Utilization is up next. While it is important to have faith, to have good medicine, to have good doctors, and to have a good treatment plan none of them have any value in themselves unless we put them to use. Faith without practice is a three legged stool missing a leg, and will eventually sooner over later will certainly topple over. The three pillars of our Buddhist practice is faith, practice, and study. It does…
In the previous section I gave a quote from Chih-I in which he talks about a free method of managing illness, one that doesn’t take much time, which can be done without any side effects, and may be taken with out limit. He laments that in spite of all the benefits of this offering people refuse to partake. In the Lotus Sutra in the parable of the Gem in the Robe we learn that the…
“The medicine of this secular world may cost a fortune and take time to prepare. Also they may be bitter. Also, they may come with prohibitions, but those who rely on them for their lives continue to take them until they die. But now I present a method that does not cost a cent, does not waste even a half-a-day effort, is not bitter to the taste, and can be eaten and drunk as you…
In 1971 I was at that time stationed at the Marine Corps base Kaneohe, Hawaii. In that year I had a significant pain and swelling in my knees. It was so bad I could hardly walk at all. I went to the sick bay and they sent me to Trippler Army Hospital on the other side of the island. It was determined after many doctor visits and consultations that I was suffering from significant scar…
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