddhabirth #shakyamuni #amidabuddha #amitabha #amitayus #pureland #nembutsu #nienfo #amituofo #buddhism #buddha #budhism #budism #shinranshonin #honenshonin #rennyoshonin #amidaji #amidajitemple

Despre atingerea Iluminarii in Taramul Pur al lui Buddha Amida youtube.com/shorts/IJNdCTF… prin @YouTube Namo Amida Bu #karma #budism #budismromania #buddhismromania #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #shinbudismromania #shinbuddhismromania #amidaji #templulamidaji #naturadebuddha #samsara #nirvana #buddha

Please consider a support if you appreciate my posts, my free books and Dharma activities. I appreciate any little donation - it helps me focus on my Dharma activities and brings support to Amidaji temple. At this link there is a PayPal donation box and a Bank account, …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/donation.html I also need to buy more second hand bricks for the stupa that I plan to build at Amidaji, cement and lots of things for this project. All my Dharma activities are free of charge. My books can also be downloaded for free at this link, …i-retreat-temple-romania.blogspot.com/p/the-true-tea… which is why donations are the most important source of support for my Dharma activities. Namo Amida Bu 🙏 #buddhism #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #pureland #amitabha #amidabuddha #amidaji #amidajitemple #buddhisttemple

Do not use Nembutsu as a tool to fulfill your worldly goals. Use Nembutsu for what it was made for - to take refuge in Amida Buddha, to express faith in Him and to say "thank you" for saving you so easily. We are not required to abandon our attachments and daily goals in order to be born in the Pure Land, because Amida Dharma is especially made for ordinary people filled with blind passions and attachments, but this does not mean we say the Nembutsu in order to strengthen our bonds to Samsara. The Name of Amida does not belong to Samsara, but to the world of Enlightenment. Even if we say it with a mind drowned in delusions and attachments, we know that the role of the Name is to bring us to the place of Enlightenment, the Pure Land, where we’ll attain freedom from delusions, blind passions and attachements. #JodoShinshu #ShinBuddhism #Amitabha #AmidaBuddha #Amituofo #Amidaji #amidajitemple #buddha #buddhism #nembutsu #shinranshonin #honenshonin #rennyoshonin

Cine este Buddha Amida @josho.adrian/video/7625662068829457686?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7618502429214164502" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@josho.adrian/… Namo Amida Bu 🙏 #karma #budism #budismromania #buddhismromania #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #shinbudismromania #shinbuddhismromania #amidaji #templulamidaji #naturadebuddha #samsara #nirvana #buddha

Care este scopul buddhismului? @josho.adrian/video/7624944907852991766?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@josho.adrian/… #karma #budism #budismromania #buddhismromania #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #shinbudismromania #shinbuddhismromania #amidaji #templulamidaji #naturadebuddha #samsara #nirvana #buddha

In our school we leave everything to Amida, our bad karma and our so called "good karma". We do not think of merit or lack of merit. Namo Amida Bu is not a personal struggle or mantra, but the expression of simple faith. It means to jump in the arms of Amida. #JodoShinshu #ShinBuddhism #Amitabha #AmidaBuddha #Amituofo #Amitayus #Shinjin #Nembutsu #AmidaButsu #Buddhism #Mahayana #Sukhavati #Amidaji #amidajitemple

Do not use Nembutsu as a tool to fulfill your worldly goals. Use Nembutsu for what it was made for - to take refuge in Amida Buddha, to express faith in Him and to say "thank you" for saving you so easily. We are not required to abandon our attachments and daily goals in order to be born in the Pure Land, because Amida Dharma is especially made for ordinary people filled with blind passions and attachments, but this does not mean we say the Nembutsu in order to strengthen our bonds to Samsara. The Name of Amida does not belong to Samsara, but to the world of Enlightenment. Even if we say it with a mind drowned in delusions and attachments, we know that the role of the Name is to bring us to the place of Enlightenment, the Pure Land, where we’ll attain freedom from delusions, blind passions and attachements. #JodoShinshu #ShinBuddhism #Amitabha #AmidaBuddha #Amituofo #Amitayus #Shinjin #Nembutsu #AmidaButsu #Buddhism #Mahayana #Sukhavati #Amidaji #amidajitemple

