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You are correct in that “chanting for stuff” is not Buddhist practice. In “Earthly Desires are Enlightenment”, Nichiren pointed to a skillful device used by Shakyamuni that encouraged students to use Buddhist

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Reincarnation mythology and the Buddhist paradigms of Impermanence, Anatman, and Conditioned Genesis From Nāgārjuna’s Verses from the Middle Investigation of Rising and Passing (Disappearance) Passing

In Mahayana Buddhism the time component of “LIFE” is understood to be a self-replicating instantiation of discrete moments arising and then dissipating (cycle of life and death) in rapid succession like

Why I make the Gohonzon easily available I make available a digitally mastered version of the final Gohonzon inscribed by Nichiren himself. The same Gohonzon he was buried with. There are no miscellaneous

How does chanting work. Chanting, or as I like to call it, active meditation, is very effective in the goals of meditation. I should say that this is true for meditation with the goal of awakening the

Core tenets of Buddhism The Four Noble Truths are All phenomena of life contain discontent, struggle, and disappointment. The condition of all phenomena is Samsara. All these struggles, discontentment,

This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. E.G. STILLMAN, '08, M.D. JAPANESE

Resolute in Mind is the much better and accurate translation of the ancient Sanskrit/Pali/Chinese word from English scholars of "faith". "Faith is simply not only missing the point, but

Lots of old myths persist about monastic and ascetic practices that have long been antiquated and become totally unnecessary and even contradictory to the late teachings of Shamanism Buddha. These antiquated

What is up with self immolation and burning bodies, murders, and all kinds of non-Buddhist behavior from Buddhist monks???? Although these monks practice and believe deeply in their actions, they are not

The depth and and significance of the Lotus is amazing and encompasses all the the Buddha scholarship. In this 6th video I attempt to wrap up the series. I know full well the Lotus will arise again in

what was to be the ultimate video in this series, I quickly realized was not sufficient time to discuss this ultimate and complex teaching in full. One more will be required to approach a decent survey

No Sutra relies so profoundly on the entire body of the previous teachings while remaining a singular statement. After reading many times and in varied translations; there is always more to discover in

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Section 18 An Analysis of the Individual Self (the Self and Phenomena) In 12 verses If the individual self (atma) were identical to the "groups" (skandha), then it would partake of origination

The Lotus Sutra attains its high position in regard to all other sutra because of its expansive revelations on all his earlier teachings and its total reliance on the expositions of the Perfection of Wisdom

Schools of Lotus foundation often as do other sects and religions or even organizations have a tendency to become myopic and promote study only of the on source or in this case, the Lotus Sutra. But it

Nargarjuna's MulamadhyamakaKarikas "Fundamental of the Middle Way" Section 1 An Analysis of Conditioning Causes (Conditions) In 14 verses Never are any existing things found to originate From

Described in detail in the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in 32 chapters, the Bodhisattva way expounded in the Lotus Sutra is an essential teaching to help grasp the true profundity of the Lotus Sutra teaching.