Yes it is, it’s been recompiled in what it knows as the Long Scroll

Which tradition are you from?

I love Subito.it, I’ve been using it for years by now, and it got really. Ether with its own delivery system and payment protection

I really recommend Tallahasse Chan center, Guo Gu is very smart and clear in his explanations, he is one of the student of Master Sheng Yen, a Taiwanese monk that revitalized Chan and helped spreading it

On a surface level repeating the Name surely has an anchor like function on a mental level, but there is much more of it. I respect your opinion, but this is a Buddhist community so it DOES matter what the Buddha said, and meditation is not only a practice to focus mind in many traditions.

Cheesecake doesn’t make you think of the Buddha, am I right? Mindfulness of the Buddha is a practice Shakyamuni himself suggested, you can find it in the Pali Canon, not only in Mahayana sutras. Also there is much more than just simply repeating a word, since nembutsu is also tied with the Primal Vows of Amida itself, regarding rebirth in the Pure Land

I just focus on repeating Namu Amida Butsu, even only mentally

I do Shikantaza every day, twice. In my practice there is also Nembutsu that, from a different perspective, can also be seen as a kind of meditation.

No one needs to kill any being

The first thing that comes to my mind is that when you don’t see a difference between yourself and the others, you live for the benefits of everyone, there isn’t your own happiness or wealth

I specified in the post that I live in Italy, so it may depends on which country does someone live in

And still many Italian people keep saying our government isn’t restricting our freedom

Thanks, I made it

You missed Satispay, it is available in different countries, made in Italy

It is as you said, only Japan developed a more strict separation between schools, but it especially began in the Kamakura Period for historical reasons. Amitabha’s Pure Land is the more common practiced one simply because is requires almost nothing from the practitioner’s side, and you can easily escape samsara. But it doesn’t mean there aren’t difference in the degree of practice even in Pure Land.

P.S. I technically practice in a Soto Zen environment, but I end up mixing a lot of Zen/Chan and Pure Land by myself. But I want to ask my teachers what they think about it BTW more about Vietnamese dual cultivation : https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/pure-land-zen-dual-cultivation-in-13th-century-vietnam-and-today/

My daily practice consists in nembutsu during the day, both vocally and mentally, and two Zazen session in the morning and the evening. Usually when practice I also recite some verses like taking refuge, making the bodhisattvas vows and reciting the Heart Sutra.

I really like his explanations because I’m drawn to both Zen and Pure Land Dharma. Since he was Vietnamese, he provided a nuanced analysis and explanation of the Dual Cultivation practice.

He argued that relying solely on Zen can be challenging for most people because it demands reaching a high level of non-attainment. Consequently, Buddha recitation emerges as an optimal practice because it embodies the perfect manifestation of Non-Duality of reality. Nembutsu serves as a lifeline to the Pure Land in both the physical and mental realms.

Furthermore, since achieving no rebirth on one’s own is difficult, Buddha recitation provides assurance of rebirth in the most auspicious place possible.

It doesn’t. Yesterday I read an Italian newspapers saying the same thing based on a survey targeting Italian people

This. Also we already pay water bills, what’s the point in paying for more water

My country, Italy, is one of the best country when it comes to drinkable tap water distribution and quality, and yet in Europe we are the country with the highest consume of plastic bottle of water. As usual, Italian ignorance and stupidity…

Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/water-quality-by-country

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/07/27/italy-germany-portugal-which-european-countries-consume-the-most-bottled-water