Aloha, Nice to see this broader understanding of Soka Spirit. Not a 'new direction,' but a deeper awareness based on the Gosho. Thank you. dave...
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win_spirit
Apr 29, 2012 12:28 am
How incredible it is to chant this wonderful daimoku each day! Nichiren Daishonin writes, "There is no greater happiness for human beings than chanting...
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win_spirit
Apr 29, 2012 12:29 am
The grater the hardships befalling him, the greater the delight he feels, because of his strong faith. Doesn't a fire burn more briskly when logs are added?...
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win_spirit
Apr 30, 2012 7:30 am
Nobel Laureate Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) of Chile was well respected as a humanistic educator. Indicative of the great spirit of compassion and caring with...
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win_spirit
Apr 30, 2012 7:31 am
Little streams come together to form the great ocean, and tiny particles of dust accumulate to form Mount Sumeru. When I, Nichiren, first took faith in the...
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win
win_spirit
May 2, 2012 1:39 am
As you make your way home tonight, may you pause for a moment to gaze up the night sky and let your heart communicate with the moon in wordless dialogue....
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win
win_spirit
May 2, 2012 1:40 am
Though the teaching that I am now propagating seems limited, it is extremely profound. That is because it goes deeper than the teaching expounded by...
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Angela
passaroa25@...
May 2, 2012 6:07 pm
Now that my work schedule conflicts with the meetings, I appreciate these daily quotes. I do morning gongyo with another member once a week to compensate for...
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win
win_spirit
May 3, 2012 1:22 am
No matter how healthy, intelligent or affluent we may be, if our minds are weak, then our happiness will also be frail and brittle. Our minds of faith,...
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win_spirit
May 3, 2012 1:23 am
All the other sutras are examples of preaching in accordance with the minds of others, because, when expounding them, the Buddha adjusted himself to the minds...
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win_spirit
May 4, 2012 1:20 am
As direct disciples of the Daishonin, we have summoned forth the three powerful enemies of Buddhism. And defeating their schemes and repelling their...
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win_spirit
May 4, 2012 1:21 am
Life is the most precious of all treasures. Even one extra day of life is worth more than ten million ryo of gold. The Lotus Sutra surpasses all the other...
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win_spirit
May 5, 2012 1:27 am
Buddhism concerns itself with winning. When we battle a powerful enemy, either we will triumph or we will be defeated - there is no middle ground. Battling...
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win_spirit
May 5, 2012 1:29 am
The most important thing in practicing the Buddhist teachings is to follow and uphold the Buddha's golden words, not the opinions of others. (WND, 393) On...
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win
win_spirit
May 6, 2012 1:33 am
This is what I would like to communicate to you, my young friends who are the heirs of the Soka legacy: Live out your lives together with the SGI, an...
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win_spirit
May 6, 2012 1:34 am
Be diligent in developing your faith until the last moment of your life. Otherwise you will have regrets. For example, the journey from Kamakura to Kyoto takes...
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win
win_spirit
May 7, 2012 1:47 am
We have both a weak self and a strong self; the two are completely different. If we allow our weak side to dominate, we will be defeated. The thought, "I am...
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win_spirit
May 7, 2012 1:48 am
How does the mirror of the Lotus Sutra portray the people who, in the evil world of the latter age, believe in the teachings of the Lotus Sutra just as they...
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win
win_spirit
May 8, 2012 1:40 am
Many things happen in life. There are joyous days and times of suffering. Sometimes unpleasant things occur. But that's what makes life so interesting. The...
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win
win_spirit
May 8, 2012 1:41 am
Even the darkness becomes bright when a lantern is lit, and even muddy water becomes clear when the moon shines on it. (WND, 186) Easy Delivery of a Fortune...
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Angela
passaroa25@...
May 8, 2012 3:19 pm
There is no need to respond, win spirit. I forgot to add in my other email that here in Tampa there is a lady who takes in newborn kittens and raises them...
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win
win_spirit
May 9, 2012 1:32 am
No one is more wonderful than a mother. And there is nothing more noble than a mother's heart. I hope you will all treasure your mothers. Truly praiseworthy...
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win
win_spirit
May 9, 2012 1:33 am
The master of the house in private treated us with compassion. Though outwardly he appeared to be fearful of the authorities, at heart he had great pity for...
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win
win_spirit
May 10, 2012 1:25 am
Buddhism is concerned with the essential nature of humanity. Buddhism is not found somewhere else separate from such beautiful expressions of humanity as...
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win
win_spirit
May 10, 2012 1:26 am
As you crave food when hungry, seek water when thirsty, long to see a lover, beg for medicine when ill, or as a beautiful woman desires powder and rouge, so...
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Angela
passaroa25@...
May 10, 2012 4:13 am
I am still chanting to be able to save money. Maybe if I chant with the attitude encouraged in the quote, I will get a break. Angela [Non-text portions of...
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djgropp
May 13, 2012 2:37 am
I don't know anyone who still has a "mythical attachment to the gohonzon which Taisekiji has made a virtual 'idol'...an object with magical power." We just...
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William
gaydave53
May 14, 2012 2:03 am
{top Post} I would imagine that Nichiren chanted to every Gohonzon he ever inscribed. I can't imagine him doing anything else. Most, but not all, were...
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djgropp
May 15, 2012 1:25 am
<<It contains no special inscription designating it as the Gohonzon "to be enshrined in the High Sanctuary" {honmon-kaidan-no-Gohonzon}>> If that's true, do...
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win
win_spirit
May 15, 2012 1:47 am
Kosen-rufu is a long-term struggle we are pursuing over the ten thousand years of the Latter Day. Therefore, as we strive to realize victory in the present, we...
