In the foregoing discourses, no mention is made as to whether bodily, verbal, or mental actions have equal importance or whether one type has more impact than...
I found a quote from this posted elsewhere on the Internet - "I strongly urge you to adopt a genial attitude and avoid any appearance of ill will or...
... You can read about Hachiman here: http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/ShuteiMandala/kami.html He wasn't just a war god but an agricultural god as well. The...
... Okay, it's #240 in the WND2 p. 949-951. It is not on the strict authenticated list that I got from Rev. Hirai, and it has not been translated by Nichiren...
OMG!!!! I have to carry a SAW and HAMMER?!?!?!?! (tongue in cheek) Sorry...couldn't resist. ;-) ... Okay, it's #240 in the WND2 p. 949-951. It is not on the...
Well, I suppose I'll have to spring for the book at some point to read the whole thing. Do you have any idea with the other Nichiren Shu volumes will be coming...
Hi All, I have some questions regarding a passage in the "Shoshu Mondo Sho" or the Gosho, "Questions and Answers Regarding Other Schools", which is in the...
... The answer to this is curiously in the Diamond Sutra that I am reading now with the San Francisco Sutra Salon. This is from the second chapter of the...
I think It would be possible to explain all that in much less convoluted way. Buddhism denies all substantial entities. If we recognoze substantial entities...
... If the truth is "Emptiness is Form and Form is Emptiness", doesn't the Prajna Paramita Hrdaya also give the teaching? The formula used in the Vajracchedika...
Nichiren Daishonin mirrors the teachings of Shakyamuni: "Even if one observes ten thousand precepts and performs ten thousand good deeds, if one does so with a...
"Regarding Hachiman - could one equate him with Mars / Ares?" <<You can read about Hachiman here: http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/ShuteiMandala/kami.html He...
... I suspected as such, but did not know, thanks for looking that up. So there you have it - Hachiman and Ares/Mars seem to be different cultural expressions...
In the Candle of the Latter Dharma, Dengyo and in Nichiren's writings, they state that following the precepts today would be like a tiger loosed in the...
... following the precepts today would be like a tiger loosed in the marketplace and it is the nominal bhikshu who is the true treasure in the Latter Age. What...
Thanks, a very good and thorough reply. Mark ... From: ryuei2000 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> To: nichirenshubuddhism@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 3,...
... I'm glad that it was helpful. Actually, after I wrote it I remembered that I had also addressed this issue in my Rissho Ankoku Ron commentary in this...
Hi I'm Zenith (or Sam if you prefer) I've been interested in Nichiren Buddism for about 3 months (or so), and practicing for those three months (mainly...
... so), ... Daimoku). ... So, ... this ... chant ... Lotus ... know ... Hi Zenith, The primary practice is chanting Odaimoku. Nichiren never ever says that...
The Complexities of Karma It is simple enough to correlate the ten kinds of unwholesome conduct with the eventual fruition of undesirable states on the one ...
I don't know if this may be just me, but I can get thru ch. 2, but when I get to 16, it's like my brain-mouth co-ordination just wears out or leaves or...
One of the reasons we are the most fortunate people, far more fortunate than the people in the Former and Middle Day, is that by taking faith and practicing...
... when I get to 16, it's like my brain-mouth co-ordination just wears out or leaves or something?!?!?! The sincerity is there, to be sure, but good grief!...
This is true, and you are anticipating the later part of this section on the complexity of karma wherein I cite the Buddha as saying that trying to figure out...
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