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February 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Linda (Moore) Mur, PhD

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I am in Xtreme S Jersey (Salem Co) - and would not be surprised if ICE tried buying down here in the land of warehouses (Pureland, etc) as it is largely *rump country and would face less resistance probably.

February 18, 2026 at 6:39 PM

The Open Buddhist University

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📰 Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States (A free, 29-page article from 2012)

Tags: #Pureland #Ethics #USA #QueerHistory #Religion

"All Beings Are Equally Embraced By Amida Buddha": Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States

> Ministers in the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA) began performing same-sex marriages approximately forty years ago. These were among the first clergy-led religious ceremonies for same-sex couples performed in the modern era, and were apparently the first such marriages conducted in the history of Buddhism. In this article, I seek to explain why Jodo Shinshu Buddhists in America widely and easily affirmed same-sex weddings in the later 20th and early 21st centuries. My argument is that there are three factors in particular—institutional, historical, and theological elements of American Shin Buddhism—that must be attended to as contributing reasons why ministers were supportive of same-sex marriage.

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February 18, 2026 at 4:45 AM

Josué Jorge Ligan Migallos | 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘩 𝘋𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘰 🏳️‍🌈☘️🧿🪬

@sloeginpudding.bsky.social

*whispers* Read the three Pureland Sutras. And the Jodo Shu and Jodo Shinshu doctrines on Nembutsu. I think you’ll find the doctrine of shinjin to be very much to your liking, Ben.

February 18, 2026 at 4:23 AM

Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)

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BDG on YouTube: The Ordinary Buddhist: Staring Out the Window

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The Ordinary Buddhist: Staring Out the Window

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February 12, 2026 at 6:24 AM

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On Amidism: A Short Discourse by Grandmaster T'an Hu of Chan Shan Temple

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February 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM

Ben Wood /|\✝️🔶️💚☮️

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A critic might call this "Eternal cherishing stuff" fairytale logic: We can *really* fuck things up. If a world leader pressed the nuclear button we can't pretend "all will be well". But a Pureland Buddhist would say, the one who has given up on the snare of validation, would not press the button.

Ben Wood /|\✝️🔶️💚☮️ @cosmichope.bsky.social · 10d

We might express the cardinal insight of Pureland Buddhism like this: Once we stop fixing on "being good" (or whether "we are good") we can allow ourselves to become channels for free-flowing goodness. In accepting our failure, we become free to love (since ultimately we can't fuck it up). ☸️🪷

Ben Wood /|\✝️🔶️💚☮️ @cosmichope.bsky.social · 10d

2/2 This is Amida Buddha, a liberating love that will rescue all beings (and from a timeless point of view, has already saved us). Nothing we can do can detract from this fact. We are freed from guilt & shame ('let the soft animal of your body love what it loves"). We are free to be good. ♥️🪷

February 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM

Ben Wood /|\✝️🔶️💚☮️

@cosmichope.bsky.social

We might express the cardinal insight of Pureland Buddhism like this: Once we stop fixing on "being good" (or whether "we are good") we can allow ourselves to become channels for free-flowing goodness. In accepting our failure, we become free to love (since ultimately we can't fuck it up). ☸️🪷

Ben Wood /|\✝️🔶️💚☮️ @cosmichope.bsky.social · 10d

2/2 This is Amida Buddha, a liberating love that will rescue all beings (and from a timeless point of view, has already saved us). Nothing we can do can detract from this fact. We are freed from guilt & shame ('let the soft animal of your body love what it loves"). We are free to be good. ♥️🪷

February 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM

Ben Wood /|\✝️🔶️💚☮️

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1/2 Mary Oliver's suggestion "you do not have to be good" has something of Pureland Buddhism about it. Pureland says we cannot strive for goodness. We cannot defeat the calculating ego through the straining of the calculating egotistical will. Instead, we must lose ourselves in Other-Power. ☸️🪷

February 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM

Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)

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BDG on YouTube: The Amitabha Sutra: A Dharma Talk with Ven. Guan Cheng (Lecture 10)

🔗 Watch: youtu.be/2RqN5T8JY3M

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The Amitabha Sutra: A Dharma Talk with Ven. Guan Cheng (Lecture 10)

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February 9, 2026 at 7:31 AM

Alexander Justice 🇺🇦

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As an LMU alum and staff member whose spiritual journey led ultimately to #JodoShinshu, I have to say this was a much more moving event than I expected. All I knew before was that we were dedicating a bodhi tree. Having my own sect leading the way was like a miracle unfolding.

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Alexander Justice 🇺🇦 @alexanderjustice.bsky.social · 12d

The LMU campus's new bodhi tree, a joint effort between the Venice Jodo Shinshu sangha and LMU, was formally dedicated on February 6, 2026. Prof. Arik Greenberg and Rev. Kory Quon led the interfaith initiative after many years of collaboration.