#taitetsu unno

[terracemuse]

[postersbykeith]

[dk-thrive]

Everything is as-it-is after we've broken our bones trying everything.

Everything is as-it-is means this: We undergo all kinds of difficult and painful practices. We travel to all kinds of places and then discover that we didn't have to do a thing. That things are as-they-as. It's not that everything is as-it-is without us having tried anything. Everything is as-it-is after we've broken our bones trying everything.

-Ichitaro, in River of Fire, River of Water: An Introduction to the Pure Land Tradition of Shin Buddhism by Taitetsu Unno (Crown Publishing Group, Jan 13, 2010)

[mossy-tea-queen]

Pure Land Buddhism might suggest an otherworldly orientation, but its primary focus is on the here and now. Not the here and now grasped by the controlling ego-self, but the here and now cherished as a gift of life itself to be lived creatively and gratefully, granted by boundless compassion. The bountifulness of great compassion makes possible our liberation from the iron cage of our own making.

Dr. Taitetsu Unno, River of Fire, River of Water

[terracemuse]

it’s the same world.

[i-n-n-e-r-peace]

The world is a beautiful place (via @i-n-n-e-r-peace)

[thebigelectron]

[i-just-like-commenting]

When we mistake words for reality, we are subject to the tyranny of words.

-- Taitetsu Unno