hello: Just to make it clear...I am a moderator and I have never moderated Don, as far as i know ... I Do know that Yahoo is currently f**ked up, and many...
Hello all; Just wondering if anyone can locate a definitive history of evergreens on Japanese buddhist alters...obviously a shinto tradition adapted to...
There is the assertion that the teachings of Shakyamuni have lost their "power". I wonder at this phrase. How does a teaching have "power" on it's own apart...
The place where we are right now is what matters. This is all the more true for us who embrace the Mystic Law. Buddhism teaches that we can transform wherever...
For the record, exactly, who are the "volunteer" moderators? And how, exactly, if I wanted to notify a moderator, would I do it? Are there any women...
In another thread Todd Evans posted: "Hello all, As some people I have introduced this Buddhism to have criticized is that it lacks *any* morality, proven by...
My best friend past away last week due to heart complications. He was born with a defect and had two open heart surgeries. He never expected to live past 30,...
This came up in the long thread. Don posted some quotations from Daisaku Ikeda. From what I recall, Ikeda made the point that "Shakyamuni's Buddhism" (which I...
Good Morning to you, Don ;-D Pull up a chair to the computer and have a cup of hot coffee and we can talk......... <<For the record, exactly, who are the...
Hello: In "Expedient means and Life Span Chapters" Nichiren wrote: "...reciting the words Namuichijomyoten amounts to the same thing"...as chanting "Nam Myoho...
Ultimately, we are trying to awaken our own Buddha Nature. Nichiren said that the Shakyamuni who awoke in the Remote Past is the same as Buddha who dwells in...
Went to a planning meeting the other evening where a guy talked about his difficulties - and how this year was a real struggle for him - and he felt vulnerable...
Hello all; A little late, but I'd like to share my presentation on Makiguchi for our district General meeting. Your thoughts welcome. David Celebrating...
SIMARD' Buddhism has spread to many parts of the world and of course has had enormous influence in Japan. I believe Japan became a Buddhist country in ancient...
Inventing new views of humanity and the world BOURGEAUlT' But I do not believe we can find a recipe for a perfect citizen in any tradition of religious...
Hello! everyone. I have just joined to this group. I was surprised to know how many people are in this group and practicing actively as a SGI member! I'm...
I found this in a public forum while on Facebook. It is from SGI-South Africa Cape Towns Young Mens Leader David Le Page. I thought it was interesting and...
Hello all; I call myself a film historian (of sorts), so here from the ultimate authority in all matters: Wikipedia: "...The Walt Disney Company celebrates his...
Wasn't Mickey Mouse' first cartoon short "Steamboat Willie" released late in 1929, the year of the Great Crash? [It's possible that Walt Disney publicly...
Hello all: Celebrating Nov. 18, 1930 Makiguchi in his own words There is so precious little in English of Makiguchi's writings, I feel obligated to share on...
Found this to be interesting. In President Ikeda's forward to Murata's 'Japan's New Buddhism' he states: "We and Christianity have something in common: we are...
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