Dharma Wheel

If you find yourself still studying/chanting years later, what does that tell you? Does it tell you that you believe in it? Does it tell you that it's obviously working or you wouldn't be hangin onto it and studying/chanting, even if inconsistently sometimes? Would love your thoughts. With Gassho I...

This reminds me of the section of the I Ching that says self discipline is important, but too much self restraint brings defeat. I think that it's important to be disciplined in our practice but if we overdo it we can cause problems for ourselves. Nichiren talked about "now" living the Lo...

Howdy y'all :hi: I have been practicing on my own for sometime now and recently acquired a White Lotus Gohonzon from Victor at Shrine Space on Etsy. I know that there are several maps and descriptions of the layout for other Gohonzons but I haven't encountered any for the White Lotus Gohonzon. I ca...

This reminds me of the section of the I Ching that says self discipline is important, but too much self restraint brings defeat. I think that it's important to be disciplined in our practice but if we overdo it we can cause problems for ourselves. Nichiren talked about "now" living the Lo...

Howdy y'all :hi: I have been practicing on my own for sometime now and recently acquired a White Lotus Gohonzon from Victor at Shrine Space on Etsy. I know that there are several maps and descriptions of the layout for other Gohonzons but I haven't encountered any for the White Lotus Gohonzon. I ca...

Howdy y'all :hi: I have been practicing on my own for sometime now and recently acquired a White Lotus Gohonzon from Victor at Shrine Space on Etsy. I know that there are several maps and descriptions of the layout for other Gohonzons but I haven't encountered any for the White Lotus Gohonzon. I ca...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1An66KfBTL8 "When the Buddha Shakyamuni passed into extinction, the term used was extinction, not death or died. This is because the fundamental teaching of life contains a state defined as Samsara; a temporary realm of the cycles of birth/death. This is the def...

Teachings evolve with time. The form change. Essence stay the same. This is a law of nature. Essence is projected into a form by a human being. When the consciousness of human being evolve, form change. And essence is better perceived then. That does not mean sacred text necessarily change. What ch...

I have been at a huge amount of practice for a few years now. I hit months of stalemate and still practiced. I stopped practicing and so many things that i needed in my life just unfolded. like unreal how it all came about and still is. I think the practice in some ways is too strong for a househol...

"In talking about renegade disciples today, what characterizes them? From my viewpoint, those who insert provisional teachings into the true teachings of the Lotus Sutra and call them the "true teachings" are renegade disciples. For example those who adopt the Shingon principle of Gur...

The Four Stages of Faith: 1). Stage of believing in and understanding the sutra even for a moment. 2). Stage of generally understanding the intention of the words of the sutra. 3). Stage of expounding the sutra widely for others. 4). Stage of deep faith in the truth of the Buddha's Mystic Law. The ...

Creative activities which benefit others more than they harm is the fastest way to become rich. I have experienced this again and again in my present long life. This process creates fastest positive karmas in your account and pay back is fast and huge. If only this were true dear Riju. I see the op...

In fact, in his most important writing, The True Object of Worship, Nichiren stated that Ashvaghosha (along with Nagarjuna and Vasubhandu) knew in his heart the Three Thousand Worlds in a Moment of Life but didn't expound it because the time was not right. He also stated that those like Asvaghosha ...

Queequeg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 10:12 pm What is ichinen sanzen?

According to Nichiren, there is Theoretical Ichinen Sanzen or Three Thousand Realms in a moment of Existence and then there is actual Ichinen Sanzen, Namu Myoho renge kyo and the Gohonzon.

I am not saying that Nichiren is an adept of Yogacara or Madhyamaka, I am saying that he, like the entire world of the Sino-Japanese Buddhist scene, part of a philosophical notion that synthesizes yogacara and madhyamaka, whose essential characteristic is thinking the Absolute in yogacara terms and...

I don't get your point. What are you trying to say? I am used to understanding in my native language (Portuguese), where we have two distinct verbs for "to be": /SER/ (which indicates the ontological quality of something) and /ESTAR/ (which indicates a transitory state of being). In Chine...

I am pretty sure that the Buddha that is our father teacher sovereign fixed it so all sentients beings have a Buddha Nature of loving compassion. This happened when He was given the privilege of taking care of all sentients for His duration. there are many buddhas before him and many will come afte...

One cannot make a purse out of a sow's ear. One cannot realize Buddhahood without having a Buddha Nature to work with. A scorched seed is something sentients do to themselves over many kaplas of time. It's not like there are two types of sentients, inherent in the samsaric system, scorched and unsc...

-The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas of the Three Existencesregarding the Classification of the Teachings and Which Are to Be Abandoned and Which Upheld Its a long, wonky read. There is much more to it than I quoted - I just couldn't find a good place to stop, so I just arbitrarily quote the b...

One cannot make a purse out of a sow's ear. One cannot realize Buddhahood without having a Buddha Nature to work with. A scorched seed is something sentients do to themselves over many kaplas of time. It's not like there are two types of sentients, inherent in the samsaric system, scorched and unsc...