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I enjoyed Zelazny almost as much as Heinlein. They are contemporaries in regards to intellect, imagination and dialog. I find it interesting that guys like Heinlein and Herbert were hardcore, right-wing republicans, the former tried to get Goldwater elected; the latter, a buddy of Nixon. Both oppos...

I enjoyed Zelazny almost as much as Heinlein. They are contemporaries in regards to intellect, imagination and dialog.

Again, Stone has a very concise summary of Nichiren's early relationship with Pure Land, and within Tendai- along with his actions and events which lead to his 1st and 2nd exile, his responses and subsequent events. I just reviewed that section of her book, from page 242; about 20 pages addressing ...

A more important question would be how does one measure what his true intention? By the words in the Gosho? Academic discourse? Contemplated meanings? End to end cause and effect over the term? His behavior as a human being? And ultimately how is meaning manifested in this tradition today accordingly.

maybe it is me and my inability to articulate and my grammar TKP67...but Nothing I said was meant to say Nichiren was political... I was expressing His battle with politicians and Buddhist sects that became political...and that was only part of His reasons... i never saw Him as some political activ...

Minobu I suggest you track down a copy of Stone's Medeival Kamakura Buddhsim text and read it; you will find Pure Land was not the reason he left Tendai. anyway so Narhwal why did He leave the whole chant Nam Amida Butsu out entirely of His Dharma. And what else did He not go along with.. I will le...

So you don't think His Exile to Sado, the attempt to behead Him and all the rest wasn't political? for me it is proof politics was the main reason for those events...not just His view on The Lotus Sutra ... I am certain that it was his desire to pay back his debt to the people of Japan and the budd...

tkp, you really need to read some goshos- that is entirely incorrect. I have and I posted the references. The sticking point is his internal motivation. Is it more political of more buddhist? I claim it is buddhist and his wisdom was such he recognized that there was no separation between head of s...

Politics and power are not separate from salvation of all sentient beings. Filtering one or the other does not reflect reality. to put emphasis on power and politics would require someone to produce proof Nichiren was motivated by these things and not salvation. His writings are clear on the salvat...

Politics and power are not separate from salvation of all sentient beings. Filtering one or the other does not reflect reality. to put emphasis on power and politics would require someone to produce proof Nichiren was motivated by these things and not salvation. His writings are clear on the salvati...

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Awaken · Yes

There are many who easily have this truly advanced understanding. And some take many years of contemplating and rejecting and accepting to come to this realization. How come this is so? Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. This is one of those questions that I could spend days answering as I understand this from m...

Most critical point of the Lotus Sutra as it is the ultimate basis of equanimity. The lotus is the buddhism of life. The Lotus Sutra is the king of sutras, true and correct in both word and principle. Its words are the ultimate reality, and this reality is the Mystic Law (myōhō). It is called the My...

Some teachings seek to separate the two for the purpose of realization. Some make the story seem less than life itself but it is not truly separable. The inseparability of samsara and nirvana is fundamental to all Mahāyāna traditions. I understand that but some teachings speak of one or the other a...

the period of pre samsara Original state sentients were dwelling in..A period when all were beings of light who fed off light. Desire crept in and bam... Oh, that's where you proposed a Buddhist Eden. My mistake. Can't this be a reference to the "ground" and the light a reference to "...

Sure, you tell a story to yourself about your life to make sense of it. If it leads to bodhi, its upaya. If it just perpetuates samsara then its not. It just more samsara. But my friend it is just that. Samsara is not its own thing. It is not independent in existence but conditional. These conditio...

Nichiren did not take issue with discussing non-buddhist and buddhist teachings for the purpose of transcending them all so the push back against such proposition in the first place as being "inane" at best is simply denigrate a person's provisional outlook instead of helping them see pas...

Middle Way The way that transcends polar extremes. Thus the term Middle Way also indicates the true nature of all things, which cannot be defined by the absolutes of existence and nonexistence. https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Glossary/M#Middle%20Way I don't think it is unfair to say that t...

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We always did feel the same
We just saw it from a different point of view