How Long Should I Chant – February 16, 2012 Meditation Nichiren born 1222 in Kominato Japan Frequently I am asked how long should I chant? Sometimes this question is asked by folks who may have previously been told that they should chant an hour or more a day, or some other fixed goal to achieve. Consider this: you can scrub a floor as a free person or as a slave. It is fundamentally up to…
Parinirvana – February 15, 2012 Meditation On this day we commemorate the Parinirvana of the Buddha, his final extinction. The actual date of the death of the Buddha is not known and different traditions and countries commemorate this event on different days and with different ceremonies. Though there are differences of custom it isn’t a distinction of which is right or wrong or better, they are just differences. “The time of my extinction is coming.…
Opposing Ideas – February 14, 2012 Meditation Today is Valentines Day, the day on which Saint Valentine died. The year of the death is in some dispute with some saying 269, 270, or 273 CE. On this day in the United States, at least, it is traditionally a day devoted to expressing affection to our loved ones. It is interesting that on this same dy years later over 2000 Jews were burned to death or…
Fourteen – January 14, 2012 Meditation “I have reigned more than fifty years in victory and peace,” the great caliph Abdul Rahim once remarked. “During this time I have been beloved by my people, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure have all been at my beck and call, nor has any earthly pleasure been missing to complete my sense of perfect bliss. In this situation I…
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