I have a question for anyone who is knowledgable about these things. Is chanting the same as meditation? If not what is the difference? Thanks Eduardo...
Eduardo: My take is ... Chanting would be better described as a technique that enables one to meditate rather than being meditation itself. It is a form of...
Here I go again. My meditation master specifically chastised me for being "introspective" as this strenthens the I. Also, we would consider chanting to be a...
Hi There, CHanting is a form of deep concentration. A method used to purify the mind by concentrating on theimage, likeness of a Buddha and or Bodhisattva, as...
http://www.bttsonline.org/default.aspx?cat=Sutras%20 Go here. The Buddhist TExtRanslation Society has very accurate translations, as this is what they do all...
I can certainly understand there being too much introspection in one's meditation but it certainly is an essential component of it, and not to be ignored. How...
Time: November 19th ¨C 23rd, 2006 (Sunday -Thursday) Place: Pu Tuo Shan, Zhejiang, China also held is 2006 Folk Art Fair as well as Seminar On Buddhist Arts &...
I think it's wonderful that this festival is happening. The present Chinese government has not always been so amenible to festivals in honor of Kuan-Yin, the...
Hi Seb, and welcome to our group ... I am not sure why you are even asking whether or not you can chant this mantra, which are among the sacred words of the...
... I ... also ... most ... definitive ... mantra of ... Hi! Youz...thanks for the reply to my cuestion.... not all of the Nichiren School combine two...
Hi! Youz...can you please tell me if Senju Kannon(Bosatsu)(1000 hands) is Chenrezing (Tibetan)....and the mantra is "Om-Mani-Padme-Hum"... and the manttra for...
... but ... Hum"... ... the ... but I do like you to konw that the only shanting that I concentrate and make stronger is Namu-Myoho-Rnge-Kyo. in gassho with...
Thank you very much for this link Youz-- I am in need of this practice gassho Jeff Helmers "we have so much time to waste, and so little time to waste it in"...
It seems to me that Zen and Theravada Buddhism stress meditation where Nichiren, Amidism, Mikkyo and Tibetan Buddhism all stress ritual observance. I would be...
... where ... analysis ... Fred - For my part I consider Nichiren-style mantra chanting to be a form of meditation. Yes, Nichiren services are quite...
peas!!!!!!!! soment, pleas, bookkk copy "RITUAL TENDAI" GONGIO". SEND ME, PLEAS TANKS ROGER It seems to me that Zen and Theravada Buddhism stress meditation...
Fred: I think your analysis is sound as far as it goes, but I think it can lead to an over-simplification and false conclusions. Ultimately all these different...
Thanks Peter. I am intrigued by your observation that the essence of ritual practice is "the making of a pure offering, that is, a sacrifice of desire or...
... of ... Hi Fred: They are identical, and yet they are not identical. From time immemorial religious rituals has been about the sacrifice of one's own life...
In a message dated 11/25/2006 4:57:57 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, no_reply@yahoogroups.com writes: In fact, life itself is a ritual observance. Peter in true...
Hi Trock: Your question is very general, but ... The end of ritual is realization of its true objective. There are all kinds of rituals that serve all sorts of...
Greetings All, I enjoyed Peter's description of Buddhist ritual; he posits some clear points on development of the spiritual self beyond the ritual. ...
Dear Venerable Jion, Taking up the question of ritual practice, nobody has yet put forth a specific ritual practice, which would provide a sacred space to...
Blessed Takuji-sama, Venerable is far too vast a title for a seedling such as myself; it implies creaky bones and far too vast an intellect; neither which suit...
Thanks to all of you for your amazingly insightful answers. The idea that rituals are common to all of life (even butchers) and that at the same time they are...
Dear Osho Jion, If one puts aside the efficacy of the practice of ritual as a means to an end, which is what Peters statement implies Blessed Takuji-sama, ...
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