Nichiren Shu
Frequently I am asked about Sangha building. I have given a few Dharma talks on this subject and have mentioned this in some of my daily meditations. Sangha building is nothing more than building a community, something we engage in many ways every day. Our whole lives actually revolve around community building on many different levels. I am reading an interesting book written on the subject of dealing with people we may label ‘difficult’. The…
Below is a little video I put together on October 13, 2014 from photos and videos. These video tour begins with images from my Docho ceremony. When a person begins the process of becoming a priest the first step is Tokudo. The Tokudo is where a novice shaves their head and takes up the robes as well as abandons family and the life of a lay practitioner. While the Tokudo is important it isn’t until…
“All beings, however, make delusory distinctions weighing whether somethings is this or that; whether it is a gain or a loss. Bad thoughts come to them, producing a variety of evil actions. They transmigrate within the six states undergoing all kind of suffering and harm, from which they cannot escape during innumerable billions of eons. Seeing this clearly, bodhisattva great ones cultivate sympathy and show great kindness and compassion in the desire to extricate others…
“They are truly good friends of living beings, an excellent field of blessings for the living. without having to be asked, they teach living beings. They are a place of tranquil happiness for living beings, a place of salvation, a place of protection, and a place of great reliance. For the sake of living beings everywhere they become excellent leaders and teachers, great leaders and teachers. They become eyes for the blind, and ears, noses,…
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