Anyone have any interesting or favorite links to any aspect of Nichiren Buddhism from a lesser known medieval or early modern perspective? Back when they used to call it all "Hokke" Buddhism.... forgotten scholarship, good meaty academics?
Anything appreciated
Arcane late medieval / early modern Nichiren thought
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Arcane late medieval / early modern Nichiren thought
"One should cultivate contemplation in one’s foibles. The foibles are like fish, and contemplation is like fishing hooks. If there are no fish, then the fishing hooks have no use. The bigger the fish is, the better the result we will get. As long as the fishing hooks keep at it, all foibles will eventually be contained and controlled at will." -Zhiyi
"Just be kind." -Atisha
"Just be kind." -Atisha
Re: Arcane late medieval / early modern Nichiren thought
Culture of Civil War in Kyoto https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520208 ... r-in-kyotoFiveSkandhas wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:43 am Anyone have any interesting or favorite links to any aspect of Nichiren Buddhism from a lesser known medieval or early modern perspective? Back when they used to call it all "Hokke" Buddhism.... forgotten scholarship, good meaty academics?
Anything appreciated
Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvvn3mc
Try this also as a jumping off point:
https://www.geocities.ws/chris_holte/Bu ... enism.html
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
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Re: Arcane late medieval / early modern Nichiren thought
Thanks!Queequeg wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:32 pmCulture of Civil War in Kyoto https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520208 ... r-in-kyotoFiveSkandhas wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:43 am Anyone have any interesting or favorite links to any aspect of Nichiren Buddhism from a lesser known medieval or early modern perspective? Back when they used to call it all "Hokke" Buddhism.... forgotten scholarship, good meaty academics?
Anything appreciated
Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvvn3mc
Try this also as a jumping off point:
https://www.geocities.ws/chris_holte/Bu ... enism.html
Jacqueline Stone is worth her weight in gold. The book you mentioned is a masterpiece
"One should cultivate contemplation in one’s foibles. The foibles are like fish, and contemplation is like fishing hooks. If there are no fish, then the fishing hooks have no use. The bigger the fish is, the better the result we will get. As long as the fishing hooks keep at it, all foibles will eventually be contained and controlled at will." -Zhiyi
"Just be kind." -Atisha
"Just be kind." -Atisha