Category: concentration

Day 1 – Fugen/Universal Sage Bodhisattva Retreat – Practice – July 1, 2019

“Moreover, knowing well the abilities, natures, and desires of all with incantations and unobstructed eloquence, the obediently and skillfully turn the Dharma Wheel of the Buddhas. First, they have small drops of moisture fall to dampen the dust of desire, and by opening the gateway of nirvana, fanning the wind of liberation, and ridding themselves of the heat of worldly passions, they bring about the cooling quality of the Dharma.” The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings.…

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21-Day Fugen/Universal Sage Bodhisattva Retreat – Practice – June 30, 2019

Several days ago John Hughes, a member of the Sacramento temple and frequent participant in Myosho-ji Sangha activities shared with me a personal, private retreat he was planning on doing beginning July 1st. I really liked his idea and I began thinking about how I would like to follow his example. (You can find John’s blog at https://www.500yojanas.org/). The idea is based upon this passage from Chapter XXVIII, Universal-Sage Bodhisattva, Lotus Sutra. “World-Honored One! The…

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Pebble – Dharma Talk – June 20, 2019

Good morning (13 March 2011 Sunday Morning Service).  Thank you all for coming to the temple today and thank you to all the folks who have joined us online as well.  Today we gathered together as a Sangha and celebrated the day praising the Lotus Sutra by reciting passages and chanting the Odaimoku, the sacred title.  As it says in the sutra we have partaken of the medicine, which is good in flavor and color…

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Namu And You – Devotion – Part 2 – June 20, 2019

In Nichiren Shu our main practice is chanting the Sacred Title of the Lotus Sutra, the Odaimoku of Namu Myoho Renge Kyo.  In addition we recite portions of Chapter II and Chapter XVI the two most important chapters in the Lotus Sutra.  These two chapters are the heart of the sutra.  When we chant the Odaimoku it is as if we are reciting the entire Lotus Sutra, which is contained in the title Myoho Renge…

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