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Nichiren Shu

FINAL POST – Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13o – January 29, 2019

Number eight in Cessation is Graded Stages of Attainment and here is another one which Chih-I specifically mentions being in bed or at your pillow.  He urges the patient suffering from disease and illness to contemplate on your dis-ease, and your illness.  By doing this gradually the true principle of the cause and result of your dis-ease.  He compares to the beautiful lapis lazuli which is deep under the water.  You can see it, this…

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Name of Buddha – Part 6 – January 29, 2019

南無 These are the first two characters on the Omandala Gohonzon, NaMu.  This combination of characters has no inherent meaning.  It is not intended to have a meaning, rather it stands for a sound or combination of sounds.  This is similar to onomatopoeia, words representing sounds.  Examples of this are brrrrr, or cuckoo, or sizzle.  Namu represent the sound that the Japanese hear in the word Namaste.  The Japanese tend to shorten many words to…

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Contemplando la Enfermedad – Parte 5a – Confortando a los enfermos – 29 de agosto del 2018

En este punto, me gustaría desviarme un poco de Chih-I y mirar a Vimalakirti. Anteriormente mencioné que la enfermedad de la que estamos hablando no cubre a los que toman los Budas o los Bodhisattvas con el propósito de dar instrucción, como la enfermedad de Vimalakirti. Sin embargo, en el Sutra Vimalakirti podemos aprender lecciones importantes, como las que se encuentran en el intercambio entre Manjusuri y Vimalakirti sobre cómo alentar a un bodhisattva que…

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Name of Buddha – Part 5 – January 28, 2019

Now we have two ways of reading the Lotus Sutra, and additional way of entering into the Lotus Sutra.  The two ways of reading are comprehension of individual words leading to a literal understating of the Lotus Sutra.  We have a doctrinal reading which describes and understands the teachings and concepts of the Lotus Sutra.  As I have tried to show we now have a mystical transcendental way of reading or more correctly entering into…

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