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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.

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

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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