Without accepting the actual, literal existence of Amida Buddha there can be no true faith (shinjin), no true salvation and no real birth in His Pure Land. If we have faith in someone, then it means we are sure beyond any doubt that he is reliable and that he will keep his promise. Also to believe in someone’s promise means that we accept his existence, too. Promises can be made by living persons, in our case by a living, existing Amida Buddha, not by material objects or fictional characters. Thus, we must accept Amida as a living Buddha who can hear, see and save us by taking us to His Pure Land after death. Honen Shonin said: "Amida Buddha fulfilled the forty-eight vows and established the Pure Land. He always listens to a person who utters His name". He also said: "When sentient beings constantly and reverently prostrate themselves before Amida Buddha with their body, Amida Buddha will see them. When they arouse themselves to practice and to always recite with their lips the name of Amida Buddha, Amida Buddha will hear them. When they constantly think of Amida Buddha in their hearts, Amida Buddha will think to them. In these three kinds of karmic acts, Amida Buddha and sentient beings are not separate from each other. Hence, they are called intimate karmic relations. Therefore, if you hold a rosary, Amida Buddha will see it. If you think in your mind to recite the Nembutsu, Amida Buddha will, in His mind, think of you." Amida Buddha is always in front of us, seeing us, hearing us. This is NOT a metaphor, but the truth. Amida Buddha is in three places in the same time: 1) in His ultimate Dharmakaya beyond form, 2) in His Pure Land in Sambhogakaya form, and 3) in an infinite number of transformed bodies (Nirmanakayas) all over the universe. Thus, He is also there, in our room, in the bus or subway we take to work, in our temple or dojo. Everywhere we go, Amida Buddha is accompanying us. Even if we don't actually see Amida Buddha's manifestations with our unenlightened eyes (although visions can happen), it does not mean Amida is not there with us, embracing us with His Light. Shakyamuni Buddha said in the Contemplation Sutra: “Amitayus, exercising supernatural powers at will, can freely manifest His various forms in the lands of the ten directions" “Buddha Amitayus (Amida) possesses eighty-four thousand physical characteristics, each having eighty-four thousand secondary marks of excellence. Each secondary mark emits eighty-four thousand rays of light; each ray of light shines universally upon the lands of the ten directions, embracing and not forsaking those who are mindful of the Buddha..” Also, His Pure Land is a real, enlightened place where we'll actually be reborn after the death of this physical body. Amida Buddha wishes to save us all, but He doesn’t take us to His Pure Land by force, so if we do not wish to go there or we do not accept the existence of that enlightened realm or the existence of Amida, then we’ll not go there. Nobody can go to a place which he thinks it doesn’t exist and can’t be saved by someone whom he considers being an imaginary person. We must reflect on this and accept the existence of Amida Buddha and His Pure Land. #Buddhism #Budhism #Budism #BuddhaDharma #Samsara #Buddha #Budha #Amitabha #Amituofo #AmidaBuddha #Amitayus #Nienfo #Nembutsu #JodoShinshu #ShinBuddhism #Mahayana #Sukhavati #Shinjin #PureLand #amidaji #amidajitemple

Un Buddha nu este creator de lumi imperfecte și pline de suferinta @josho.adrian/video/7624835867147848982?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@josho.adrian/… #karma #budism #budismromania #buddhismromania #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #shinbudismromania #shinbuddhismromania #amidaji #templulamidaji #naturadebuddha #samsara #nirvana #buddha #trikaya

Ce este un Buddha. Cele trei corpuri/aspecte ale unui Buddha @josho.adrian/video/7624550202216598806?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@josho.adrian/… Namo Amida Bu #karma #budism #budismromania #buddhismromania #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #shinbudismromania #shinbuddhismromania #amidaji #templulamidaji #naturadebuddha #samsara #nirvana #buddha #trikaya

Exista conceptul de "pomana" in buddhism? @josho.adrian/video/7624496196127624470?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@josho.adrian/… Namo Amida Bu 🙏 #karma #budism #budismromania #buddhismromania #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #shinbudismromania #shinbuddhismromania #amidaji #templulamidaji #naturadebuddha #samsara #nirvana