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Chapter IV – Part 2 – Treasury of the Buddha Law

The translucent layers in both of the art pieces are representative of the multiple layers, the various ways of being in our lives. In each case nothing is completely covered over, nothing is eliminated and especially in the last piece every layer is required in order to form the whole. ...

Chapter IV – Part 1 – Never Had Before

Chapter IV is written from the voice of the Pratyekabuddhas, the elders of the Sangha. This group of people and the World, in the Ten Worlds, it represents is sometime called the self-enlightened or the contemplatives. In both of my art pieces for this chapter I used translucent layers in...

Chapter III: Part 3 – Rejoice

Chapter III provides me with many different inspirational passages which have defined my practice of the Lotus Sutra and how I have tried to encourage others. I am using page 81 from the Murano 3rd edition translation of the Lotus Sutra. You may have by now noticed a trend or...

Chapter III: Part 2 – Peaceful as the Sea

In this passage we have Shariputra telling the Buddha about how confused he was, about how perplexed, and even afraid. He had begun to suspect that Mara was impersonating his beloved teacher, his doubt had become so great. As a teacher I have had people react to me in similar...

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Slow Movement – April 5, 2012 Meditation

Slow Movement There is a growing trend lately that is variedly called the ‘slow movement’. I have heard it applied to many things, probably most notably to eating and reading. The idea being that a person is supposed to do the task with deliberate slowness, which is supposed to set up a more ideal condition…

Skateboarding – June 21, 2012 Meditation

Skateboarding Go Skateboarding Day Today is Go Skateboarding Day! I’ll confess I have only been on a skateboard, the modern version that is, only once in my life. For those as old as I am the idea of riding on a skateboard conjures up two radically different images. Skateboarding when I was a kid amounted…

Worth It – June 20, 2012 Meditation

Worth It Sometimes life can seem either excruciatingly difficult, maybe even impossible. Other times it may feel so boring, plain, maybe even excruciatingly boring. Of course it isn’t always one or the other, but as we labor through our days we may have a sense that things never change, or if they do it isn’t…

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Chapter IV – Part 2 – Treasury of the Buddha Law

Chapter IV – Part 1 – Never Had Before

Chapter III: Part 3 – Rejoice

Chapter III: Part 2 – Peaceful as the Sea