Sunday, March 24, 2024

The Hoon Jo, On Recompensing Indebtedness translated by Taikyo Yajima and several other Japanese scholars and scholar priests. Part 1

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After 25 years while doing spring cleaning, the Hoon Jo fell to the floor along with the Senji Sho (The Selection of the time), the Mahayana...
Saturday, March 16, 2024

Some thoughts on Nichiren's Lotus Sutra teachings of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

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The great irony of the Soka philosophy is that those who promote it, the supposed avatars of Beauty, Goodness, and Gain, are ugly and bad an...

A passage from Chapter 15 of the Lotus Sutra

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"Ajita! Know thou! All these Bodhisattvas, From numberless kalpas, Have studied the Buddha-wisdom. All of them are my converts, Whom I ...

Same or another half crazed anonymous commentor.

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Your friend, he not only went out on his wives several times and blamed them for the troubles, he took H, tried to get his drummer's son...

Who the heck is this half crazy anonymous person who I may have known 30 years ago? I don't know an Edwin except my long deceased father. Haven't spoken to Fred for 25+ years. Of course, many people dislike me. I tell the truth. Romero also tells the truth about this Buddhism.

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Update

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Finished my home hemodialysis course last week. Three week accelerated course. So fortunate to have the best nurse in the world, Nancy Rogow...
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Monday, January 29, 2024

The Japanese Messiah

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  The Song M y  Mentor and I Eagle Peak Blog: The Japanese Messiah (markrogow.blogspot.com)
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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Nichiren view of fame and profit differs from the Soka Gakkai's (Ikeda Shu or teachings)

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Nichiren teaches,  "Leave such matters [worldly fame and profit] to the karma formed in your previous existences." -- Questions an...
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Correcting wrong thought is the compassionate practice for this muddled age

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  Compassion and correcting wrong thought Someone on the Independent Sangha wrote: "This is a point that is not only in Nichiren Buddhi...

"Real estate professional", "Grammy award winner"", "honorary doctorate", "YMD Territory Leader", "High Priest", "blah, blah, blah"

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Neither Shakyamuni Buddha nor Nichiren Daishonin would be impressed, so why should you? "Devadatta, however, did not command such respe...

Where did we first hear the Daimoku and from whom?

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We first heard the Daimoku at a time before Goh y aku Jintengo (the remotest past) from Lord Shakamuni Buddha of the Juryo Chapter of the Lo...

The Nichiren school has devolved into a hate filled battle among devils yet they criticize me for pointing this out?

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Katie, apparently hasn't heard Soka Spirit, Kenshokai, and the Nichiren High Priest accuse the Nichiren Shoshu and the Soka Gakkai, resp...
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Sunday, January 14, 2024

Nichiren explains how the few (we) can be superior to the many (SGI)

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"The sage said: “How foolish you are! Your attachment to this belief that one should abandon the few in favor of the many towers higher...
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Some writings of Nichiren on debate, especially regarding the True Word Teachings and SGI's adoption of the True Word principle of Yuiga (Guru) Yoga and their reliance on the person rather than the Law.

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Condolences on  Deceased Husband "Thus in the reign of a worthy ruler, if there is a sincere desire to strengthen the Buddhist teaching...

Two translated passages with commentary

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"In suffering, awake to the nature of suffering; in joy rejoice. Realizing both suffering and joy as they really are [tathata], chant t...
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Nichiren regarding the Japanese people with comment

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  Question:  Among living beings there are two types of persons, evil persons and good persons. And among the various realms into which one ...
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