To be grateful...

Amida Buddha did not give me this life...

Amida Buddha gave me Namu Amida Butsu
in order to be grateful for the life that I have.

Namu Amida Butsu

Namu Amida Butsu

Namu Amida Butsu






thank you,
Jishin

Never enough time...

'Seems, for me, there is never enough time to get all the things done that I want to accomplish in a day.

The routine of my life takes over and my day fills quickly with tasks, travels and trials.

Never enough time to be grateful enough to Amida.

I could use every breath during my lifetime to say "thank you" and I still could not express enough to Amida.

Amida Buddha, the Buddha of limit-less wisdom and kindness and love.

Amida knows no limits...
and I, being a foolish being with a myriad of shortcomings,
am grateful to be within Amida's reach!


Namo Amida Butsu




Thank you,
Jishin
(4/16/13)

Note to self

Note to self

1. There is not much time left.
2. Breathe. Listen. Hear!
3. Amida is calling.
4. Namu Amida Butsu.

Gassho,

Jishin

(notes to self 4-15-13)

My failure is Amida's path to success...

My failure is Amida's path to success...
a path that leads right to my heart.

The Nembutsu seeks me out, with all my short comings,
and lifts me into the Pure Land.

My failures are embraced by Amida.

My failures are part of this Pure Land of Amida's.

I am never apart from the Nembutsu.

The Nembutsu is never apart from me.

Namo Amida Butsu!






















thank you,
Jishin

Why now?

Why Amida now?
Because I am not capable of any true goodness...my ego lurks in every action...I am only human...and that is OK!  I am embraced by Amida just AS I AM - RIGHT NOW!

Why the Nembutsu now?
Because I am not capable of finding the right words to express my deepest thanks to the embrace of Amida's Vow.  The Nembutsu is not mine to say.  The Nembutsu is a gift that I have not earned, but have had bestowed upon me by the greatest compassionate and wise Buddha, Amida.  Namu Amida Butsu is a song of gratefulness that my heart sings.

Why now?
Now is all I have..I don't want to waste a moment...Namu Amida Butsu is this moment's greatest gift.

Namu Amida Butsu















thank you,
Jishin
(notes 4/13/13)

Wicked like me...

Amida Buddha's salvation
is a gift to us all.

Amida's Vow
is a gift to the wicked like me.

Amida's Promise to save all sentient beings
gives me hope.

Amida's Compassion
is too big for me to understand,
yet I am grateful
for it's greatness!

Amida's Wisdom
is too big for my mind to understand,
yet I am grateful
that I am
embraced
and
never
abandoned.

Namu Amida Butsu
is too big for my heart to hold,
I have to share it with the world!

Amida makes room
in his heart for a fool
like me.

Namu Amida Butsu




thank you,
Jishin
(notes 4/10/13)

Amida Buddha

Amida Buddha

Light

Life

Compassion

Wisdom

Kindness

Love

Hope

Vow Power

Now

Entrust

Hear

Know

Namu Amida Butsu

thank you,

Jishin

(4/9/13 notes)

The song that my heart sings.

I am awakened by the light of an early spring morning.
The birds are singing.
Amida is calling.
I am joyful at the sounds!
Namu Amida Butsu is
the song that my heart sings.....









Thank you, Jishin
(4-6-13 Notes)

Is it possible?

Is it possible that Amida forgets about me?
Never!
Knowing this brings a smile to my face and a Nembutsu leaps from my heart to my lips!

Namu Amida Butsu!
Namu Amida Butsu!
Namu Amida Butsu!

Thank you...










Jishin
(notes 4/5/13)

Pure Land, right here, right now

Pure Land
right here
right now

Amida Buddha
right here
right now

Namu Amida Butsu
right here
right now

Compassion and Wisdom
right here
right now


Your life
right here
right now









Thank you,
Jishin
3/29/13

Grasping at straws...

There are days that I feel I am grasping at straws.
Reaching for the impossible.
Reaching for happiness
that I can't find in my mind.
Some days are harder than others.
Why can't I just be happy all the time?
That is an impossible task.
The Dharma is my friend in the darkness.
Amida is my friend that brings home the light.
Namu Amida Butsu...











Jishin
4/3/13

Let in the light...

Let in the light.
Let it shine deeply.
Let it shine bright.
There is no darkness so deep within me that Amida can't pierce with the light of Compassion.
My darkness is of no consequence to Amida.
Namu Amida Butsu
dwells within me.
For this I am grateful.
Forever grateful.

Namu Amida Butsu!






Jishin
4/2/13

When nothing else makes sense...

When nothing else makes sense
I call to Amida.
I hear Namu Amida Butsu
and suddenly
everything
is just the same
only better.
Namu Amida Butsu














Jishin
4/1/13