comyo

comyo is a Buddhist way of life and rational spirituality, based on the Kômyô ("Radiance of Light") teachings of the Japanese Jôdo-Shû priest Yamazaki Bennei (1859-1920). The videos in this channel are about Yamazaki's and Hônen Shônin's (1133-1212) Buddhist teachings and practice. Hônen Shônin founded the Japanese "Pure Land School" (Jôdo Shû). Yamazaki's Kômyô teaching can be described as an extension of Hônen Shônin's view of Amida Buddha and as an adaptation of Hônen's teaching to our modern times. Yamazaki writes – of course – out of the way of thinking of his time (19th-early 20th century) and his own Japanese culture. Nevertheless, he has a universal understanding of ethically good behavior. Here we can also find overlaps with European ethic concepts such as the categorical imperative, albeit for a different motivation.