I just had an excellent experience meditating on the "Isson Shij" image like in this faded painting. http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/3513/1b4a15c227fes0.jpg...
... <snipped> ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is still tentative: The Daimoku is in the center, flanked by the two Buddhas; Shakamuni ...
The below is absolutely right: all Gohonzons are lithographed. Japan has a flourishing industry of rice-paper and excellent printing techniques. There are...
While I agree with your assessment of the eye-opening ceremony, I object to your authoritarian tone regarding Westerners, which implies that the Japanese know...
... [snip]> ... Rev. Greg & all - What you saw was a jukai, or "taking refuge" ceremony. The eye-opening was part of the overall service. The actual...
Hi Mike and All, This is exactly what Rev. Tarabini did for me in Japan in 2002. The Eye Opening ceremony for the Gohonzon, Juzu and pendant was incorporated...
You got your Gohonzon from Rev Tarabini in Japan in 2002? So did I. I wonder if that makes us related somehow. :) Mine was given to me during a really long...
please do it for it give control for those who dont want to be part of an organized buddism ATrueBuddha@... wrote: Hi Mike and All, This is exactly what...
In a message dated 4/12/2007 8:28:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, shinjo43@... writes: please do it for it give control for those who dont want to be part...
Hi Pam, Maybe having the same DharmaDaddy makes us siblings! Shawn and I went to Japan that year for our second honeymoon (we were celebrating the 10th year of...
Interesting. I visited a temple in Kamakura which had a Gohonzon with gold lettering on a green background. Very very cool. Greg On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:08:42...
Here is the temple I saw the gold-on-Green Gohonzon; http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~QM9T-KNDU/hongaku.htm It was enshrined in the Ebisudo hall about half way down...
Drat! There doesn't seem to be a photo of the Honzon. Interesting how easily Shinto can merge with Nichiren Buddhism though. Ernesto In a message dated...
Regarding the great swordsman Masamune mentioned in the article. When one thinks of Japanese swords one usually thinks (at least I do) of Samurais and Zen but...
Yes, hello: Buddhist Enlightenment Awakening might be Fertility Rites. It seems that there is a difference between Female Fertility Rites and male Fertility...
Dear Charmaine: Yes, hello: Pardon me if I didn't read you correctly, but if you want another Gohonzon, there are several available to print out off the...
Yes, hello: I believe that all the differences of the Gohonzons, [except for drastic changes, not just the calligraphy] are only trifles. Even differences in...
I was living in Japan then and attended the temple in Rev Tarabini's apartment from August 2000 till he moved to London in August 2002. My parents died in...
It was absolutely not my intention to imply that Japanese knows better (or westeners less). Of course even less being/seeming authoritarian. In fact I've been...
These are in addition to the invaluable Coffeehouse resouces. Here is an index that shows them in order and where they were kept at the time the list was last...
... The links below are to pictures of mandala Gohonzons inscribed by Nichiren and Nikko: I have images of two transcribed by Nikko. This one is kept at ...
Just a quick note to the group. In mid April a couple of us were discussing Great Mandala Gohonzons inscribed with gold calligraphy on dark backgrounds, such...
"In this folder I placed photos of the black background Great Mandalas that I spoke of in previous posts. Those being the Gohonzon on the main altar of the...
Hello All, Mark was kind enough to send me a photo of the black and gold Mandala that he has for the dark faced Great Mandalas folder. I have uploaded it to...
NAMU MYOHO RENGE KYO. dear friends at the Group: the Correct Ways to Practice is"O-Daimoku"Embrace the Golden Sutra and cast out all that is not 'NAMU MYOHO...
... and ... Seb & all - So, since Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo is the title of the Lotus Sutra, this means to cast out all that is not in the Lotus Sutra? I'm just...
