The Evil Person: Essays on Shin Buddhism by Shuichi Maida.
Buddhism is basically a religion that is not practiced in the context of faith and loyalty to a supernatural being. It is based on deeds that help to lighten suffering so that one can attain a state of enlightenment. Buddhism is thus founded on faith where creation and not the creator are worshiped (Archibald, 2009).
By Shin Yatomi, based in part on Yasashii Kyogaku (Easy Buddhist Study) published by Seikyo Press in 1994. The evil of destruction is like a shadow cast by the good of creation. Nature gives and takes life. Even on the cellular level of the human body, the evil of decay and death exists side by side with the good of growth and health.
A favourite Shin writing, the Tannisho, says: 'In believing the Original Vow, deeds of morality are not required because there are no deeds of morality which can surpass the Nembutsu (the Name of the Buddha); nor should one be afraid of evils, because there are no evils powerful enough to obstruct the way of Amida's Original Vow'.
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It can't be said too often: True Shin Buddhism isn't just for the best of us, but for the rest of us as well. It's for the evil person FIRST, and THEN also for the good person. It's for the poor mundane fool who couldn't have a non-dual experience if you gift wrapped it for him, and not just for the mystically inclined.
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Q. What does Buddhism say about evil? -All the evil, misdeed, demerit things are started from the mind. The mind is the beginning. The evil, demerit things follow the mind. -A thief may harm a thief, an enemy may harm an enemy, but a wrongly direc.