Hi Franko: It also took me a long to find a copy of that Hurvitz book. It is quite rare and costly to attain, as I guess you found out. It is especially...
Hello Trock: to your first comment: it is not practice (of faith), but the practice (of chanting) the Daimoku out of faith. This is comparable to a baby...
Peter, I posted to Robin Beck on your site back in Sept 2009 re a book called T'ien-T'ai Buddhism and Early Madhyamika by NG Yu-Kwan that I was reading at the...
Hi Will: With cognitive development, one learns to deal with the world around one, with all of its conflicts between self-interest, competing interests and...
In your answer to the first question: First you said understanding grows as a result of faith. Then you said assiduous practice will ensure wisdom's growth,...
Hello Trock: regarding your first question. it is the understanding that grows as a result of faith. for example, we have not seen a baby turning into an adult...
Two questions: Are you saying that your views regarding Buddhism and any difference you perceive between Nichirenism and Tientai are only based on your faith...
Hello Peter: To think that Nichiren buddhism sprung from Tientai, is certainly a misunderstanding. There is a part of Nichiren buddhism that aligns itself to...
I am enjoying the lively conversation which seems to fortunately be shedding more light than heat, which is not always the case when discussing Nichiren...
Hi Mark: Thank you - your lengthy cut and paste supports my last post exactly. As the seventeenth chapter says, without faith (the acceptance of a power beyond...
Dear Peter: You write: "To suggest that only faith is necessary without introspection is to suggest that one need not use one's own mind to verify what is true...
Hello CM & Mark: I believe you may be making a false distinction here between what you are contrasting as 'Kanjin' and 'Kanjin Honzon'. Chih-I explains many...
Dear All, Lotus Sutra chapter 11 states: "If one were to embrace this storehouse of 84,000 doctrines, the 12 divisions of the sutras, and expound it to others,...
Dear Peter: Your exposition of the teachings of Tientai, the votary of the Lotus Sutra in Zoho [Middle Day] are most insightful. However I am compelled to...
Dear all: This is a complex subject and I will try and shed some light into the differences of Nichiren Daishonin's teachings and Tientai Chi-i's. Peter can...
Hello Peter Kanjin Honzon is a method of seeing the buddha in oneself by way of a religious device. The Lifespan chapter states: "I leave this beneficial...
Hi Common Mortal: Kanjin is introspective meditation, but it is not limited to observing the true purpose one's of own life. It also opens up the door to...
Hello Peter: Lotus Sutra says: "When I look at living beings I see them drowned in a sea of suffering; therefore I do not show myself, causing them to thirst...
Hello Common Mortal: I would submit that the practice of introspection (S. Vipasyana, J. Kanjin) benefits all, not just a few. * The closed blossom represents...
Hi Will: The Cintamani is the precious pearl that grants all wishes. This gem is described as being perfectly round and pure white, yet reflecting all the...
Hello: the closed lotus blossom symbolizes the buddha, deep within our lives, not revealing himself. In order to penetrate to the buddhahood, deep within the...
Thanks yes I was referring to differences in formal practice. Can anyone elaborate on the meaning of the cintamani gem? I believe this also appears in the...
Hi Peter, Â That's great, thanks a lot. In fact, I'm looking for free great work from Great Master Tien Tai (Chih-I). I manage to find in Tien Tai website:...
Mark: All forms of Buddhism are about living the words of the Buddha. However I believe that Will's question was actually about comparing different forms of...
Dedy: The expression 'the ten directions' does literally refer to the ten directions of space as don says but it is explained as being a metaphor for the...
Hello Dedy, The ten directions are: north, south, east, west, NW, NE, SW, SE, up, down. Thus the buddhas of the ten directions are all buddhas throughout time...
Dear Will; No. Nichiren's Buddhism is about living the Sutra. Mark ... From: will.housley <will.housley@...> Subject: [T'ien T'ai] Tientai vs. Nichiren ...
Hi Peter, Â Could you help to elaborate a little bit about your explanation of "the ten directions" This is the ten spiritual realms ('the ten worlds')? Â ...
Do you think that it would it be fair to say that the practice of Tientai Buddhism is more about instrospective meditation and Nichiren Buddhism is more about...
Mark: "Pondering the ultimate reality is to ponder the Buddha" This is penetrating one's own true heart through introspection. "born in the presence of the...
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