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The Story of the Lotus Sutra of Your Life If a Phrase of the Sutra Fills Your Heart… – May 5, 2017 Chapter IV – Part 2 – Treasury of the Buddha Law Chapter IV – Part 1 – Never Had Before Chapter III: Part 3 – Rejoice Chapter III: Part 2 – Peaceful as the Sea

The Story of the Lotus Sutra of Your Life

(I apologize in advance for this long post. I belive the content could not be broken up into multiple posts.) What follows is the beginning of a new study program that will take at least two years to complete. The framework will be the examination of one chapter of the...
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If a Phrase of the Sutra Fills Your Heart… – May 5, 2017

  “If a phrase of the sutra fills your heart it will be an aid to reaching the other Shore.  By deeply reflecting on and mastering the Dharma it will become a great vessel for crossing over.  Being able to see and hear the Dharma follows upon its joyful reception,...
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Chapter IV – Part 2 – Treasury of the Buddha Law

The translucent layers in both of the art pieces are representative of the multiple layers, the various ways of being in our lives.  In each case nothing is completely covered over, nothing is eliminated and especially in the last piece every layer is required in order to form the whole. ...
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Chapter IV – Part 1 – Never Had Before

Chapter IV is written from the voice of the Pratyekabuddhas, the elders of the Sangha.  This group of people and the World, in the Ten Worlds, it represents is sometime called the self-enlightened or the contemplatives.  In both of my art pieces for this chapter I used translucent layers in...
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Chapter III: Part 3 – Rejoice

Chapter III provides me with many different inspirational passages which have defined my practice of the Lotus Sutra and how I have tried to encourage others.  I am using page 81 from the Murano 3rd edition translation of the Lotus Sutra.  You may have by now noticed a trend or...
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Chapter III: Part 2 – Peaceful as the Sea

In this passage  we have Shariputra telling the Buddha about how confused he was, about how perplexed, and even afraid.  He had begun to suspect that Mara was impersonating his beloved teacher, his doubt had become so great.  As a teacher I have had people react to me in similar...
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Archived Posts

Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13m – January 27, 2019
 
Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13m – January 27, 2019
The sixth item in the teaching on Cessation is very fascinating to me because it takes a real experience, pain, illness, disease, dis-ease and looks at it from thirty-seven steps, or angles and Chih-I specifically states that this can be done “while you are at your pillow [suffering from disease].  Understand that suffering is not…
Every Moment – April 25, 2012 Meditation
 
Every Moment – April 25, 2012 Meditation
Every Moment Every moment of your life is a moment to practice Buddhism. It is easy to understand that the time we spend at our altar, the time we spend chanting, or the time we spend reciting the sutra are times of practice. That is easy. What is more difficult and the place where true…
35 Day Practice Day 30
 
35 Day Practice Day 30
35 Day Practice Day 30 Read Lotus Sutra M p. 304 “Star-King-Flower! Just as the sea is larger…(continue to top page 306)…to the copy of this sutra.” R p. 358 “For example, Constellation-King Flower…(continue to 359)…the blessing obtained will also be innumerable.” Medicine King Bodhisattva Just as in days past spend the remainder of your…

? A #maze w/#2016 as the seed – a passage through…

Ryusho 龍昇 January 1, 2016 January 1, 2016

? A #maze w/#2016 as the seed – a passage through, exit but not from where you began #doodle #fountainpen ? https://t.co/95G8eniILa

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#journaling #HappyNewYear journal refill from @Lev…

Ryusho 龍昇 December 31, 2015 December 31, 2015

#journaling #HappyNewYear journal refill from @Levenger https://t.co/RKoEgW1z4J

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Rome Burning Noodler’s Ink (&others) #doodle #…

Ryusho 龍昇 December 31, 2015 December 31, 2015

Rome Burning Noodler’s Ink (&others) #doodle #fountainpen #handwriting #journaling#fieldnotes #NewYearsEve https://t.co/CVeyWvwDnE

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#kugeln a holiday gift, a #confection I’ve never e…

Ryusho 龍昇 December 30, 2015 December 30, 2015

#kugeln a holiday gift, a #confection I’ve never eaten before thank you David. Please. https://t.co/kkp7ArUa5U

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