Category: Pastoral Care

Contemplating Disease – Ten Characteristics – Part 12e – December 28, 2018

Under the section which talks about Means Chih-I advises that you should skillfully employ healing methods as appropriate.  I take this to include the use of doctors and medicines which may be prescribed to you for your treatment and care.  Here I am going to reveal my prejudice to the use of Western medicine.   What informs my preference towards Western medicine would be a fair question to ask.  Mainly it boils down to the…

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Contemplating Disease – Part 12d – Ten Characteristics – December 26, 2018

Fourth of the Ten Characteristics is Constancy.  By this Chih-I means that the methods we employ for living in disease should all be consistent.  Every thought, every effort, every should be focused upon our belief and actions in living in disease.  It would be counter productive for us as believers in the Lotus Sutra and Buddhism to then employ thoughts and beliefs that contradict what we say is our core belief.  As Nichiren points out…

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NVC Dharma Talk – Connections and D-Day Results – November 11, 2018

Today we review experiences from our D-Day during the week.  Also we shared our results focusing on our word of the week, Communication.  For next week the word of the week is Connection.  Again as we did last week I hope you will set aside one day to be your D-Day.  Here’s the recording from the meeting.  I notice the video quality is rather poor, don’t know what’s up with that. Subscribe to my blog…

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NonViolent Communication Dharma Talk – November 4, 2018

Today’s Dharma talk was an introduction of some homework and exercises for the week.  I hope you will take a listen and learn about setting aside one day this week for your D-Day.  Also I have given everyone a word of the week as well as the two aspects of the four part formula of NVC.  It’s a relatively short talk today so spend a few minutes giving it a listen. Subscribe to my blog…

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