Category: focus

NVC Dharma Talk – Feelings – October 21, 2018 (Includes a Spanish Feelings Word List)

Today the Dharma talk focuses on Feelings, the second part of the four part formula used in Nonviolent Communication, NVC.   Due to a connectivity issue the transmission was interrupted about 13 minutes into the Dharma talk.  Because of this the video is broken into two parts, well mostly it’s because I lack the technical expertise to splice them together into one whole video.  On this page you will also find several feeling words lists, even…

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Practice The Dharma As If It Were An Ice Cream Cone – October 2, 1018

Have you ever noticed that when you really like something, when you really enjoy something it is easy to do that thing? I couldn’t locate any ice cream photos so I used a donut, I like them too. Last night I was on my way home from visiting a member of the temple, I hadn’t eaten yet and it was late at night.  I was hungry and it completely escaped me that I had in…

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Namu Myoho Renge Kyo or Nam Myoho Renge Kyo? – October 1, 2018

Namu Myoho Renge Kyo or Nam Myoho Renge Kyo? (repost of blog from July 13, 2011 – original post appears here) An ongoing topic of discussion in Nichiren denominations is which is the correct way to chant; is it Nam or Namu that precedes Myoho Renge Kyo? Various folks have their various ideas backed up with various reasons. My reflection here will provide my belief and the bases for that belief. I think the discussion…

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100 Days Chanting Meditation – Part 1

A few days ago Sensei Kanjin Cederman offered this challenge to us and our practice for the last remaining 100 days of the year.  I would like to offer as a companion to this an accompanying meditation to engage in as we make our way out of 2018 and into 2019. If you’ve read my book on The Magic City you will know that I am fond of and engage in a couple of mystical…

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