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Brother raun, I can appreciate your conviction, but this an inappropriate place to share it. Please don't be offended when your post is deleted. And please don't post here again, if this is an indication of what you'll be posting.
If you aren't, or don't want to be, a Chanting Grower, that's your decision. But those of us posting here are. Let us do our thing and you continue to do yours.
The reason we are still here after more than six years is that we don't tolerate our religeous freedom to be obstructed, and we don't tolerate trolls. Please respect our decisions in life, and everything else will be just fine.
Otherwise, you've been asked nicely. Cause and effect is absolute.
Respectfully,
Thomas
Read the TOS of this site.
Brother raun, I can appreciate your conviction, but this an inappropriate place to share it. Please don't be offended when your post is deleted. And please don't post here again, if this is an indication of what you'll be posting.
If you aren't, or don't want to be, a Chanting Grower, that's your decision. But those of us posting here are. Let us do our thing and you continue to do yours.
The reason we are still here after more than six years is that we don't tolerate our religeous freedom to be obstructed, and we don't tolerate trolls. Please respect our decisions in life, and everything else will be just fine.
Otherwise, you've been asked nicely. Cause and effect is absolute.
Respectfully,
Thomas
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
this is a thread of the testimony to the understanding of cause and effect through faithful selfless giving
many of us come from american faiths and cultures
My ancestors and I have a founded faith, and the dynamics of that faith and the tenants of the religion and philosophy IMHO can be truly realized when practiced with an understanding of the true law of cause and effect as described in nichiren buddhism
with that said, it is a solemn belief that anyone of free will who awakens to their own conscience and an understanding of the dynamics of the world around them understands that the human revolution will not occur by us highlighting the difference that separates us but by the likeness that makes us one in the same
i feel the minute we seek to judge someone based on the differences in how we live, opposed to finding a reason to accept them, we end the propagation of good karma and start the propagation of bad karma
and I think most importantly this is illustrated in both Buddhist and Christian philosophies, teach through being an example of being an exemplary human being, give with boundless compassion and reserve judgement for people to discover on their own after they connect to the well of faith that you draw from because they are so moved by you as a living example
the chant of nam myoho renge kyo is a simple prayer that everyone discovers the happiness encountered when they live to their full potential
this seems appropriate in any faith
this could be a case where raunholt has english as a second language as i had noted a thread in the danish section he had started and was trying to make a contribution based on incomplete understanding....
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo...
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo...
"Hey Mr. Wilson?"
"Hey Mr. Wilson?"
"I asked you to drag me down inspiration road, and now you surely have."
Thank you for having the courage to share that with us.
Respect,
Desi!
"Hey Mr. Wilson?"
"I asked you to drag me down inspiration road, and now you surely have."
Thank you for having the courage to share that with us.
Respect,
Desi!
When it comes to understanding the Lotus Sutra, I have only a minute fraction of
the vast ability that T'ien-t'ai and Dengyo possessed. But as regards to my
ability to endure persecution and the wealth of my compassion for others, I
believe they would hold me in awe.
(WND, 242)
The Opening of the Eyes
Written to Shijo Kingo in February 1272
the vast ability that T'ien-t'ai and Dengyo possessed. But as regards to my
ability to endure persecution and the wealth of my compassion for others, I
believe they would hold me in awe.
(WND, 242)
The Opening of the Eyes
Written to Shijo Kingo in February 1272
“The ability to perceive the negative in oneself enables one to perceive the positive in others… we must acknowledge the good and evil within each of us. Even as we lock horns with a rival, we should be seeking to manifest the good and obliterate the bad. The power of self- restraint can help us avoid conflict and estrangement and enable us to take a correct stance of mutual acceptance and respect.”
"In any earnest struggle, there come crucial challenges -- mountains that must be
scaled and conquered if we are to win. In Buddhist practice, too, we face such
crucial challenges. If we hope to advance kosen-rufu and attain Buddhahood, then
we must prevail over these mountains."
Daisaku Ikeda
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
"In any earnest struggle, there come crucial challenges -- mountains that must be
scaled and conquered if we are to win. In Buddhist practice, too, we face such
crucial challenges. If we hope to advance kosen-rufu and attain Buddhahood, then
we must prevail over these mountains."
