{"id":3579,"date":"2023-09-05T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numa-web.com\/amidabutu\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2023-09-05T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:39:00","slug":"%e5%86%99%e7%b5%8c%e4%bc%9a%e3%81%ae%e3%81%94%e5%a0%b1%e5%91%8a%ef%bc%88%e4%bb%a4%e5%92%8c5%e5%b9%b49%e6%9c%88%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sk-j.or.jp\/en\/2023\/09\/05\/%e5%86%99%e7%b5%8c%e4%bc%9a%e3%81%ae%e3%81%94%e5%a0%b1%e5%91%8a%ef%bc%88%e4%bb%a4%e5%92%8c5%e5%b9%b49%e6%9c%88%ef%bc%89\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on the Sutra Calligraphy Session (September 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We would like to report that we held our sutra copying event in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the month changed, the sunlight became a little milder and the breeze felt pleasant on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At Shokoji Temple, we place great importance on chanting the Nembutsu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even at sutra copying sessions, we recite the Nembutsu at the beginning and end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month, the head priest talked about "Why do we chant the Nembutsu?"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Jodo sect, it is believed that all kinds of merits are contained in chanting the Nembutsu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will all leave this world someday,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By chanting the Nembutsu and reflecting on it while we are alive, we can all go to the Pure Land at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honen Shonin also left behind these words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"While alive, I will chant the Nembutsu. When I die, I will go to the Pure Land. But even so, if I think that there is nothing to worry about in this body, then I will have no worries in either life or death."<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are many difficult things in life, but I always need to reflect on myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we can meet again in paradise when we die someday, I feel like I can do my best tomorrow too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the sermon, the head priest recited a sutra, and at the end we all chanted the Nembutsu together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everyone seemed to be able to calm down and concentrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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