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Shunryu Suzuki Roshi was a pivotal Zen monk and author who founded the first Western Zen monastery. Discover his legacy of "nothing special."
…is so. And that period in history of Japanese Buddhism, that makpo, the last period, started from Kamakura Period when Nichiren or Shinran appeared dogen, you know appeared in the same age it is, it may be about one thousand two hundred. And so Shinran…
…or Shinran appeared dogen, you know appeared in the same age it is, it may be about one thousand two hundred. And so Shinran or dogen, Shinran or Nichiren, thought because this is a time of the last period of Buddhism, when Buddhism will be banished, so…
…dogen, you know appeared in the same age it is, it may be about one thousand two hundred. And so Shinran or dogen, Shinran or Nichiren, thought because this is a time of the last period of Buddhism, when Buddhism will be banished, so the teaching should…
…be some teaching which is which could be applied in the last period of Buddhism. That is why Nichiren and by Nichiren and Shinran a kind of reformation of Buddhism was done. But it is not actually reformation, it is more we can say, restoration. They…
…it is more we can say, restoration. They tried to restore the Buddhism, the Buddhism in the time of buddha. But the way Shinran, for instance, thought, because it is, it is not possible to attain enlightenment anymore for the people in this period so the…
…arrived to hakata in kyushu. So people were terrified by the power of the lotus sutra. In that way, Nichiren School was established. Shinran, after many years of war period when people did not know what to do, Shinran said: if you say, just say the name…
…sutra. In that way, Nichiren School was established. Shinran, after many years of war period when people did not know what to do, Shinran said: if you say, just say the name of Amida Buddha, you will be saved. Amida Buddha will save you. So why don't…
…they thought, but because of that Buddhists were lost. How about that? So after that, in Kamakura Period, Zen Buddhists Nichiren and Shinran was angry about that kind of luxurious practice and stood up and opened New Buddhist way to city people. That was…