The Clergy Letter Project

(I am one of the signators of this letter) Article by Michael Zimmerman “From Baptists to Buddhists, Roman Catholics to Rabbis, and from mainline Protestants to Unitarian Universalists the number of clergy stepping up to make it clear that religion and all facets of science need not be in conflict is exploding. Indeed, more than 16,000 clergy members have now joined The Clergy Letter Project, a grass roots organization designed to demonstrate this point. These 16,000…

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Part II – Disease Two Meanings – August 22, 2018

Disease is a fact of existence.  Chih-I considered disease to be of two types.  One is real and the other is tentative.  We must not be misled by the use of tentative however as being something that only is of short duration or that will simply go a way.  Another way of considering tentative is they are diseases of instruction.  A disease of instruction or tentative would be like the illness of Vimalakirti the famous…

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Enregistrement à la Retraite parisienne – Nichiren Shu Paris Retreat

(sign up form in French) Enregistrement à la Retraite parisienne Date : le 8 décembre 2018 – 12h – 20h Lieu : Hôtel Magenta 38, Boulevard Magenta Paris 10e arrondissement [Métro : Jacques Bonsergent] France Adresse de contact : [email protected] La première retraite du “Dharma” dédiée à la commémoration de l’Eveil du Bouddha et sponsorisée par la Nichiren Shu se tiendra à Paris le samedi 8 décembre. Le nombre de places étant limité à 25,…

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Moving Along – Environmental Causes – Nyoze En – August 21, 2018

Having a perfect day, nothing going wrong, and nothing foreseeable to go wrong, you joyfully live your life.  Bam, all of a sudden something happens and everything changes.  In a heartbeat or the blink of an eye your life is turned upside down and inside out or worse.  You have now been hit by an environmental cause, that is something that arises outside of your direct action.  This could be a rain shower, car accident,…

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