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3 unusual facts about Buddhist liturgy


Buddhist liturgy

In traditional Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, lay practitioners may also chant a hymn written by Shinran called the Shoshinge, which is not a sutra per se, but expounds the lineage with which Jodo Shinshu owes its beliefs.

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The liturgy is almost always performed in front of an object or objects of veneration and accompanied by offerings of light, incense, and food.

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Philosopher Zhuangzi abstracted and modified this word from an earlier classic of Taoism - Laozi's Tao Te Ching, in which it states:“上士闻道,勤而行之。”, which means taking effort and practicing.



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