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by markp
Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:34 am
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: List of Nichiren Shoshu Highpriests
Replies: 27
Views: 10104

Re: List of Nichiren Shoshu Highpriests

Here is a list of all the High Priests. It comes from soka spirit (SS) but it's just a list. I don't like giving out soka spirit websites normally because they shouldn't be considered to be anything but slanderous. http://www.sokaspirit.org/resource/downloads/the-untold-history-of-the-fuji-school-20...
by markp
Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:13 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: Starting from scratch, but slightly overwhelmed :)
Replies: 5
Views: 3123

Re: Starting from scratch, but slightly overwhelmed :)

There are some sites that have gongyo files available that you can download so you can hear how it is done, just have to search the term gongyo. The main practice is NMRK though, so don't worry too much on Gongyo right away. I do love Gongyo though because it is what really gets you started every da...
by markp
Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:01 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: Starting from scratch, but slightly overwhelmed :)
Replies: 5
Views: 3123

Re: Starting from scratch, but slightly overwhelmed :)

Where are you from? There may be someone near you, but if not you may find an independent practice will work for you. We have downloadable Gohonzon and Gongyo books at ionbuddhism.org
by markp
Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:18 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: Why chant in Japanese ?
Replies: 16
Views: 6243

Re: Why chant in Japanese ?

Additionally, when people ask the question 'why can't I chant in English', is that based on Nationalistic conditioning? People's conditioning is what drives causality and the reason we cannot see our own destinies, because if we were able to then we could just change the conditions as we go through ...
by markp
Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:24 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: Why chant in Japanese ?
Replies: 16
Views: 6243

Re: Why chant in Japanese ?

And I am interested in the "How" of how chanting Odaimoku is to supposed to reveal our Buddhanature ? The Daimoku brings out your karma but at times when it can manifest in a way that is easily overcome. It harmonizes the conditions across the whole spectrum of interdependence so that thi...
by markp
Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:00 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: "Nam-myoho-renge-kyo" -- which schools say this?
Replies: 29
Views: 11422

Re: "Nam-myoho-renge-kyo" -- which schools say this?

Honmon Butsuryu (HBS) also chants Nam.
by markp
Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:03 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: original enlightenment (hongaku shiso) in Nichiren
Replies: 13
Views: 6758

Re: original enlightenment (hongaku shiso) in Nichiren

Your point is....?
by markp
Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:48 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: original enlightenment (hongaku shiso) in Nichiren
Replies: 13
Views: 6758

Re: original enlightenment (hongaku shiso) in Nichiren

So here is the part of the LS which is the basis for the DCP. "Now in the presence of the Buddha let him come forward and speak his vow! This sutra is hard to uphold; if one can uphold it even for a short while I will surely rejoice and so will the other Buddhas. A person who can do this wins t...
by markp
Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:58 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: original enlightenment (hongaku shiso) in Nichiren
Replies: 13
Views: 6758

Re: original enlightenment (hongaku shiso) in Nichiren

You should tell them so and reproach them by citing the Hoto chapter's explanation of what "one who observes the precepts" truly means. Then, pausing briefly, tell them that the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo, the heart of the essential teaching of the Lotus Sutra, contain all the ben...
by markp
Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:33 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: Printing a Gohonzon
Replies: 15
Views: 10336

Re: Printing a Gohonzon

My organization, the Independent Organization of Nichiren Lotus Dharma Buddhism (ION), will be doing woodblock printing of the Nichiren original Gohonzon #52 very soon. We got the woodblock made for free on a laser engraver because my daughters boyfriend just happens to operate one for a University,...
by markp
Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:19 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: original enlightenment (hongaku shiso) in Nichiren
Replies: 13
Views: 6758

Re: original enlightenment (hongaku shiso) in Nichiren

Part of the problem with Original Enlightenment theory (Hongaku Shiso) is that there is also the theory of the Diamond Chalice Precept that originates in the Lotus Sutra, which states that everyone that forms a relationship with the Lotus Sutra will eventually attain enlightenment. These two differe...

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