With all due respect for some good and important modern teachers,
nobody is a Master except Shinran, Rennyo and the seven Masters. Thus, on my
pages only they can be called “Masters”.
Next, the words of many nowadays teachers, including
insignificant priests like myself and others should not be considered supreme,
but always checked. Only the words and instructions of the sutras and the Masters
are supreme and should be accepted in faith. No modern teacher should be placed
on a pedestal and nobody should be considered to have the same doctrinal authority
like for example, Shinran or Rennyo.
One can be called a teacher only if he/she is a faithful
transmitter of Amida Dharma as it is contained in the sutras and the works of
the Masters, but even the good teachers should not be placed on the same level
as the Masters. It is better and safer this way, as we may never know when, due
to personal shortcomings or attachments to this or that previous practice or
ideas, they may do or say something wrong and because of our attachments to
them we tend to imitate them.
We can all make mistakes, so as long as we and our teachers
are not enlightened, it does not hurt anybody to be both grateful and careful.
Namo Amida Butsu
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