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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

Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13h – January 19, 2019
 
Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13h – January 19, 2019
I’ve brought up pain and I would like to diverge slightly away from Chih-I for a moment.  Over the past several years doctors and nurses have been asking people to rate their pain on a scale, usually 1-10.  Some people are not quite sure about how they are supposed to rate pain, it hurts and…
35 Day Practice Day 31
 
35 Day Practice Day 31
35 Day Practice Day 31 Read Lotus Sutra M p. 308 beginning of Chapter XXIV “Thereupon Sakyamuni Buddha faced east…(continue to p. 309)…Do not consider that that world is inferior to our!” R p. 363 beginning of Chapter XXIV “At that time Shakyamuni Buddha entered…(continue to p. 364)…it bodhisattvas, or the land there.” Wonderful-Voice Bodhisattva…
Twisted-Up Worn-Down – Part III – Nyoze Riki – August 7, 2018
 
Twisted-Up Worn-Down – Part III – Nyoze Riki – August 7, 2018
The guys in the station took us to a lodge, which had not opened for the season yet, woke up the keeper who then prepared a room and bed for us and hot chocolate.  The guys at the gas station assured us they would go pick up the car and we could come back in…

Using the blob caused by falling asleep while #doo…

Ryusho 龍昇 March 3, 2016 March 3, 2016

Using the blob caused by falling asleep while #doodle with #fountainpen #ink https://t.co/3W16NHTEFN

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““We don’t know, do we,” said the Hatter. “Until w…

Ryusho 龍昇 March 2, 2016 March 2, 2016

““We don’t know, do we,” said the Hatter. “Until we’re done, we don’t know when the middle might be. We may be ju… amzn.to/1UAntF0

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This got a chuckle out of me: How to pronounce Lam…

Ryusho 龍昇 March 2, 2016 March 2, 2016

This got a chuckle out of me: How to pronounce Lamy blog.gouletpens.com/2011/03/how-to… well of course it’s pronounced that way. @GouletPens

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Ryusho 龍昇 March 2, 2016 March 2, 2016

Exploring Indonesian Leather Craft With Voyej Leather carry items carryology.com/bags/exploring…

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