What did Buddha say about chanting Amituofuo?
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Do you know why you chant Amituofuo and how it relates to Buddha?
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Yes, we sure do :)
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hmm...first time post, not sure if TS is genuinely wanting to know or playing around. think that's the problem with "religion/sectarian trolls" nowaday...saw a few strange first time poster recently...
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
hmm...first time post, not sure if TS is genuinely wanting to know or playing around. think that's the problem with "religion/sectarian trolls" nowaday...saw a few strange first time poster recently...
Whichever, it is wonderful to provide the answer the best as you could, though we are just living beings.Do you know why you chant Amituofuo and how it relates to Buddha?
Same as you identifying Humittt as a pseudonym of yourself. Your present self is from the karmic conditions of yourself and parents. No one would equally love to chant Humittt because it's not an expedient inherent wholesome seed. While this Amituofo chant is an unsurpassed expediency and skilfull means of placing Buddha name as a non-dualistic self of every living beings and buddha, to achieve your wholesome self. It is the pure karmic fruit of Buddha attainment through name, to serve as the conditioning factor for nurturing and harnessing your inherent Buddha nature. As time goes by, you will feel the result. More importantly, when one's lifespan finishes, Buddha, Bodhisavattas, Arahat and your friends, relative, families of your past lives would come to welcome you with your Lotus Flower you cultivated in this lifespan. Chanting of Amituofuo also brought both blessing and wisdom as well, because your wandering mind is gradually settling which give rise to your real blissful and compassionate mind stream.
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agree. just scare ppl anyhow slander Buddha only.
Amituofo
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While I respect all the different schools of Buddhism, it should be pointed
out that Buddha never taught about Amituofuo.
Even the Mahayana monks agree on this.
How Amituofuo came about is another issue but we should all be clear
that during Buddha's lifetime, nobody would know what Amituofuo is.
I would advise all serious Buddhist to at least be familiar with
what Buddha actually said.
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I chanted namo amitabha buddha everyday.
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fifi will help trolls �天
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Originally posted by FireIce:
fifi will help trolls �天
Fireice is a kind hearted girl.Do you chant namo amitabha buddha?
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u are æ¤åœ°æ— 银三百两
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see what i mean, Amitayus48
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we must be forgiving rite?
i gave alotta second chances liao
let's see if ppl will treasure.
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I don't think they are the same persons.
The new guy uses the form "Amituofuo" uniformly whereas -StarDust- / Almond Cookies uses "amitabha"
indeed not many people who are not familiar with buddhism realli uses "amitabha" that's my feeling with people around me
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Originally posted by FireIce:
we must be forgiving rite?
i gave alotta second chances liao
let's see if ppl will treasure.
I would like to hang on for a bit to make sure.
Something tells me Hummittt is not the same person as Almond Cookies.
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I am not the TS.
I chanted Amitabha buddha everyday.
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Hi Humitt,
Hope you can spare some of your time with an open-mind to watch these videos.
It's in chinese. Should be easy to understand than reading.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4KHcogzJc4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJl3z6QjV4Q&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5IMOoSsXkw&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeyrBxHXClE&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0rM8_Axgjs&NR=1
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Thank you, novice.
I am not here to stir trouble. A forum is for open discussion.
I have been interested in Buddhism for 30 years.
It has been a journey of confusion and many wrong turns.
We tend to defend what is familiar to us.
You chant Amitabha, is it any different from chanting Sakyamuni?
There is nothing wrong with chanting Amitabha.
I am sure there are many great monks who chanted Amitabha and
become enlightened.
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When I read that offering flowers at Buddha's altar will
give you beauty in the next life, I was very happy.
But now, i know better.
As you say, keep an open mind.
What you believe may be wrong.
What I beleive may be wrong.
Its very interesting that westerners who like Buddhism have a hard
time accepting the fact that Buddha taught about past lives.
As asians, we too have our preferences.
Always question what you believe.
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Buddhists that don't believe in rebirth and karma are not real buddhists and have false views against some basic tenets of buddha's teachings. Rebirth is a scientifically proven phenomenon anyway so I can't see why people can have a hard time accepting it. They need to do more research.
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Morning everyone. Recently there's trolls visiting so i am not too sure who is the real lol. Ok from i learnt, to recite Shakyamuni Buddha's name does not lead to any purelands. As for offering flowers, it is to contemplate impermanence..
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Originally posted by Humittt:
Thank you, novice.
I am not here to stir trouble. A forum is for open discussion.
