“The triple world is not peaceful. It is like the burning house. It is full of sufferings. It is dreadful. There are always the sufferings Of birth, old age, disease and death. They are like flames Raging endlessly.” Lotus Sutra, Chapter III Traditionally there are four things given as sufferings of life. The four are variously given as birth, old age, disease or sickness, and finally death. Today, and for the following three Tuesdays, I…
Hello from Paris, France. Today I am giving my Dharma talk to a group of Nichiren believers in town outside Paris. I want to thank the people I have met here for being such wonderful hosts. I also want to thank Isabelle for receiving us in her home. Tomorrow I will have the wonderful opportunity to visit the great cathedral in Chartres, France. In preparation for my visit to this historic and religious place I…
French and Italian translation appears after the English Good evening to you all, thank you for joining together tonight to chant the Lotus Sutra and the Sacred Title, the Odaimoku of Namu Myoho Renge Kyo. I feel so fortunate to be among you all tonight. Though we do not speak each other’s language we could transcend that difference as we recited the Expedient Means and Life Span Chapters together in the Shindoku. Tonight gathered here…
Finally we come to the fourth peaceful practice, which is vow peaceful practice. The whole of Chapter XIV has been devoted to the four peaceful practices and this chapter comes right on the heels of the Buddha asking the assembled congregation for volunteers to spread the Lotus Sutra in this Saha World after his death. We could think of this chapter as an instruction by the Buddha on how to practice in the Saha world…
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