This video is a clip from the PBS series “30 Good Minutes” which featured Ven. Mui (Shaku Mui Shin Shi). While I have moved closer to “original Buddhism” since the program aired, what is said is accurate.
Sensei Mui is a Buddhist monk who took formal refuge and bhikkhu ordination as a Theravada monk in Thailand during the early 1970s. Since those days he has both studied and was ordained in multiple Mahayana lineages. Today the main focus of his practice and teaching is from the Pure Land perspective. He currently acts as the Director and Administrator for Hongaku Jodo, an educational and practice oriented organization of Buddhist teachers of Dharma, pure and simple.