Daisaku Ikeda
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
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"Until kosen-rufu is achieved, propagate the Law to the full extent of your ability without begrudging your life."
(Nikko Shonin's 26 Admonitions - Gosho Zenshu, page 1617) Selection source: Soka Gakkai President Harada's encouragement, Seikyo Shimbun, December 6th, 2010
(Nikko Shonin's 26 Admonitions - Gosho Zenshu, page 1617) Selection source: Soka Gakkai President Harada's encouragement, Seikyo Shimbun, December 6th, 2010
"Such persons will enjoy the happiness of the wisdom king Craving-Filled and the good fortune of the heavenly king Vaishravana. Wherever your daughter may frolic or play, no harm will come to her; she will move about without fear like the lion king."
(Reply to Kyo'o - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 412) Selection source: "Kibo no Izumi", Seikyo Shimbun, December 5th, 2010
(Reply to Kyo'o - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 412) Selection source: "Kibo no Izumi", Seikyo Shimbun, December 5th, 2010
"It has been more than 20 years since I first had the privilege of meeting withNelson Mandela, the lionlike champion of human rights. Recently, former President Mandela, who had just turned 92, sent me an inscribed copy of his latest book. ...I wish to share these words...as an expression of my deepest respect: 'To the youth of today I also have a wish to make: 'Be the script writers of your destiny and feature yourselves as the stars that show the way towards a brighter future--for our country, our continent and the world.' 'Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.'"
SGI Newsletter No. 8112, SGI President Ikeda’s Acceptance Speech, The Empowerment of the People, a Source of Hope for the World. On the conferral of an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters on SGI President Ikeda by the University of Massachusetts Boston, held at the Soka Gakkai Mentors Hall in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, on November 21st, 2010. This award marked the SGI leader and Soka Schools founder’s milestone 300th academic honour. In Japan to bestow the award and sign an academic exchange agreement with Soka University was a delegation from the American university, including Chancellor J. Keith Motley, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Winston E. Langley and Associate Provost and Director of international and transnational Affairs Eunsook Hyun. From the November 22nd, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 1st, 2010
SGI Newsletter No. 8112, SGI President Ikeda’s Acceptance Speech, The Empowerment of the People, a Source of Hope for the World. On the conferral of an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters on SGI President Ikeda by the University of Massachusetts Boston, held at the Soka Gakkai Mentors Hall in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, on November 21st, 2010. This award marked the SGI leader and Soka Schools founder’s milestone 300th academic honour. In Japan to bestow the award and sign an academic exchange agreement with Soka University was a delegation from the American university, including Chancellor J. Keith Motley, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Winston E. Langley and Associate Provost and Director of international and transnational Affairs Eunsook Hyun. From the November 22nd, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 1st, 2010
It is vital that we set clear goals and chant daimoku concretely towards such targets. The determination that each one of us makes, in a single moment, creates for boundless results. For the sake of victory, let's all be united in our hearts!
Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda
Money serves various purposes according to our needs. The same is true of the
Lotus Sutra. It is a lantern in the dark or a boat at a crossing. At times it is
water and, at times, fire. This being so, that Lotus Sutra assures us of "peace
and security in our present existence and good circumstances in future
existences."
(WND, 452)
The Swords of Good and Evil
Written to Hojo Yagenta on February 21, 1274
Lotus Sutra. It is a lantern in the dark or a boat at a crossing. At times it is
water and, at times, fire. This being so, that Lotus Sutra assures us of "peace
and security in our present existence and good circumstances in future
existences."
(WND, 452)
The Swords of Good and Evil
Written to Hojo Yagenta on February 21, 1274
If you practice faith yet have an attitude of complaint, you will destroy your
good fortune in direct proportion. Those who are full of complaint are not
respected by others. From both Buddhist and secular perspectives, their behavior
does not befit a wise or worthy person.
Daisaku Ikeda
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
good fortune in direct proportion. Those who are full of complaint are not
respected by others. From both Buddhist and secular perspectives, their behavior
does not befit a wise or worthy person.
Daisaku Ikeda
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
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