I am sorry Will. It was a pesponse to a series of messages by a member of this board which sounded contentwise nearly medieval, giving the impression people of...
<<The sharp sword is the Lotus Sutra>> The 'sharp sword' is about faith or belief [chanting the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra]. I did find one statement...
Hi catflap: The Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin teach "divine" punishment. Should one throw out what one doesn't agree and only keep that which one...
Dear Shruti: If I fail to speak out or deprecate myself, or humble myself then SGI leaders take it for weakness and of course we know what life condition...
Dear Don: An SGI member asked me: "Also what dose the Kempon Hokke think of military members?" My response: Now, as far as the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren's...
Morning Robert I have to say that the letter you wrote was very poignant and from the heart. I am sure if any one who reads this will have a greater...
Andy Here at SGI-UK we've been encourage to write something regarding 'My Mentor and I'. It can be anything with regards to what you feel 'Mentor and...
Hi Robert, Thanks for your invigorating honesty. I hope Mr. Ikeda actually sees this letter, and answers you personally. Two things you said particularly...
Wow Robert That is a profoundly honest and awesomely unflinching account of your practice and current state of being. It seems to me that this ...
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Hi Don This is a very sensible piece of writing. Thanks for sharing. Whether that sense is retained when one's innocent family is killed for no fault except...
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Hi All ! As a newbie I am confused on how the Law of Karma explains terrorist acts - or the Holocaust ? Maybe all those people who got killed were just ...
Please explain this: "If I fail to speak out or deprecate myself, or humble myself then SGI leaders take it for weakness and of course we know what life ...
<<look forward to meeting my masters in Eagle Peak>> I visit Eagle Peak every day. The "reward body" of a Buddha exists nowhere but in one's mind. ... ...
<<If a mad man comes into your house seeking to kill your wife and children, would not you do everything in your power to stop the attacker?>> I would, and I...
Hi Mark, so who is to decide who is to be punished or not? You? Me? Mr. Ikeda? Niken - not high priest anymore by the way? The guy next door? Do not...
<<pl provide the source>> 2004 World Peace Proposal http://www.daisakuikeda.org/index.php?mid=peaceb&dimchar=normal&sub=proposals ... for no ... matter ... ...
Hi Ell, I know that many I have spoken to have issues with the Organization, I don't agree with many of the points of contention, but I do see a desparate need...
... terrorist acts - ... previous ... ''''''''''' I would like to bring this topic back to the issue of The Law of Karma within the SGI. Many times I have...
Great question. As I have realized there are three aspects of karma, individual karma, social karma and environmental karma. The holocaust was the collective...
Don wrote: << Are you aware that you're confusing Muslims, with terrorists, and radical fundamentalists? >> You might want to back off of that PC band wagon,...
Buddhism means putting the teachings into practice. Practice equals faith. With sincere prayer and action, our desires cannot possibly fail to be fulfilled....
I vowed to summon up a powerful and unconquerable desire for the salvation of all beings and never to falter in my efforts. (WND, 240) The Opening of the Eyes ...
Karma does not really explain terrorist attacks or the Holocaust. Those things happen because there is both good and bad in every person, and some people are...
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As someone who works with and employs Muslims, should I be worried ? There are many references one can see for oneself on the Net for Quran's - and the...
No, I don't think you can say that the Holocaust happened because the Jew were planting bad karma since their first civilization. Everyone has been planting...
Hi Brightlightcity, I totaly agrre with you blaming karma for the shoa is a dangerous path to go down. The agruments used by "garuda king" can be easily seen...
Hi Andy, I do not believe it is helpful to demonise islam as a whole, its rtather being used as I valve by some to fight against what the perceive as THE WEST....
Hi guyz I would like to interject here with just a wee bit of history on 'terrorism', especially from the UK perspective as we've had to deal with it for...
Dear brightlightcity: The Lotus Sutra, the Flower Garland Sutra, and Nichiren do not agree with you. "Happenstance", particularly, in Buddhism, is...
