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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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35 Day Practice Day 11

35 Day Practice Day 11 Read Lotus Sutra M p. 129 “In order to save all living beings….(continue to p. 130)….The Most Honorable One.” M p. 140 “Then he expounded the teaching…..(read entire paragraph)…..suffering and lamentation are eliminated.” R p. 182 “In order to liberate living beings,….(read to p. 183)….To one of unexcelled honor.” R…

Now. Here. This. – March 3, 2013 Meditation

Now. Here. This. This is the title of an Off Broadway production. I have not seen the production and really know nothing of what it is about. I was however fascinated by the title. If spoken and not read it would be easy to assume that the word here in it is the word hear,…

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Chapter IV – Part 2 – Treasury of the Buddha Law

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35 Day Practice Day 11

Now. Here. This. – March 3, 2013 Meditation

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