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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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Friends – May 19, 2012 Meditation

Friends “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” (Henry Ford) Yesterday I wrote about goals, setting them and laying out a strategy for achieving them, even if slowly. In yesterday’s piece I mentioned having a friend help you work out how to achieve your goal. I wonder how many…

Balance – July 24, 2018

Every day for as long as we live if we are lucky we engage in various activities. Eating, sleeping, personal hygiene, are a few of the basics which occupy our time and attention. Depending upon our age we these basics will be performed differently and will probably look different. If we are old such as…

Stick To It – August 18, 2012 Meditation

Stick To It “Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.” (Josh Billings pen name of Henry Wheeler Shaw 1818 – 1885) Sometimes I think the most useful thing I can do as a priest, as a teacher, is to merely encourage a person…

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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