Category: Buddhism

Montgomery, AL Visit to Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice – January 24-26, 2019

In January of 2019, 24-26, I visited Montgomery, AL to go see the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The Legacy Museum documents in pictures, video, and newsprint the history of the slave trade, the plight of slaves in the US, the freeing of slaves, and then the oppressions African-Americans suffered through the Carpetbagger era, the Jim Crow era, the Civil Rights era, on through the continue modern enslavement of Blacks…

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FINAL POST – Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13o – January 29, 2019

Number eight in Cessation is Graded Stages of Attainment and here is another one which Chih-I specifically mentions being in bed or at your pillow.  He urges the patient suffering from disease and illness to contemplate on your dis-ease, and your illness.  By doing this gradually the true principle of the cause and result of your dis-ease.  He compares to the beautiful lapis lazuli which is deep under the water.  You can see it, this…

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Name of Buddha – Part 6 – January 29, 2019

南無 These are the first two characters on the Omandala Gohonzon, NaMu.  This combination of characters has no inherent meaning.  It is not intended to have a meaning, rather it stands for a sound or combination of sounds.  This is similar to onomatopoeia, words representing sounds.  Examples of this are brrrrr, or cuckoo, or sizzle.  Namu represent the sound that the Japanese hear in the word Namaste.  The Japanese tend to shorten many words to…

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Contemplando la enfermedad – Parte 5b – Consolar a los enfermos – 2 de septiembre del 2018

No solo los familiares y amigos no saben cómo interactuar con el paciente. He presenciado a muchos médicos que, si bien son buenos en la práctica y en la administración de medicamentos, son muy inadecuados para encontrar el equilibrio entre la honestidad y la compasión. Lo diré al observar las interacciones de muchos médicos con pacientes, la mayoría de los médicos no saben cómo dar malas noticias. Parte de esto proviene de la sensación de…

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