- June 1, 2009
- Dalai Lama Rejects Buddhism and Hero Worship
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- Buddhism, Life
- Tagged with: benefit, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, enlightenment, Film, God, Gosho, Guardian, Happy, Hero, HOPE, Human, Lotus, lotus sutra, Nichiren, SGI, Shakyamuni, Spanish, Sutra, Times, Vision, Wikipedia, World
The Next Dalai Lama Rejects Buddhism and Hero Worship, that is! Way back in 1986, the next Dalai Lama, a little Spanish boy, was chosen. Apparently, Osel Hita Torres can’t take it, a life deprived of television, movies (save one), football and girls. He’s now a film student in Madrid. He rejects all that his status [...]
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- May 9, 2009
- The Essential Nature of Humanity
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- Buddhism, Life
- Tagged with: behaviour, Buddhism, Court, Daisaku, Daishonin, Essential, Express, faith, Gosho, heart, Human, humanity, Ikeda, Nature, Nichiren, PEACE, SGI, Teach, World
Buddhism is concerned with the essential nature of humanity. Buddhism is not found somewhere else, separate from such beautiful expressions of humanity as appreciation towards one’s mother and courtesy to others. As Nichiren Daishonin teaches in the Gosho, “behaviour as a human being” that perfectly accords with reason is what constitutes the heart of Buddhism. [...]
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- October 29, 2008
- Exerting Oneself Bravely and Vigorously
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- Buddhism
- Tagged with: Brave, Buddha, Buddhist, courage, Daishonin, Encounter, Enjoy, existence, eyes, Gosho, heart, Nichiren, Protect, Soka
This is the Soka Spirit! Words From the Gosho “Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood. Do not have doubts simply because heaven does not lend you protection. Do not be discouraged because you do [...]
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- September 13, 2008
- The 26 Admonitions explained by Richard Causton
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- Buddhism, Freedom
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Introduction I’ve nabbed the content of this from Ted Penfold. My wife, has told me that she heard this lecture of Dick’s and found it and him some of the most inspiring things in her life. I came across this wonderful piece by chance, looking for some background information on Nikko, the second guy after [...]
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- August 21, 2008
- Never Seek the Gohonzon Outside Yourself
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- Buddhism, Technology
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At a discussion meeting this evening we discussed the subject; How has our practice influenced our view of the future. I thought about this and determined that my vision is extremely optimistic now as compared to previously in my life. I connected two passages from the very beginning and near end of the Gosho that [...]
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- April 11, 2008
- The True Meaning of Religion – Jet Fighters
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Today’s little mention on this news item here on The BBC News website about the auction house sale of a key that unlocks the door to the Kaaba, shows, at the beginning and end of the article, the true meaning of religion – certainly in the ones stemming from “Abraham”. It’s states it’s the “12th [...]
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- September 5, 2007
- Buddhist Study in Burnham
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- Buddhism
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Excellent study this evening given by Howard and Alex. There was a lot from Nichiren, The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life , which was good as they were saying exactly the same stuff as I did when I spent a day getting my Buddhism Page out and to make sense to me. Plus [...]
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- August 18, 2007
- Buddhism
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What’s all this Buddhism then, like? Intro I practice the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin who was a guy living in 13th century Japan. He is what most people nowadays would call a “good guy” although at the time, because he spoke his mind which then annoyed the ruling classes, he spent most of his life [...]
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