What is
Amida Omikuji?
Amida Telling?
Amida Omikuji was created to practice and experience Buddhist principles.
Everything in this world is made up of relationships, and nothing exists independently. Nothing exists alone.
And since relationships are constantly changing, nothing is absolute.
The relationship between you and this Amida Omikuji is the same. There is no absolute right answer to what you see and feel when you look at Amida Omikuji.
Feel free to put what you feel at this very moment into your own words.
The words welling up and telling from within you will be a clue to find your own answer to today's your question or theme.
How to use Amida Omikuji
First, choose a question for yourself or a theme for which you want to find an answer. (For example, dreams, wishes, what kind of year you want this year to be, work challenges, relationship problems, immediate concerns, etc.)
Next, carefully observe the Amida Omikuji. Then, feel free to answer the following questions.
- What do you see? What elements is it composed of?(Describe in detail the shapes, background, details, colors, shadows, etc.)
- What particularly caught your eye or left an impression on you?
- If you were in the picture, where would you be?
- If you could add one thing, what would you add?
- What potential changes could there be in the future?
- What emotions, feelings, memories, or words come to mind?
Finally, recall your question/theme for today.
What meaning do the words that welled up have for your question/theme?
How do they connect to your question/theme?
What actions will you connect them to in the future?
喜捨 Kisha
Pay It Forward, Abandon your important things with joy.
At Texas Honganji, we are expanding our community of people who practice Buddhist principles to consciously intervene in our unconscious mind and explore self-awareness and compassion.
Our selfish minds, due to our defense mechanisms, cling to the things and matters we value. Kisha (Pay It Forward) is a practice to willingly let go of things and matters that are important to oneself for the sake of someone else. This is an established Buddhist practice for consciously intervening in our selfish and egoistic mind.
Please try engaging in Kisha (Pay It Forward).