Walk In Peace – May 1, 2012 Meditation

Walk In Peace May Day May Day is a very old celebration dating back to pagan times and perhaps even further. In the older reckoning of year cycles May first was the beginning of summer and what we now call the summer equinox was midsummer. One of the many traditional ways to observe this year cycle event was with bouquets of flowers, even flower baskets left anonymously on neighbor porches. In some places even the…

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Treasure – April 30, 2012 Meditation

Treasure In our modern age there is always some new and neat thing coming out that we feel compelled to own. It is easy to become distracted from the most valuable thing in our life. That thing is your life. There may be times when you are unhappy with your existence, or you may feel useless or like there is no hope. Yet you, your very existence is actually quite a remarkable phenomena. You are…

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Just One More Thing – April 29, 2012 Meditation

Just One More Thing We all know, or at least we are all aware that this moment is the only moment that exists. This moment is also the moment in which happiness exists as well. These are not easy concepts to embrace completely. Really, how hard is it to be in just this single moment? I would say pretty darn hard. One place to begin is with right now. Whatever you are doing at this…

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Value To The World – April 28, 2012 Meditation

Value To The World Founding Day – Nichiren Proclaims the Superiority of Lotus Sutra On April 28, 1253 Nichiren proclaimed that the most efficacious way to practice Buddhism in this time period was the single adherence to the teachings contained in the Lotus Sutra. Further he advocated that the simplest and most effective way to carry this out was through the chanting of the sacred title of the Lotus Sutra, known as Odaimoku, Namu Myoho…

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