“Welcome to the first episode of No Doubt. Here we will first look at the issue of whether one can be a Buddhist and a part of a different religion. In the second part, we will look at the issue of doubt in Shinran Shonin’s thought. This is the first of five episodes and here we will address how doubt is synonymous with the term self-power. ” 

Rev. Miyaji’s podcast page: No Doubt: A Shin Buddhist Approach
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Discussed in this podcast:
Can you be part of two different traditions?
What is doubt?

quoted scripture:

We see clearly that sincere mind is the mind that is the seed of truth, reality, and sincerity; hence, it is completely untainted by the hindrance of doubt. Entrusting is the mind full of truth, reality, and sincerity; the mind of ultimacy, accomplishment, reliance, and reverence; the mind of discernment, distinctness, clarity, and faithfulness; the mind of aspiration, wish, desire, and exultation; the mind of delight, joy, gladness, and happiness; hence, it is completely untainted by the hindrance of doubt. Aspiration for birth is the mind of wish, desire, awakening, and awareness; the mind of accomplishment, fulfillment, performance, and establishment. It is the mind of great compassion directing itself to beings; hence, it is completely untainted by the hindrance of doubt.

CWS p. 94 – Chapter on Shinjin http://shinranworks.com/the-major-expositions/chapter-on-shinjin/

Sincere mind, then, is the mind that is the seed of sincerity, the kernel of truth. It is therefore altogether free of doubt. Entrusting is the mind full of truth, reality, and sincerity, the mind of ultimacy, accomplishment, reliance, and reverence; the mind of aspiration, desire, discernment, and distinctness; the mind of happiness, joy, and gladness. It is therefore altogether free of doubt. Aspiration for birth is the mind of desire and wish, the mind of awakening, knowing, completion, and establishment. Thus, these three minds are all true and real and completely free of doubt. Because they are free of doubt, they are the mind that is single.

CWS p. 310 – Passages on the Pure Land Way (questions & answers) http://shinranworks.com/the-major-expositions/questions-and-answers/

Also referenced: Rennyo Shonin – Read more here:
https://jodoshinshu.faith/letters-of-rennyo-the-essence-of-shin-buddhism/
https://jodoshinshu.faith/gobunsho-letters-of-rennyo/

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Doubt as Karmic Currency By Rev. Dr. Takashi Miyaji Doubt as Human Calculation, Part 1 By Rev. Dr. Takashi Miyaji