... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hmmm? I think I recall someone pointing to earlier references to Nichiren's followers being called the...
... modern ... `````````````````````````````````````````` "Carry through with your faith in the Lotus Sutra. You cannot strike fire from flint if you stop...
That inscription is often translated as 'Yashiro Kunishige of the ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~``` I think what is reads is something like: "I...
Metta I know that Nichiren would have said that the devotional practice of alone chanting Namu Myoho Renge Kyo is all-inclusive and perfect in it's self....
August 15, 2005 Chanting Meditation/Green Tara Mantra http://www.fraughtwithperil.com/blogs/rbeck/archives/000633.html#more The object of contemplation for...
Gassho Robin Once again, great detective-work. Yet now what i'm wondering is..., the many Gosho quotes you've found translate the phrase as "Hokke sect". I...
Shu is the word translated as sect. Another Lamont-Maltz myth bites the dust. That is what happens when one sets out to prove a pre- conceived notion. One...
Sorry, Robin, but I am not as accepting as you. It seems to me you werre using NST/SGI gosho translations which are well known for their own interpolations ...
Here is what Ryuei wrote: "So where did the Ita-mandala come from if it is not the Dai- Gohonzon inscribed for all mankind by Nichiren Shonin and left to Nikko...
... <rrobinrb@m...> ... Robin & all - I would imagine that he didn't translate Hokke, and translated Shu as Sect, but I have little way to prove this, as 1) I...
... notes ... the ... seems ... heard ... Shu ... ``````````````````````````````````````````` I agree. Ho = Dharma. Ke = Ge = Flower. Shu = Sect or School. As...
Hmmm this is all very interesting indeed. I wonder about one of Nikko's writings where he stated that Omandara's shouldn't be inscribed on boards as it...
That has been refuted too. Context. The full quote was something like "transferring them to wood and bestowing them on those who lack faith." Nikko was...
Have you ever had the thought lurk in the back of your mind that Reiyukai seems okay and that one day, you'd like to check 'em out? Well, here's your chance. ...
I'm not sure if this information is available.... In the Gohonzon Shu, image no. 11 is found referenced by Reverend Kubota of KHS in his publication "A talk on...
Hi Robin No, that's not the quote i was referring to. I'm gonna have to go thru a few years worth of old KHS newsletters to find it. but i will. it was a...
"I am hearing from every quarter that Gohonzons inscribed in the Daishonin's own hand are being belittled by their being carved into wood and **bestowed upon...
... From: maltz_2001@... Date: Thu Oct 4, 2001 8:34 pm Subject: The inscription on the Ita Mandara maltz_2001@... Send Email The inscription on the Ita...
... Jim - I am curious why anyone might feel that the Lotus Sutra itself is insufficient for the Age of the Declining Dharma? Why does the complete Sutra need...
... ``````````````````````````````````````````` The Nichiren Mandala is a way of presenting the Lotus Sutra as the object of contemplation for chanting...
Hello to the Gohonzon Forum. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. I take my refuge in the Lotus Sutra. I just joined yesterday. I began as a Hippy around the late 60's or...
... From: Mike Barrett To: GohonzonForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:26 PM Subject: [GohonzonForum] Re: supposition ... Jim - I am...
... translation. While i am familiar w/ three other versions (Hurwitz's version has been my favorite), i find Kearn's to be very interesting. I like it the...
