Happenings around Myosho-ji, Wonderful Voice Buddhist Temple
Talk at Johnson C. Smith January 20, 2010 Nichiren Shonin the founder of Nichiren Buddhism was a 13th Century Buddhist reform priest who taught that the way to Enlightenment was through the single practice of the Lotus Sutra. He crystallized this practice as the recitation of the Sacred Title or Odaimoku Namu Myoho Renge Kyo. He believed that if all people adhered to the principles as taught in the Lotus Sutra that we could all…
Good Afternoon. Thank you all for coming today. I would like to thank the following: Rev. Faulconer Rev. Ryuei McCormick (from San Jose to be an official witness) Visiting Ministers Shami Ryunen Sorenson Haru – flowers Members and Friends of Nichiren Buddhist Temple Hoto-ji My Friends and classmates at PSU Karen Shawcross My parents Today I hope you will bear with me for a brief while longer, it has been a long ceremony for you…
Time – Dharma Talk – May 10, 2009 Today I would like to talk a little about time. In two weeks I’ll be giving a lecture on Nichiren’s Major Writing – Senji Sho which in English is abbreviated as On Selection of Time. In this writing Nichiren lays out the argument that this time in which we live, this time called the Age of Degeneration of the True Law, the time in which the efficacy…
At the present time we are inundated by news coverage of the newly begun primary season for the election of the next president of the United States. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending upon your personal preferences, we will be faced with this coverage for the next ten and one half months until the process concludes in November. One thing constantly mentioned in all of this coverage is talk of winners and losers. It is of course…
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