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Faith and Belief – June 7, 2012 Meditation
Today is the last day of my little break. Beginning tomorrow there will be fresh daily meditations. Meanwhile I hope you enjoy this Dharma talk from August 2010. Faith and Belief “Just as a torch dispels darkness, this Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Dharma saves all living beings from all sufferings, from…
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…
Efectos – Nyoze Ka – Parte I – 13 de agosto del 2018
The following is a Spanish translation done by Gonzalo Pena of a blog post Effects – Nyoze Ka Part I Un desafío cuando uno estudia el budismo es no seguir el camino humano normal de analizar todo como teorías independientes. Si bien para poder explicar las diversas teorías que encontramos en el budismo es necesario…
On the ground
Cinabon
What are we doing?
Tonight I was chatting with a young man at a gas station convenience store. It turns out that he works there from 5PM – 11PM then goes home for a short while before heading to his next job working at FedEx from 3AM – 8AM. I know he is not that unusual, in the amount of effort he has to put into piecing together several jobs in order to create a “full-time job”. Probably,…
Getting Stsrted
Tonight I created a blog using WordPress. The main reason for doing so was because of compatability with the iPhone. I had resurected my blog on my .me account hosted through Mac, but there is no way to make entries using an iPhone, which is how this entry is being made.