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Genshin: Become reborn in the Pure Land

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The Parochial and Plain Sermons of Cardinal John Henry Newman

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Ippen: Ji-shu Buddhism founder who appealed to common folk of Japan

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Augustus Pugin: architect of the Palace of Westminster

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Genshin: Become reborn in the Pure Land

Genshin The teaching and practice which leads to birth in Paradise is the most important thing in this impure world during these degenerate times. Monks and laymen, men of high ...

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The Parochial and Plain Sermons of Cardinal John Henry Newman

Cardinal John Henry Newman What mind of man can imagine the love which the Eternal Father bears towards the Only Begotten Son? It has been from everlasting, and it is ...

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Ippen: Ji-shu Buddhism founder who appealed to common folk of Japan

Ippen Devoutly adore the glory of God, Do not Ignore the original one’s virtue. Devoutly revere the Buddha, the Law, and the Priesthood, Do not forget the power of communion. ...

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Augustus Pugin: architect of the Palace of Westminster

Augustus Pugin The greatest privilege possessed by man is to be allowed, while on earth, to contribute to the glory of God: a man who builds a church draws down ...

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Mongaku: strident defender of Esoteric Shingon Buddhism

Mongaku Needless to say, Buddhism, like other religions, helps to extirpate evil and to bring good fortune. Throughout its history in three countries, there are records of answers to prayer and of benefits received. If ...

December 11, 2020

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Nathaniel Hawthorne and his interest in history, morality and religion

Nathaniel Hawthorne It is the same infrequent star,? The all-mysterious light, That like a watcher, gazing on The changes of the night, Toward the hill of Bethlehem took Its solitary flight. It is the same ...

November 27, 2020

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November 13, 2020

Yukai: upholding the purity of Shingon teachings

Yukai The principle of this sect was to consider the way of men and women, yin and yang, to be the secret art of obtaining Buddhahood in this flesh, and the only means of obtaining ...

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October 30, 2020

George Duncombe Cox: contemporary of John Keats

George Duncombe Cox The sound of evening music Vibrates along the mind, And strikes a chord of feeling Too sweet to be defined. When, with the moonlight rising, The nightingale’s sweet voice, We doubt, and ...

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October 2, 2020

John Hay: served in government alongside Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley

John Hay There are two mountains hallowed By majesty sublime, Which rear their crests unconquered Above the floods of Time. Uncounted generations Have gazed on them with awe,-- The mountain of the Gospel, The mountain ...

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September 18, 2020

Kukai: founder of the “mantra” school of Buddhism

Kukai From the deep, dim, most distant past, A thousand thousand tomes we hold Of sacred texts and learned lore Profound, abstruse, obscure and dark, Teachings diverse and manifold — Who can encompass such a ...

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September 4, 2020

Margaret Mother of God: Renowned Dominican who helped the poor

Margaret Mary Hallahan (Margaret of the Mother of God, OP) “To use a book all the time of meditation is very idle. You will never attain any degree of union with God unless you practice ...

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August 21, 2020

Saicho: the first to bring tea to Japan

Saicho In the lotus-flower is implicit its emergence from the water. If it does not emerge, its blossoms will not open; in the emergence is implicit the blossoming. If the water is three feet deep, ...

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Nicholas Wiseman: a great influence on John Henry Newman

Nicholas Wiseman It would of course be impossible to bring every branch of the natural sciences so completely into contact with sacred studies as these whereof we have treated nor can it be necessary to ...

August 7, 2020

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Buddhism’s high regard for the Suvarnaprabhasa Sutra

The Suvarnaprabhasa Sutra (“The Golden Light Sutra”) Then Buddha declared to the Four Deva Kings: “Fitting is it indeed that you Four Kings should thus defend the holy writings. In the past I practiced bitter ...

July 24, 2020

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July 10, 2020

John Harris: editor of one of the first English dictionaries

John Harris Tho’ would Men but studiously apply themselves to consider of, would they carefully and impartially examine into, and would they but seriously make use of those Means that God hath graciously given Mankind, ...

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June 26, 2020

The Nihon Shoki: the greatest value to historians and archeologists

The Nihon Shoki Izanagi and Izanami [i.e. “the divine primal pair”] stood on the floating bridge of Heaven, and held counsel together, saying: “Is there not a country beneath?” Thereupon they thrust down the jewel-spear ...

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Genshin: Become reborn in the Pure Land

The Parochial and Plain Sermons of Cardinal John Henry Newman

Ippen: Ji-shu Buddhism founder who appealed to common folk of Japan

Augustus Pugin: architect of the Palace of Westminster

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