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The Story of the Lotus Sutra of Your Life If a Phrase of the Sutra Fills Your Heart… – May 5, 2017 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

The Story of the Lotus Sutra of Your Life

(I apologize in advance for this long post. I belive the content could not be broken up into multiple posts.) What follows is the beginning of a new study program that will take at least two years to complete. The framework will be the examination of one chapter of the...
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If a Phrase of the Sutra Fills Your Heart… – May 5, 2017

  “If a phrase of the sutra fills your heart it will be an aid to reaching the other Shore.  By deeply reflecting on and mastering the Dharma it will become a great vessel for crossing over.  Being able to see and hear the Dharma follows upon its joyful reception,...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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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Archived Posts

Contemplando la Enfermedad – Parte 9 – El poder de los nombres – 23 de septiembre de 2018
 
Contemplando la Enfermedad – Parte 9 – El poder de los nombres – 23 de septiembre de 2018
En mi tiempo libre leo mucha literatura de ciencia ficción, fantasía, ficción general y adultos jóvenes. Si alguien ha leído algo relacionado con la magia, la brujería, la hechicería y la tradición, una cosa que es una constante es el poder de un nombre. De hecho, los magos, brujas y hechiceros protegen su verdadero nombre…
Who’s Your Superior Practices – August 27, 2012 Meditation
 
Who’s Your Superior Practices – August 27, 2012 Meditation
Who’s Your Superior Practices Anniversary of Matsubagayatsu Persecution – 1260 On August 27, 1260 while Nichiren was living in Kamakura he suffered at the hands of an angry mob of Pure Land believers, which had been incited to attack Nichiren. Prior to their arrival at his residence in Matsubagayatsu he was alerted to their approach…
Guide – May 15, 2012 Meditation
 
Guide – May 15, 2012 Meditation
Guide Myoken Bodhisattva Day The Bodhisattva Myoken is related to the North Star, the pole star for the northern hemisphere. The pole star, in this case the north star is called such because its appearance in the sky in the northern hemisphere aligns with the northern pole and does not deviate by our normal viewing,…

RT @camphalfblood: 10 weeks @ #1 for #magnuschase….

Ryusho 龍昇 December 21, 2015 December 21, 2015

RT @camphalfblood: 10 weeks @ #1 for #magnuschase. My editor gave me Hearth’s scarf & donated to a homeless shelter for my Xmas gift!❤️ https://t.co/2PK96WuisY

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Ryusho 龍昇 December 21, 2015 December 21, 2015

RT @mattgemmell: On the one morning each year when our living room door led to another place. mattgemmell.com/elsewhere/

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Almost home, plane landed in Charlotte. Pick up po…

Ryusho 龍昇 December 17, 2015 December 17, 2015

Almost home, plane landed in Charlotte. Pick up pooch later in the morning.

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Service and support animals – real life savers who…

Ryusho 龍昇 December 16, 2015 December 16, 2015

Service and support animals – real life savers who also make life easier and possible

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