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Self Verses No-Self – Nyoze Ka – Part II – 19 August 2018
When I was in my final training to be a chaplain one of the supervisors of our unit would occasionally make a point of showing his ignorance of Buddhism by miss-quoting and miss-interpreting a common cliche expression of no-self. He would say things like “I thought you were supposed to be no-self” or such. Which…
Immovable – August 27, 2012 Meditation
Immovable Fudo Myo Day Fudo is one of two esoteric deities appearing in the mandala in Nichiren Buddhism either represented in calligraphic form or in statue. Nothing has been uncovered by Nichiren that would explain definitively why Fudo and Aizen appear when they are not specifically mentioned in the Lotus Sutra. There is some speculation,…
Contemplating Disease – Part 6b – Medicine King Bodhisattva – September 14, 2018
Returning again to Medicine King Bodhisattva chapter where the Buddha says: “Star-King-Flower! Anyone who aspires for, and, wishes to attain Anuttara-Samyak-Sambodhi, should offer a light to the stupa of the Buddha by burning a finger or a toe.” As I consider this I kept wondering about how it would be possible to burn oneself without…
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RT @rabbijonathan: Egalitarianism and non-orthodox…
RT @rabbijonathan: Egalitarianism and non-orthodox Judaism’s recognized in Israel and at the Kotel:
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@rabbijonathan too much traffic to link, I’ll look later, it sounds good so I’m wearing celebration energy & hat https://t.co/UuwscvVBhP
