Happenings around Myosho-ji, Wonderful Voice Buddhist Temple
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…
Storms Emotions come on like big storms. They rage in us sometimes as fiercely as a hurricane. Sometimes we can get so hurt, or so mad, or so despairing that it may not be possible to see anything else. Storms may rage, but they eventually pass, and so too will our emotions. Emotions come and then they go, they are what they are but they are not unchanging. We can be and in fact are…
Understanding Is The Ground For Compassion One of the basic teachings I offer when there are new folks attending the temple is the teaching of the Ten Wolds. I use this teaching to show how logical Buddhism is and how much sense it makes in helping us understand ourselves and the way we live. As I offer this teaching I point out how this is not just some theory, nor is its sole purpose to…
Every Moment Every moment of your life is a moment to practice Buddhism. It is easy to understand that the time we spend at our altar, the time we spend chanting, or the time we spend reciting the sutra are times of practice. That is easy. What is more difficult and the place where true Buddhism exists is the moments between those sacred practice moments. It is easy to be a Buddhist when we sit,…
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