<<attaining Enlightenement - it is only through Shakyamuni that we are able to do so>> No. It is not. "Now in the Latter Day of the Law, neither the Lotus...
... That was a good interview-worth reading for sure. I found many parts interesting, and this part (below) seemed to fit into the conversation Mark, Will and...
Dear Allan: In the Ongi Kuden, "The Oral Transmission of the Meaning of the Lotus Sutra" we read, "This Myoho-renge-kyo (Lotus Sutra) is not Shakyamuni's...
thanks for sharing the quote below, Don. I take it to mean that since we can only attain enlightenment through the recitation of nam-myoho- renge-kyo that we...
<<Modern scholars>> What modern scholar, other than Dr. Stone, wrote about Nichiren's writings of the Kamakura period? <<tends to use terminology that was not...
<<the one remarkable individual in the history of the universe capable of perceiving and revealing the one and only Law of the Universe, Namu Myoho renge kyo>>...
1). The identity and significance of the Original Eternal Buddha 2.) The nature of the Master/Disciple relationship in Nichiren Buddhism 3.) The significance...
... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I do not think Shakyamuni flanked by the 4 attendants refers to the, or any, historical person. Nor does Shakyamuni flakned by Monju...
Dear Camoonchild: It is said, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Many of the environmental problems in the United States derives from the good...
Dear Don: Here you can find several articles by other authors. http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/jjrs_cumulative_list.htm This article by...
Clark Strand is a good guy, a good journalistic manifestation of compassion in forward motion. The thing about President Ikeda and this particular interview is...
Dear Don; Just the opposite. My impartiality approaches that of the Buddha despite being a common worldling. If one, of any sect or no sect, proclaims the...
Hi Don: I mean Myoho renge kyo. Nichiren said Shakyamuni was the very first to perceive it, to cognize it, to revealed it and teach it and no other Buddha...
... the environmental problems in the United States derives from the good intentions of ecologists who thought they could improve upon nature by artificially...
Nancy Rogow wrote: <<I supply dozens and dozens of quotes...and you suppl[y] one>> I would say "One may be enough and a million may not be enough" but I can't...
<<Nichiren said Shakyamuni was the very first to perceive it, to cognize it, to revealed it and teach it>> No, he didn't. ... to perceive it, to cognize it,...
This is my last post to SGI Unofficial until Dec 15th unless I am asked to leave, of course. Dear Will: Nichiren writes in Repaying Debts of Gratitude: ...
... moving to Chiba, Japan. My wife (Hiromi) and children (Aynumi and Kyoko) are leaving the States on Nov 4. I will be here in Raleigh for about 6-12 months...
Where can I start with this, maybe the beginning. I start to study terrorism, went to old issues of the world tribune and found one lousy article. How can...
You should realize that it is because of a profound karmic relationship from the past that you can teach others even a sentence or phrase of the Lotus Sutra. ...
The Daishonin has taught us that through gongyo and chanting daimoku we can reach an elevated state in which, while engaged in our daily lives we travel...
Adrian Part of your problem it seems to me is that you use the language and thought-habits of Ikeda while at the same time trying to distance yourself from...
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