Happy New Years everyone! I just got back from the San Jose Temple where we finished our service at 12:01 am. The temple was pretty full and many old friends...
... missing ... Pam, Ryuei's made some very relevant points.... I just wanted to add my two cents, being one of those people, who, due to circumstance, must...
Does anyone have any additional information on the February 17th and 18th Dharma Conference in Hayward? (It's mentioned on the Portland Temple web site). Or on...
Okay, so I located some more info....This is from Portland's monthly newsletter. I know lots of folks on this board probably already have this info (since many...
Happy New Year to each and every one of you. May we all grow, develop, and deepen in the Wonderful Dharma of the Lotus Flower Sutra. Brian Mc ... service at...
<<Professor Kenyo Mitomo of Rissho University will be giving a talk about the relationship between the Lotus Sutra, Hellenism and Christianity...>> Sounds...
(toppost) Hi, Kris! Nice to hear from you! How are things up there in the chilly wilds of Alaska? I miss talking with you - "e" me off- board, OK? Happy...
(topp ost) Thanks,Michael - I really enjoy this little gosho - it is brief, but has so much substance, and so many "quotable" bits, like the fortune coming...
Hi everyone, This is another part of my series here introducing Nichiren Shu Buddhism to new people. This time I would like to talk about the meaning of Jukai...
A very good post - Thanks. The genius of taking refuge in Namu Myoho Renge Kyo and reciting it as our essential practice is that it reaches every kind of...
... is ... Byrd, I've only recently returned to re-reading the gosho after a vacation of sorts. I think one of the facets of most religions that troubles me is...
... wrote: "That being said, I do believe that nations, as well as people, are ... of ... for ... it, ... things ... Kris, One of the ways people involved in...
... I make of it the same thing as I made of the more detailed predictions of disaster in the Rissho Ankoku Ron. Nichiren was basing his "predictions" on sutra...
Hi everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know that last week the SGI published The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume II. It is intended to be the...
There's an article in the current Buddhadharma on emptiness written by a Theravada monk. In the article, he says: "...the idea of emptiness as lack of inherent...
... Hmm, I have read the passages in the Pali Canon pertaining to emptiness. I have to look at them again, but the impression I got was that emptiness in the...
... wrote: Oops I made a mistake in transcribing the passage from Jack ... called "Heartwood of the Bodhi ... (yes, another ... sunnata or voidness, ... I...
Thanks. If you get a chance to read the whole article, please let me know what you think of it. Pam ... <pamreaville@> ... written by ... little ... His ... ...
O'm'gawsh, that's too funny, the typo is almost a Freudian slip, in the collect unconcious! rofl I guess liberation is seen by whatever the ego is or isn't and...
... in the ... perceive ... office, and ... words, read the ... *..." ... says, "well, I ... ahead and ... just ... dakini in ... there's ... work in is ... ...
Hi everyone, I was going to continue posting what I would consider to be introductory stuff about Nichiren Shu, but I'm a bit overwhelmed by work and other...
<<She has been trying to find other people in Marin Co. (specifically in the town of Fairfax) to chant with but that is Vipassana and Zen territory up there...
... wrote: I would be very very pleased if ... Rev. Ryuei & all – As requested, here is what happens with us: Here in Houston at our small temple we hold...
... (specifically in ... VIPASSANA? ... Vipassana (or Vipashyana) means "insight" and is the primary form of Buddhist meditation. There are two elements to...
<<Sorry, I went beyond your question, but I hope that my rambling was of some interest to at least some.>> THANK-YOU so much!!! I appreciate eveything that...
(top post) Speaking of the effects of meditation on the brain, has anyone else here read this book? http://tinyurl.com/2brzyl I did and thought it was very...
I know I have only posted here rarely, but I do check this forum several times a week. As far as Nichiren Shu activities in my area...other than my personal...
... Great book, I have the sequel as well, called Zen Brain Reflections (which is an update and also a bit easier to follow). My copies of those two books are...
... If I might make a suggestion. Get the book "Zen Master Hakuin: Selected Writings" translated by Philip B. Yampolsky and read Orategama III, "Letter in...
Good Day, My practice is a fairly solitary one - and to my own detriment - an abbreviated one. I awake at around 5:00 am and do morning gongyo and O'daimoku...
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