Dharma Wheel

I believe it is distilled from the observed cause and effect of Shakyamuni's enlightenment.

Was Shakyamuni just an arhat?

As we age and as parent's of adult children our concerns and capacities might be subject to change. Her nagging is indicative of her own suffering. If you can sympathize and become compassionate it may relay back to her. As a parent I think a child's compassion goes a long way to soothing issues eve...

The Wonderful Means of Surmounting Obstacles If we examine the essential and the theoretical teachings of the Lotus Sutra, we see that the theoretical teaching maintains, as before, that the Buddha first attained enlightenment during his present lifetime; therefore, obstacles still beset the teachi...

Embrace the practice because the process you are experiencing is it working

nichiren discusses the signs of disease such as discomfort are actually signs that is being healed because those signs are part of the process

which if it wasn't working wouldn't be experienced

On Flowers and Seeds - Keka Joju Gosho - I have not heard from either of you since that time. But I was very pleased to learn that you read at Kasagamori the two letters I wrote in the Kenji era in memory of the saint Dozen-bo. If a tree is deeply rooted, its branches and leaves will never wither. ...

From a Shravakayana point of view, the patikulamanasikara way of seeing things is accurate. But the Arhats and Pratekyabuddhas do not attain the same level of realization as the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas. You could say it is a limited way of viewing things. But for the purposes of ending rebirth for...

I have prayed to Shakyamuni and the buddha's of the ten directions giving thanks for nichiren/Shakyamuni for choosing to suffer so we might know liberation

does one mind need mean one big mind versus one mind meaning every mind is alike before thought arises?
one way it looks at it like everyone shares the same mind where in the other way looks at it like every one has the same foundational blueprint
seems a bit interpretative open

I have struggled with similar challenges including social anxiety (which is a multi generational in my family) as well as receiving decades of treatment. Ironically Buddhism was/is the most effective treatment for me. I would like to share that integrating dharma into your life need not come at a gr...

This completely misunderstands what I mean when I say something is empty. When did I say something has no meaning because it’s empty? It’s precisely the opposite - something only has meaning because it is empty. When emptiness is discussed by my teachers, it has nothing to do with this null and voi...

Depends really. Dharma is like a really effective medicine, in the right hands it heals, in the wrong hands it is a poison. I am afraid that we might be slowly descending into more madness and confusion, not sure who to trust and more and more coming to wrong conclusions using our "brains"...

I have had to deal with the repercussions of suicide many times and it was a catalyst for me to understand buddhism. I have, had and will continue to make a conscious and even vocal effort (I asked buddha) to help me turn their karma into merit. Even if the karma left behind effects only me, I still...

In regards to ontology and phenomenology, hermeneutics etc., In English, these terms help us to greatly appreciate and understand the nuances of Madhyamaka. Not for me. I think those who have read and studied Western traditions of philosophy find it useful. For me, it simply adds another set of tec...

The article has no statistical relevance and legalization is a bit new to have established statistical evidence. Yes it's mainly anecdotal at this point, but when everyone who observing is seeing the same things anecdotally, it's worthy of consideration. Absolutely. I am not trying to invalidate th...

The article has no statistical relevance and legalization is a bit new to have established statistical evidence.

Let me see if I can't unpack this without loss of translation or great confusion. First let me relay what I think these terms mean and how they apply to buddhism. phenomenological adj. Using the method of phenomenology, by which the observer examines the data without trying to provide an explanation...

Maybe this thread should be shifted to the tibetan forum? It has value from the perspective of proper use of ontological and phenomenological methodologies. It has great relevance in hard to understand writings especially ones with allegory and allusion. One of the points that is hard for many pers...