{"id":388,"date":"2022-09-01T20:24:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2022-09-01T20:27:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:27:18","slug":"what-is-shinnyo-en-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=388","title":{"rendered":"How Do Your Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1'  class='av-submenu-container av-jy7zs-46dc574b2a7ebc97c7659fd924a648e8 main_color  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  av-sticky-submenu container_wrap sidebar_right' style='z-index:301' ><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled av-submenu-pos-center'><ul id=\"menu-about-menu\" class=\"av-subnav-menu\" role=\"menu\"><li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-381\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=379\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">What is Buddhism<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-386\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=382\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">What is Shinnyo-en<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-387\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=383\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">How did Shinnyo-en begin<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-390\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=388\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">How Do Your Practice<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-389\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/?page_id=384\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">What is sesshin training<\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-fx\"><span class=\"avia-arrow-wrap\"><span class=\"avia-arrow\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class='sticky_placeholder'><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-f00sy-536493753f8f930cd211d0df2c36b622 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-388'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-752ui-c6864555594e70644c3dcb98096a9b62 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-l7aqlrgi-0dd18f7e38cfc1c80e37355c91f8f39d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY PRACTICE YOUR FAITH?<\/h1>\n<article id=\"post-1312\" class=\"post-1312 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Many people admire Buddhist teaching, but wonder how to put Buddhism into practice. The most important way to practice is to put the Buddha\u2019s teachings into action and show kindness and compassion to those around you. In this way, we can improve our karma \u2013 the causes of our particular situation in life \u2013 and create a more harmonious world around us. The essential idea is to place yourselves in others\u2019 shoes and use our daily experiences as opportunities for mindful self-reflection.<\/p>\n<p>At Shinnyo-en, members are encouraged to engage in the Three Practices: sharing the path with others (otaske), making sincere offerings to others in need (kangi) and giving themselves in selfless service to others (gohoshi). In order to keep this spirit of joy and altruism kindled, members engage in daily meditation and sutra chanting, and come to the temple for prayers and structured Sesshin training. Shinnyo-en also sponsors community events and special services that allow members an opportunity to serve others as volunteers, thereby awakening their own Buddha natures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-1309\" class=\"post-1309 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post-1278\" class=\"post-1278 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<article id=\"post-1278\" class=\"post-1278 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-388'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":368,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-388","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/388\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shinnyoenusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}