Dharma Wheel

Caoimhghín - mostly because the name seems pronouncable at first glance but then you look closer and....

I hear ya...but it's the nature of the beast.both our sect and others all think deep down theirs is the way... For me to come to the conclusion that all Nichiren Sects are meant to be is like putting needles in some Nichiren practitioners eyes. i think deletion and the ban hammer is the way to go.....

The only tools a moderator has is to lock a topic, delete a post or request banning a member. I agree that a forum full of locked posts doesn't look very nice, but what is worse is page after page of nasty, divisive sniping. The Nichiren forum is notorious for this, now is the time to stop. By all ...

I never noticed much difference in "getting things" vs not due to chanting, regular cause and effect seemed to apply regardless- I never had one of those amazing stories that some people share, and I've been in Nichiren-land since the late 80's. But, when I let go of expectations about chanting bein...

Find some Buddhism lectures on youtube, watch a bunch of different ones. See if you are interested in some, not in others. Ask about them here.

To respond before I know that it does mean that things are still just made of many other things and have no inherent essence to them. But that still to me negates everything else because I’m not caring about others just aggregates. If nothing ultimately dies then there is no reason to mourn or fret...

Which sutras have you read?

As far as I can tell Zen isn't about having ideas about things. The sutras and commentaries are pointing hands, not the dharma itself. Any fundamental understanding, as cognition, will be delusion when grasped as fact. The more refined one's understanding the more subtly grasping and delusion impris...

I think narhwal90 has made good points. Teachers can be helpful, even if one doesn’t have a ‘formal relationship’. And (IRL) sanghas are beneficial to one’s practice. And to address your repeated question, no topic, no “relative affairs”, nothing is outside of Buddhadharma. Could you explain? My un...

Wow those are some gorgeous photos- many thanks! I wonder though, who gets the job shovelling the walks

It is very easy to mislead onseself, to be subtly bound by grasping at ideas, preferences, perceptions not to mention habits so long engrained that one is unaware of them. A teacher can help identify such things- its true you have to do the work to free yourself, a teacher can demonstrate by exampl...