The Midwest Buddhist Temple is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, with roots in the Pure Land Buddhist tradition. Jodo Shinshu, also referred to as Shin Buddhism, was founded in Japan by Shinran Shonin (1173-1262). It was Shinran Shonin who made Buddhist teachings accessible to people of all walks of life—in contrast to the traditional, primarily monastic practice of Buddhism.
How would one go about practicing Buddhism in their everyday life?
For a Shin Buddhist, everyday life is our practice. It is profoundly counter-intuitive, but fully being a limited human is exactly why we can discover Awakening.
There are not the usual difficult meditations, there are not esoteric rituals to perform. Because we are so ordinary and so limited, we let go of our Ego-Self to be embraced with the Wisdom and Compassion that is Amida Buddha (the symbol of Amida Buddha is the Wisdom and Compassion that is already there in the universe).
Gassho (with palms together), Rev. Ron
