Answers to questions frequently asked at the temple.
The phrase nyoze honmatsu ku kyo to translates to their equality as such despite these differences. In other words, all of our being, the physical and the non-physical aspects, all are affected by one another. When one area of our self is out of whack then so too will be the other aspects. While we may not at first perceive the manifestation in things such as our appearance, nature, or entity we certainly can notice…
Doubt and religious belief often seem to be in conflict. Many people have acquired a belief that one can not be of firm faith if one doubts, or if there are doubts then one’s religious beliefs are at risk. I propose that these beliefs are not merely false they are harmful. The absence of doubt should be a flag that alerts us to a stagnate faith, or even a weak faith. Consider science for only…
We begin this chapter by introducing Endless-Intent Bodhisattva as the person asking a question of the Buddha about the origin of World-Voice-Perceiver’s name. This is a fairly straight forward question and response. It almost is tempting to gloss over and get to all the wonderful and fantastic things which can be resolved by calling out to World-Voice-Perceiver. Yet in so doing we have skipped over the title of the chapter which hopefully you are curious…
Which Translation of the Lotus Sutra Should I Get? Originally posted on Feb 9, 2013 [amazon_link asins=’1492886041′ template=’ProductLink’ store=’ryusho0a-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’33f32531-0552-11e8-8f62-ebd936b15d2d’]Frequently folks ask me which translation of the Lotus Sutra they should get. You would think this would be a fairly easy, straight-forward question to answer, yet it is not, for a variety of reasons. Different people have different reasons for wanting to read the Lotus Sutra. There may also be other factors that may…
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