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- Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:38 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: A question of music appreciation
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8671
Re: A question of music appreciation
You know Rory, I never really thought of it that way, but you may be right. If the definition of a Nichiren Buddhist is someone who only chants the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra, to the exclusion of all other practices, then I am not (strictly speaking) a Nichiren Buddhist. The odd thing is that I am n...
- Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:27 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: A question of music appreciation
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8671
Re: A question of music appreciation
Sound also appears to be quite important in Tibetan Buddhism. Ref. the book Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism by Lama Anagarika Govinda, which goes into some detail on this matter. As an aside, there is quite a bit of generally instructive material in that book, to which Nichiren Buddhists can certai...
- Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:09 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: Four noble truths
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13081
Re: Four noble truths
^^^indeed.
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:18 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: Four noble truths
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13081
Re: Four noble truths
Bringing up that kind of stuff like the four noble truths and eight-fold path at SGI meetings, in my experience, will usually get the discussion shut down or re-directed pretty quickly. The stock answer you may have heard (especially from older members) is the metaphor of pre-Nichiren doctrines as &...
- Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:34 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: Was Nichiren a "Second Buddha"? Or...
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8983
Re: Was Nichiren a "Second Buddha"? Or...
The short answer from the Nichiren Shoshu prespective would be something like "Nichiren Daishonin is the True Buddha in the Latter Day of the Law and the Origina Buddha from the time of Kuon Ganjo ." From my own experience in both this sect and SGI it seems to be the standard doctrinal pos...
- Mon May 20, 2013 5:06 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: Independent Nichiren Buddhists?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 17982
Re: Independent Nichiren Buddhists?
Hello all By way of introduction, I have been in times past a member of both SGI and Nichiren Shoshu temple. Kicked the tires with a small Nichiren Shu sangha that didn't last long (or maybe I just lost track of them). Went independent some years ago. It gets lonely sometimes, and makes it easy to b...