I have been interested in Buddhism for 30 years.
It has been a journey of confusion and many wrong turns.
We tend to defend what is familiar to us.
You chant Amitabha, is it any different from chanting Sakyamuni?
There is nothing wrong with chanting Amitabha.
I am sure there are many great monks who chanted Amitabha and
become enlightened.
Hi Humittt, thanks for clarifying and allowing us to see your perspective of things.
I would like to offer the following passages by scholars of Buddhism for consideration.
“ An early form of Buddhanusmrti (Buddha Remembrance or Buddha Recitation) can be found in the Nikayas of the Pali Canon: ‘In the Nikayas, the Buddha … advised his disciples to think of him and his virtues as if they saw his body before his eyes, whereby they would be enabled to accumulate merit and attain Nirvana or be saved from transmigrating in the evil paths.’ ” D. T. Suzuki, The Eastern Buddhist / Vol. 3, No. 4: 317 #2146
and more on Buddhanusmrti...
~ from the book "Buddhism in Practice" edited by Daniel S. Lopez
“The word nien-fo [Buddha Recitation] is originally a Chinese translation of the Sanskrit compound Buddhanusmrti, meaning ‘the recollection or the bearing in mind (anusmrti) of the attributes of a Buddha.’ The practice of Buddhanusmrti itself has a long history in India, extending back to well before the rise of Mahayana Buddhism…
When the term and its practical lore were introduced to China, they came as a highly developed meditative system, with ties to a diversity of Buddhist scriptures and deities. Amitabha and the Pure Land sutras represented but one among many such systems. The major Indian sources and early Chinese treatises on Buddhanusmrti treat it as a complex practice involving several different approaches to contemplation.At its most basic level, Buddha-mindfulness begins with visual recollection of the thirty-two major marks and eighty minor excellencies of the Buddha’s glorified ‘body of form’ (Skt/rupa-kaya). Progressing to successively deeper levels of practice, one may dispense with recollection of the Buddha’s physical form and instead contemplate his boundless spiritual powers and omniscience until one ultimately arrives at the Buddha’s formless essence of enlightenment itself – a practice known as mindful recollection of the Buddha’s ‘body of truth or reality’ (Skt/Dharma-kaya)...” Lopez / 95: 360-361
... and so yes, Nien Fo 念佛 should not simply be about the intonation/recitation of the Buddha's name (Chi Ming ��). It needs to also incorporate meditative contemplation on the excellent qualities of Buddhas, be it the Buddha Shakyamuni or Amitabha Buddha.
Personally, I see it this way. When offering flowers at whichever Buddha's altar - if done with suitable mindfulness and respect for the boundless virtue and wisdom of that Buddha - the effects will be positive and meritorious; possibly carrying over into future lives.
2009novice, I didn't know before that flower offerings are a sort of contemplation on impermanence. Hehe, learnt something new again.
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Amitabha and nienfo in Mahayana sutras, is too many to count already. and Varjayana version of nienfo is Om ami dewa hri. think mahayana and theravada has been debating for pretty long already.
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I chant Namo AMTF everyday. Just chanted for 10 mins last night.
I chant silently.
I don't chant mantra becuase I don't know the correct pronouciation of mantra.
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
Amitabha and nienfo in Mahayana sutras, is too many to count already. and Varjayana version of nienfo is Om ami dewa hri. think mahayana and theravada has been debating for pretty long already.
Basically, unlike Mahayana, Theravada actually does not know what is Bodhicitta. According to Flower Adornment Sutra and Lotus Sutra, they are like "deaf & blind" when Buddha speaks these sutra. High achievers of Theravada's attainment is liberation from cycle of rebirth. Having said this, Mahayana pracitioners may not necessary know Bodhicitta.
A few of many sutra such as Mahasamgata Sutra, reveals that in the Dharma-ending age, there will be countless practitioners of lower capacity or potential, so very few will succeed in attaining liberation. However, Pure Land sect provides the most simple, reliable and effective way in the attainment of liberation.
Also according to Maharatnakuta Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha urged his father, the King Suddhodana and sixty thousand members of his Sakya clan to seek rebirth in Pure Land.
According to the above quote from the sutra ä½›è¯´æ— é‡�寿佛å��å�·åˆ©ç›Šå¤§äº‹å› 缘ç»�, Sakayamuni Buddha admits that he is in fact Amitabha Buddha, manifesting in our evil saha world to proclaim and promote the merits of the name of Amitabha Buddha.Amitabha Buddha!