Disease is a fact of existence. Chih-I considered disease to be of two types. One is real and the other is tentative. We must not be misled by the use of tentative however as being something that only is of short duration or that will simply go a way. Another way of considering tentative is they are diseases of instruction. A disease of instruction or tentative would be like the illness of Vimalakirti the famous…
(sign up form in French) Enregistrement à la Retraite parisienne Date : le 8 décembre 2018 – 12h – 20h Lieu : Hôtel Magenta 38, Boulevard Magenta Paris 10e arrondissement [Métro : Jacques Bonsergent] France Adresse de contact : [email protected] La première retraite du “Dharma” dédiée à la commémoration de l’Eveil du Bouddha et sponsorisée par la Nichiren Shu se tiendra à Paris le samedi 8 décembre. Le nombre de places étant limité à 25,…
Having a perfect day, nothing going wrong, and nothing foreseeable to go wrong, you joyfully live your life. Bam, all of a sudden something happens and everything changes. In a heartbeat or the blink of an eye your life is turned upside down and inside out or worse. You have now been hit by an environmental cause, that is something that arises outside of your direct action. This could be a rain shower, car accident,…
(Contemplating Disease will be the working title I will use for posts relating to my next book dealing with Disease, our Buddhist practice, and the Lotus Sutra.) For the majority of my life I have in one way or another engaged in the caring for people suffering from various diseases and illnesses. First, as many of you know by now, taking care of boys dying from AIDS. In fact most of the years were…
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