It is March 2016 as we begin examining the manifestation of the Chapter II, Expedient Means, from the Lotus Sutra. There is so much to explore in this, the longest chapter in the Lotus Sutra. For this chapter and probably for other chapters in the Lotus Sutra I will not be limiting myself, or you, to only the Murano translation. There are good words and good phrases in other translations which sometimes elicit more images…
Submissions by practitioners for “Lotus of Your Life”: I’ll present items shared with me by others on the page linked. In the future this link will appear at the end of the each post. February has almost ended and in the month of March, we will be looking at Chapter II, Expedient Means. While I won’t be posting on Chapter I, Introductory, it doesn’t mean it is finished. In fact, I have several other areas…
For now I am calling this section The Event, I may come up with a better title later on. To write this section presented me with not only the challenge of the name but I’ve also had to tackle the problem of what to suggest to you for your exploration. I knew what questions I was answering for myself, I simply was not sure, or confident about, what they might be for others. In this…
One comment I hear from folks who attempt to read the Lotus Sutra is about the long listing of names at the very beginning. The list extends over two pages. Most of the people have asked what they were supposed to do with such a list. The names are weird, they are long, and frequently they are unpronounceable at least not in one breath or smoothly. Some have either proudly or in desperation laid claim…
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