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Chanting Growers Group
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Hi Wilson!!!
Just for that, I'm chanting for your butt, all day long!.......pun intended
Just for that, I'm chanting for your butt, all day long!.......pun intended
Good Morning
I woke this morning heart in my mouth, after a night of tumultuous dreams.
This is not a foreign place for me yet I have not experienced it since last spring, not since the actions of being bodhisattva brought me to a place of enlightenment
my faith in the wondrous law of cause and effect however did not leave me powerless, and for the first time in since I can remember a simple chant and prayer simple brought me back to here and now
to put it in perspective my anxiety till now would only be obedient to over doses quantities of opiates, booze and benzopenes. Every other caustic substance and behaviors I tried but they did not work.
seroquel, haldol, zypreka and the like could not turn off my anxiety or the negative energy that ran rampant through out me, nothing but a comatose situation could "bring me back down"
i have found very few who have reactions like this, but they were institutional levels
I had to write this as testimony because many of us here have found balance using a new medicine and a new way of life, one that brings us to this very thread
i never imagined i would be able to manage my disease and disorder by coming back to balance
i feel the same gratitude for the same among you
nam myoho renge kyo
nam myoho renge kyo
nam myoho renge kyo
I woke this morning heart in my mouth, after a night of tumultuous dreams.
This is not a foreign place for me yet I have not experienced it since last spring, not since the actions of being bodhisattva brought me to a place of enlightenment
my faith in the wondrous law of cause and effect however did not leave me powerless, and for the first time in since I can remember a simple chant and prayer simple brought me back to here and now
to put it in perspective my anxiety till now would only be obedient to over doses quantities of opiates, booze and benzopenes. Every other caustic substance and behaviors I tried but they did not work.
seroquel, haldol, zypreka and the like could not turn off my anxiety or the negative energy that ran rampant through out me, nothing but a comatose situation could "bring me back down"
i have found very few who have reactions like this, but they were institutional levels
I had to write this as testimony because many of us here have found balance using a new medicine and a new way of life, one that brings us to this very thread
i never imagined i would be able to manage my disease and disorder by coming back to balance
i feel the same gratitude for the same among you
nam myoho renge kyo
nam myoho renge kyo
nam myoho renge kyo
That is EXCELLENT to hear Weird! Except for having the bad dream part, no one likes those.
My anxiety is probably not as bad as yours, but I have found that chanting does the same exact thing to bring my anxiety levels back to ZERO.
I am so happy to hear you've found something that helps and works!
Principle of oneness of self and others
The Lotus Sutra explains that the self is one with the universe. The practice of the Lotus Sutra is the practice of compassion to respect and revere everyone as a treasure tower, and to become happy conjointly with others in accord with the principle of the oneness of self and others, while overcoming the various difficulties we face.
Daisaku Ikeda
The Lotus Sutra explains that the self is one with the universe. The practice of the Lotus Sutra is the practice of compassion to respect and revere everyone as a treasure tower, and to become happy conjointly with others in accord with the principle of the oneness of self and others, while overcoming the various difficulties we face.
Daisaku Ikeda
To one and all
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!!!!!!!
Have had a few too many plates spinning, but still try and follow along here. Don't recall seeing recent posts from Thomas. Is
everything ok?
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!!!!!!!
Have had a few too many plates spinning, but still try and follow along here. Don't recall seeing recent posts from Thomas. Is
everything ok?
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam myoho renge kyo
Nam myoho renge kyo
From "Material for the April 2011 Essentials Exam. The Essentials. An Essay by SGI President Ikeda. On the Persecutions Befalling Nichiren Daishonin", in Sept-Oct 2010, Living Buddhism, page 83.
Faith is the struggle to bring the sun of hope to rise in our hearts, in our homes and in our communities.
Nichiren was calm and composed even as violent storms of persecution descended upon him. For example, describing his frame of mind, he writes: "How delightful! How gratifying," and "I feel immeasurable delight." His sole concern was securing the happiness of the people, and toward that end, he spared no effort. What an immense state of life!
Nam myoho renge kyo
Nam myoho renge kyo
From "Material for the April 2011 Essentials Exam. The Essentials. An Essay by SGI President Ikeda. On the Persecutions Befalling Nichiren Daishonin", in Sept-Oct 2010, Living Buddhism, page 83.
Faith is the struggle to bring the sun of hope to rise in our hearts, in our homes and in our communities.
