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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

Namu And You – Devotion – Part 1 – June 18, 2019
 
Namu And You – Devotion – Part 1 – June 18, 2019
Namu is not merely a prefix to Myoho Renge Kyo, the full title to the Lotus Sutra. It is not merely an appending of one word, Namaste, to the other words of the title. Instead, it is a relational marker, which ties us and our invocation of the title to the contents of the Lotus…
35 Day Practice Day 33
 
35 Day Practice Day 33
35 Day Practice Day 33 Read Lotus Sutra M p. 325 from beginning of Chapter Dharanis “Thereupon Medicine-King Bodhisattva rose…(continue on same page to)…Then he uttered spells:” M p. 329 “Excellent, excellent! Your merits…(continue to end of chapter)…obtained the truth of birthlessness.” R p. 381 from beginning of Chapter Incantations “At that time Medicine King…(continue…
NVC Dharma Talk – Feelings – October 21, 2018 (Includes a Spanish Feelings Word List)
 
NVC Dharma Talk – Feelings – October 21, 2018 (Includes a Spanish Feelings Word List)
Today the Dharma talk focuses on Feelings, the second part of the four part formula used in Nonviolent Communication, NVC.   Due to a connectivity issue the transmission was interrupted about 13 minutes into the Dharma talk.  Because of this the video is broken into two parts, well mostly it’s because I lack the technical expertise…

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Ryusho 龍昇 December 16, 2015 December 16, 2015

@tombihn Seattle made, durable, convenient to pack with cubes. My favorite luggage https://t.co/mr6YWYhv9p

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21 died in gunfire here in Paris on 13 November 2015 https://t.co/O4X7LIy0Qm

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Ryusho 龍昇 December 14, 2015 December 14, 2015

beginning “Sister Maddie sat alone in the library, warming her outstretched hands by the fire. She thought about… goodreads.com/quotes/7393896…

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