Oh yeah. The evolution doctrine was another concept that made more sense to me than some guy making me in his image. And just how could I have been made in...
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Savant Akashik
savantakashik
Aug 1, 2011 8:03 pm
... <passaroa25@...> wrote: Why do we always have to fall back on Christianity to give Buddhism some validity? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Historians have...
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djgropp
Aug 1, 2011 9:39 pm
Angela said: <<Christians were the ones who told black people that it was written in the Bible that they were born to be slaves.>> From my own experience, I,...
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win
win_spirit
Aug 2, 2011 1:55 am
We must not allow ourselves to become bureaucratic and take for granted the efforts of those working behind the scenes. Nor must we ever forget to be...
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win
win_spirit
Aug 2, 2011 1:56 am
If Nichiren's compassion is truly great and encompassing, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo will spread for ten thousand years and more, for all eternity, for it has the...
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win
win_spirit
Aug 3, 2011 2:12 am
The greater our efforts to advance kosen-rufu, the greater the benefit and eternal good fortune we will accumulate in our lives. The more outstanding people we...
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win
win_spirit
Aug 3, 2011 2:12 am
The heart of the Lotus Sutra is the revelation that one may attain supreme enlightenment in one's present form without altering one's status as an ordinary...
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Savant Akashik
savantakashik
Aug 3, 2011 6:55 pm
In SGI's Soka Spirit materials it provides for all members there are numerous references to the publication "Essential Writings of the Fuji School", but where...
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win
win_spirit
Aug 4, 2011 5:34 am
As human beings, let us reach beyond our small, limited selves and attain an all-encompassing state of being, our hearts communing with the vast universe. from...
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win
win_spirit
Aug 4, 2011 5:35 am
Judging from these examples, we may conclude that for evil people living in the latter age the attainment of Buddhahood depends not upon whether their offenses...
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Brian
bholly72
Aug 4, 2011 7:05 pm
... Actually, there is no such evidence whatsoever. And it doesn't make any sense. If Jesus studied Buddhism, why did he teach something so completely at odds...
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Brian
bholly72
Aug 4, 2011 7:05 pm
... Actually, there is no such evidence whatsoever. And it doesn't make any sense. If Jesus studied Buddhism, why did he teach something so completely at odds...
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William
gaydave53
Aug 4, 2011 8:10 pm
[Top Post] I have the same problem...just learn Japanese, fly to Japan, find rare copies of all the Fuji School writings, and spend your life reading them. Odd...
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win
win_spirit
Aug 5, 2011 1:09 am
The resolve to accomplish your goals is what counts. If you earnestly put your mind to something, your brain, your body, your environment -- everything -- will...
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win
win_spirit
Aug 5, 2011 1:11 am
Faith in this sutra means that you will surely attain Buddhahood if you are true to the entirety of the Lotus Sutra, adhering exactly to its teachings without...
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Bruce W Higgins
bwhiggins36
Aug 5, 2011 3:15 pm
I once read in the Great Cow Patty Sutra that Jesus, during those "missing years" may have actually been sharpening his carpentry skills in India. ...
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Rob
rrobinrb2000
Aug 5, 2011 3:33 pm
... That is simply not true....
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djgropp
Aug 6, 2011 2:12 am
Don said, "Shakyamuni never called himself a Buddha..." >> Rob replied: "That is simply not true." Maybe I can agree with that, after all. From just the two...
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win
win_spirit
Aug 6, 2011 3:56 am
We cannot build true character fi we allow ourselves to be swayed by passing praise or censure. "Don't concern yourself with petty criticisms! Commune...
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win
win_spirit
Aug 6, 2011 4:00 am
The great lantern that illuminates the long night of the sufferings of birth and death, the sharp sword that severs the fundamental darkness inherent in life,...
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djgropp
Aug 6, 2011 3:45 pm
<<Don, What does Buddha mean?>> I don't have an answer to that. Toda described 'Buddha' as life itself. There are a lot of explanation about what Buddha means,...
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Stace Near
dorrje_2003
Aug 6, 2011 5:48 pm
<p>my credit was slowly starting to crumble it seemed as though I had reached the end of the line now im always one step ahead !!<br><a...
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Brian
bholly72
Aug 6, 2011 5:51 pm
Two problems, Don. First, in the passages you cite, Nichiren does not call himself a Buddha. Revealing the Buddhahood in one's own life and attaining...
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Brian
bholly72
Aug 6, 2011 5:52 pm
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Savant Akashik
savantakashik
Aug 6, 2011 6:18 pm
Yes indeed. It doesn't help to reference a book that isn't in a language that you can can't read, not to mention that the book is out of print. Aren't...
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Stace Near
dorrje_2003
Aug 6, 2011 6:37 pm
This is the Real Stace. Got Hacked. Sorry guys. I'll fix it. All the best, ________________________________ From: Brian <bholly72@...> To:...
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Brian
bholly72
Aug 6, 2011 6:49 pm
... Of course, that's exactly what Jackie Stone did....
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William
gaydave53
Aug 6, 2011 11:15 pm
Just to complicate matters, Pres. Ikeda regularly quotes from "On the Mystic principle of the True Cause" or the "106 Comparisons"...both of which were...
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djgropp
Aug 7, 2011 12:58 am
I couldn't put my faith in a being who lives outside the ten worlds, outside reality. Being soiled is part of the ten worlds. There is nothing outside the ten...
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djgropp
Aug 7, 2011 1:02 am
My understanding is that the Gosho hasn't been finished, yet. There's more to come....
