Shinnyo Podcasts Thoughts From James H. Lui

2014-03 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Namu/Eza/Spiritual Awakening Namu – What is it and Why do we say it? Eza/Elevation Training – What is it? Why do we participate in it? Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard Namu (Japanese, 南無, lit. devotion) from the Sanskrit word “namas” or “namo”, which means resigning … Continue reading 2014-03 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Namu/Eza/Spiritual Awakening →

2014-02 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Olympic Peace Shinnyo – What Exactly is It? Opening Address by International Olympic Committee President, Thomas Bach Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Shinnyo [Japanese, lit. truth] refers to the nature of reality, and striving to orient oneself around it allows one to see things for what they really … Continue reading 2014-02 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Olympic Peace →

2014-01 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – The New Year Saisho – How to Use the Force Using Diversity to Strengthen and Broaden Community Self-Reflection Leading to Global Peace Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard (Based upon Shinnyo-en’s Annual Guidance and Points of Practice for 2014 – Year of the Horse) In HH … Continue reading 2014-01 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – The New Year →

2013-12 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Listening, are You? What’s Wrong With Everybody Else? Learning to Listen in a Different Way Adjusting Your Vision of the World Looks Like a Duck, But Does It Walk, Talk and Act Like One? Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard (Based upon guidance in Resonance, Issue … Continue reading 2013-12 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Listening, are You? →

2013-11 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Leadership By Example Hey, You’re Religious. Why Aren’t You Perfect? We Still Hate Being Wrong How We Become Unintentional Hypocrites The Path is Wherever You Are and Wherever You Go Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard (From Resonance, Issue 6, 11/2013) In 1952, Shojushinin, co-founder of … Continue reading 2013-11 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Leadership By Example →

2013-10 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – On Breaking Bad (Precepts) The Five Precepts (Rules of Engagement) Why Learning from Others Comes First Extending the Awakening Universe Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes A precept is a rule of conduct originally developed as standards for monks and nuns to know when their behavior had strayed from … Continue reading 2013-10 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – On Breaking Bad (Precepts) →

2013-08 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – The Spirit of Living and Giving Looking Differently at the Difficulties in Your Path Serving or Spoiling? What’s the Difference? Motivation and Recognition to Serve Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes or via Flipboard The post-Summer activities of Shinnyo-en often follow a bounty of community service events traditionally marking … Continue reading 2013-08 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – The Spirit of Living and Giving →

The Travels of the Shinnyo Masters Making a Connection to the Past Master Shinjo on Why Do We Have Buddha Images? 2013-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Sacred Images Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes The busts of the Shinnyo Parents and the Two Dojis that had been placed at Shinchoji (a Shinnyo-en main temple … Continue reading 2013-07 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Sacred Images →

2013-05 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – A Short History of Buddhism A Little Mahayana and Theravada Background About Walking Along the Buddhist Path HH Keishu Shinso’s Successor Announced – Rev. Torikai Takashi Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes In the centuries after Shakyamuni entered final nirvana, Buddhism developed into various movements, some emphasizing strict … Continue reading 2013-05 Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – A Short History of Buddhism →

Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes 2013-April Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Sesshin Meditation Training Why Meditate? Why Guided Meditation? What’s the Difference between Guided Meditation and Sesshin Training? At a workshop on leadership given by Henry Givray, president and CEO of Smith-Bucklin, he cites two qualities of great leaders being self-awareness, and self-management. … Continue reading 2013-April Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Sesshin Meditation Training →

2013-March Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Going With The Flow Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Watching How Traffic Gridlock Forms Harmonious Paths in Disaster The Bodhisattva Vow Traffic patterns, much like check-out lines at a store are fascinating to observe – people always jostling for a better position, racing ahead only to get … Continue reading 2013-March Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Podcast – Going With The Flow →

2013-February Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Your Heart and The Stars Creating Your Own Destiny (and Reality) Why the Stars are Prominent in Buddhism Practice from Your Heart Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Some people say they were born unlucky.  Yet we are the ones who create our future, and we can change our … Continue reading 2013-February Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Your Heart and The Stars →

2013-January Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Arts and Growing [audio https://jhlui1.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/201301_shinnyo_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes 2013 Guideline, Items of Practice, Sonouta Many of history’s greatest leaders share a commonality – a side affection for the Arts, whether it be music, painting, fictional literature, or even acting.  It may be that these elemental activities, that … Continue reading 2013-January Shinnyo-en Buddhism Podcast – Arts and Growing →

2012-October Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Building a Trusted Reputation The Importance of Establishing Trust Consistency Builds a Foundation Learning to Say, “Yes…” Choosing the Difficult Path 2012-October Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Building a Trusted Reputation Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes During an interview recently, Keishu-sama was asked, “What would … Continue reading 2012-October Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Building a Trusted Reputation →

2012-September Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Truth, Self and Goodness Learning Oneness With Truth Selfish Behavior or Why is the World So Cruel (to Me)? On Being a Good Person Audio File: 2012-September Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Truth, Self and Goodness Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes September was the month when … Continue reading 2012-September Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Truth, Self and Goodness →

Learning A Lot From Bees Having A Purpose Anger, Aggression, and Acceptance 2012-August Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Attachments & Nature [audio https://jhlui1.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/201208_shinnyo_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes The August 2012 Nirvana, the monthly publication of Shinnyo-en, actually deals in depth with the subject of last month’s podcast – The Dharma Crisis.  So … Continue reading 2012-August Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Attachments & Nature →

2012-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Living Boddhisattvas / Embracement Living as a Boddhisattva Embracement of Everything, even Your Enemies 2012-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Living Boddhisattvas / Embracement [audio https://jhlui1.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/201207_shinnyo_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes A sonouta, or spiritual poem, by Master Shinjo Ito reads: Though human, we are bodhisattvas … Continue reading 2012-July Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – Living Boddhisattvas / Embracement →

2012-June Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast The Path to Happiness How The Goreiju Melody Came to Be 2012-June Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes The path to our own happiness and the path to making others happy are one and the same. When we completely dedicate ourselves towards the … Continue reading 2012-June Shinnyo-en Buddhism Monthly Focus Podcast – The Path to Happiness/The Goreiju →

2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast Dealing with Dharma and Causes of Karma The Perpetual Cycle of Karma Please Do Not Feed the Bears 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast (Dharma/Karma) [audio https://jhlui1.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/201205_shinnyo_extra_dharma_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Dharma, simply put, is Nature’s law.  The way things are meant to be in Nature. The … Continue reading 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast (Dharma/Karma) →

Blending Buddhism with other Beliefs and Religions 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast [audio https://jhlui1.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/201205_shinnyo_extra_bridging_podcast.mp3] Subscribe to this Podcast (RSS) or iTunes Within our sangha (or buddhist community) there are to be found Christian Buddhists, and Catholic Buddhists, Jewish Buddhists and many other forms of post-Common Era dual-belief system alignments, sometimes even Agnostic and perhaps Atheistic … Continue reading 2012-May Shinnyo-en Buddhism Introductory Extras Podcast (Bridging Beliefs) →