Nichiren was calm and composed even as violent storms of persecution descended upon him. For example, describing his frame of mind, he writes: "How delightful! How gratifying," and "I feel immeasurable delight." His sole concern was securing the happiness of the people, and toward that end, he spared no effort. What an immense state of life!
Nam myoho renge kyo
mornin! happy gardens to all!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Hey dudes! My dad is making a miraculous recovery. It looks like his prognosis is encouraging. I'll be coming to see him for a month starting Nov.21. I got a furnished three bedroom house with a pool for a month, so Bud, now is the time if you are still willing. I have to empty three storage units and figure out what to do with all of the shit.
So Bud, Bonz, SoCal (and maybe Easy???) I am looking forward to seeing all of you. I'll be by myself, so let's all get together!!!
I haven't read a word of this thread for weeks. I have no idea what the fuck has been going on. When I read Mark Rogow lying his ass off again quoting Weird as a thirty year SGI member, with everything else going on, I decided to check out for awhile, chant Daimoku, and focus on local activities, which include leading weekly Gosho study meetings.
It's wierd, but it seems like the kids all grew up all at once and their demands on my time grew exponentially. I'll try and get back into a groove here. I do apologize, but I needed a time out.
I bow in humble obeisance,
Thomas
So Bud, Bonz, SoCal (and maybe Easy???) I am looking forward to seeing all of you. I'll be by myself, so let's all get together!!!
I haven't read a word of this thread for weeks. I have no idea what the fuck has been going on. When I read Mark Rogow lying his ass off again quoting Weird as a thirty year SGI member, with everything else going on, I decided to check out for awhile, chant Daimoku, and focus on local activities, which include leading weekly Gosho study meetings.
It's wierd, but it seems like the kids all grew up all at once and their demands on my time grew exponentially. I'll try and get back into a groove here. I do apologize, but I needed a time out.
I bow in humble obeisance,
Thomas
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"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 345) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, October 18th, 2010
(On Prayer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 345) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, October 18th, 2010
"...our goal is unity in the spirit of 'many in body, one in mind,' not 'one in body, one in mind.' Everyone has their own precious individuality. We are all different in a myriad of ways--in our professions, age, gender, personality, and so forth.
"Gao Zhanxiang, chairman of the Chinese Culture Promotion Society (CCPS) in China, with whom I'm currently engaged in a dialogue, said to me that respecting each other's differences is the key to growth and progress. Indeed, it is because we are all different that we can learn from each other, allow each other's talents to shine, and reveal even greater potential than we could only by ourselves.
"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin states that the cherry, plum, peach, and damson each embody the ultimate truth just as they are, without undergoing any change (cf. OTT, 200). The Daishonin's Buddhism is a teaching that enables each person to fully exhibit their unique characteristics.
"Unity in diversity is born through each of us working together for the unsurpassed goal of kosen-rufu, while shining brightly in the respective place of our mission. It is not something that happens as a result of a directive. It's a self-motivated unity and an alliance of people all striving to reveal their true brilliant potential.
"What matters most of all is the happiness of each person and their victory in life. One person changing their karma, one person's growth as a human being, is the basis for everything."
SGI Newsletter No. 8091, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, Advancing with the Spirit of 'Many in Body, One in Mind'--Part 1 [of 2], from the June 18th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Oct. 14th, 2010
"Gao Zhanxiang, chairman of the Chinese Culture Promotion Society (CCPS) in China, with whom I'm currently engaged in a dialogue, said to me that respecting each other's differences is the key to growth and progress. Indeed, it is because we are all different that we can learn from each other, allow each other's talents to shine, and reveal even greater potential than we could only by ourselves.
"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin states that the cherry, plum, peach, and damson each embody the ultimate truth just as they are, without undergoing any change (cf. OTT, 200). The Daishonin's Buddhism is a teaching that enables each person to fully exhibit their unique characteristics.
"Unity in diversity is born through each of us working together for the unsurpassed goal of kosen-rufu, while shining brightly in the respective place of our mission. It is not something that happens as a result of a directive. It's a self-motivated unity and an alliance of people all striving to reveal their true brilliant potential.
"What matters most of all is the happiness of each person and their victory in life. One person changing their karma, one person's growth as a human being, is the basis for everything."
SGI Newsletter No. 8091, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, Advancing with the Spirit of 'Many in Body, One in Mind'--Part 1 [of 2], from the June 18th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Oct. 14th, 2010
That is great to hear T about your dad.
Road trip to SoCal? Definetely will try to make it.
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