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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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Impermanence: A Trip to a Junk Store  – May 25, 2017
 
Impermanence: A Trip to a Junk Store – May 25, 2017
  I recently stumbled upon a junk store.  I call it a junk store because unlike an antique store or a thrift store there is no attempt in this store to be organized, to highlight or even consider anything precious.  Items are piled upon each other without regard to logic or organization.  In fact the…
Survey Says… – April 15, 2012 Meditation
 
Survey Says… – April 15, 2012 Meditation
Survey Says Researchers have shown that by noticing things you are grateful for increases your happiness. In a study done (Emmons, R. A., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2003. 84(2), 377-389) it was shown…

Ryusho 龍昇 December 30, 2008 December 30, 2008

1AM just took the puppy outside to water the grass. Waiting for sleep to overtake me. Turned very cold outside.

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Ryusho 龍昇 December 29, 2008 December 29, 2008

http://ping.fm/Ej7Z0 Check out these cool Japanese food erasers Iwako Food Erasers

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Ryusho 龍昇 December 29, 2008 December 29, 2008

Hey this is cool. Updates twitter, Facebook and my wordpress blog all at once. Technology-will the wonders never cease

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Ryusho 龍昇 December 29, 2008 December 29, 2008

just signed up to ping.fm we will see how this goes – may be good may be bad but at any rate it will be a learning experience Not that anyone really cares perhaps this is all pointless but now my blog will be updated automatically.

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