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IndependentSangha · Independent Nichiren, Tusker Sangha

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  • Members: 106
  • Category: Buddhism
  • Founded: May 28, 2009
  • Language: English
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Being an independent buddhist does not mean you have to practice alone. We are a group of people who love to chant and chant as we live:


NAMU MYOHO RENGE KYO


At the time of the first quarrel in the Sangha, the Buddha said:

"If you can find a trustworthy companion
With whom to walk, both virtuous and steadfast,
Then walk with him content and mindfully,
Overcoming any threat of danger.
If you can find no trustworthy companion
With whom to walk, both virtuous and steadfast,
Then, as a king who leaves a vanquished kingdom,
Walk like a tusker in the woods alone.
Better it is to walk alone:
There is no fellowship with fools.
Walk alone, harm none, and know no conflict;
Be like a tusker in the woods alone."

The Life of the Buddha by Bhikkhu Nanamoli, p.113
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Re: NICHIREN BUDDHISM?
Dear Mike: This concept is known as the enlightenment of plants and is the rationale for utilizing wood and paper objects to obtain Buddhahood. From another
Posted - Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:22 pm
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Re: NICHIREN BUDDHISM?
Hi, Mark (and Jim) - To each their own, of course. I myself find the Omandala to be a very important tool, but still a tool. It is not an individual, it has
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 3:50 pm
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Dear Mike: Nichiren Daishonin used the word "teacher" when describing the Gohonzon. "Tool" is a bit too impersonal. Mark
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 1:46 am
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Re: NICHIREN BUDDHISM?
Hello- In China and elsewhere scrolls have been worshiped, often in different ways and with different intentions, and with expectations of different results.
Posted - Sun Nov 8, 2009 2:43 pm
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Hi, Jim - Concur re the Three Jewels. To me the mandala is a tool; there are several different ways of representing the Assembly in the Sky, and all of them
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