Hello Roy, I am sorry to inform you that Gohonzon Mandalas are not copyrightable. Neither you (nor anyone really) have the legal right to ask me to remove ...
Can any of you tell me anything or least direct me to a source to find out more about the gohonzon listed on ebay no. 2560964512 I can try and send a link if...
Don I don't know how to make it so you just click on the link. This is the address: Also if you go to ARBN there is a recent post titled "Gohonzon on ebay" and...
Hello Marilyn, Thanks for this link! I bid on it. ;-} Myomanji Temple is the head temple for Kempon Hokke Shu. It is one of the oldest Nichiren Buddhist...
Hello Marilyn, Comparing this Mandala to the famous Gohonzon inscribed by Nichiju Shonin, the founder of KHS, which I have on my kempon page below, they seem...
I am taking the liberty of posting this information to this group, in that it shares a common interest in topics discussed in a group for which I am one of the...
Nichiren mentions Bodhisattva Kanzeon [a/k/a Kannon, Avolikatesvara, Kwan Yin, Guanyin, et al.] in eight of his Goso. Two examples follow: "An Outline of the...
Hello Robert, There is an interesting article on this subject in the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Special Issue edition, by Lucia Dolce (if I...
... Journal of Religious Studies, Special Issue edition, by Lucia Dolce (if I remember correctly). <snip> ... Unfortunately, the Nanzan Gakuen site is being...
hi my name is miguel santiago,i use to chant at the flushing n.y. temple. i loved it very much. but then with all the fighting and people saying they had the...
Hello Miguel! Welcome to this little corner of the internet. If you do not want to join any sect, you can download a Mandala of your choice from my website and...
I just read an article at http://buddhajones.com about Daisaku Ikeda by Teresa Watanabe of The Los Angeles Times, which ran on Mar 15, 1996. The URL is...
This is scary! Ikeda may be even worse than I thought! I found this on the http://www.sg-eye.com/ website. Excerpt from a poem by Daisaku Ikeda Leader of Soka...
SG-eye takes things out of context. But yes, that poem, even when printed in it's entirety stands out as a prime example of emotionalism, triumphalism and...
As a cult leader of SGI, Ikeda in his declining years sounds more like a decrepit demagogue and fascist fanatic who has passed his prime and is now staring at...
... The problem with Ikeda, if you are going to analyze his psychology is that his mind **is** capable of understanding ideas like free thought, free speech...
Toshiro, My perspective is that that we should pray for Ikeda and all beings who are in pain and suffering. One of the basic concepts of Buddhism and all other...
... who ... spiritual ... this ... others? ... fears ... within ... life ... enlightenment. ... potential ... he ... his ... and ... Jerry - Do you mind if I...
Jerry, You're more than welcome to pray for Ikeda's "pain and suffering". Perhaps you want to pray for Hitler, Stalin, George Bush, and other crazed,...
Praying for someone is something we do not particularly for them -- but for ourselves. We can't afford to take on the burden of hate and fear that such people...
... Nichiren taught a particularist view. I don't know how much of an "extreme" particularist he was in practice. You see him praising all sorts of practices...
Toshio, Praying that the suffering a being is expereincing ends and that they find peace and spiritual evolution to a higher state of consciousness is not...
HELLO FREDRICK, Nichiren Daishonon was awakened to the Mystic principle of CAUSE AND EFFECT which is universal of which Mr. Ikeda is aware.This principle does...
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All of you need to stop talking against President Ikeda on the Gohonzon Forum and discuss what you perceive to be his shortcomings with him and him alone. You...