"Lady of the Lotus" by William E. Barrett is a wonderful book. It's the story of Shakyamuni as veiwed through the eyes of Yadohara, his wife and the mother of...
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steve_is_a_buddha
steve_is_a_b...
Aug 1, 2009 8:26 am
BLC I had a drink with a friend recently who said that what really put him off Buddhism was precisely the conceit involved in leaving your wife and kids in...
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brightlightcity
Aug 1, 2009 4:40 pm
... I don't know I would call it a conceit, but I can understand how the idea is not very attractive to people. There was a time when I was enamored with the...
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verrytesty
Aug 1, 2009 6:15 pm
... Law, Nam-myoho- ... In the words of the great Buddha Gary Coleman - "Whatcha talkin bout Willis"? First, what does that have to do with lights, colors and...
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verrytesty
Aug 1, 2009 6:45 pm
... It probably is technically heretical given that Nichirens practice to begin with might be considered by the mainstream to be on the edge of orthodox...
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dorrje_2003
Aug 1, 2009 9:33 pm
... The way I read this exchange was that Don was saying that the founders of his religion,SGI, are the 3 presidents who base their teachings on the teachings...
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dorrje_2003
Aug 1, 2009 9:52 pm
I had a problem with that action too and know others who have had similar reactions. But, I remind myself that I don't know what Siddhartha was experiencing....
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vorotyntsev
Aug 2, 2009 3:50 am
... Right or wrong has nothing to do with it. What constitutes heresy is entirely subjective and depends on who is defining it....
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brightlightcity
Aug 2, 2009 4:01 am
Well, again, the Buddha was acting in an accepted manner within his society at the time. Was it a big deal for his wife and son? We can't know. It may not have...
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Robin Beck
rrobinrb2000
Aug 2, 2009 6:35 am
... AFAIK, leaving home was not only accepted; it was praise worthy. I also think that a married person had to receive permission from their spouse and...
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steve_is_a_buddha
steve_is_a_b...
Aug 2, 2009 8:23 am
Stace I had never thought of it that way before! What a wonderful response. Thanks Steve...
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brightlightcity
Aug 2, 2009 8:34 am
R., I know you are probably familiar with this, but it might be interesting for those who are not, since we are on the subject of wanderers: Both Confucianism...
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sankabuki
Aug 2, 2009 5:03 pm
On a personal note, what are the thoughts of other members here about the work that we do as SGI members? Some times I think that the people we help may not...
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dreemn bear
dreemn_bear
Aug 2, 2009 6:45 pm
Indeed, one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist; one man's cult is another's religion and one man's heretic is another's saint. Todd Evans ...
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Christopher H. Holte
chris_holte
Aug 2, 2009 9:02 pm
The Washington Post has an excellent article about a new book "The Evolution of God" ...
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Christopher H. Holte
chris_holte
Aug 2, 2009 9:17 pm
There is value to fantasy, hallucinations, imagery, and vision. It was the universal vision of the Ceremony in the Air that used to keep us Nichiren Shoshu...
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Christopher H. Holte
chris_holte
Aug 2, 2009 9:57 pm
Even the word is weird. It is a conflation of a Semetic word with a Greek one: Heresis, to make a choice and "herem" to be forbidden. All the heretical is, is...
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win_spirit
Aug 3, 2009 2:00 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_spirit
Aug 3, 2009 2:01 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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Don Gropp
djgropp
Aug 3, 2009 1:37 pm
Robin: <<Claire, FYI: The Lotus Sutra has long been an important sutra within the Zen tradition>> Robin, FYI: Letter To Rencho (WND Volume II, p3-9) The Zen...
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brightlightcity
Aug 3, 2009 5:31 pm
Don, you take my words out of context (or you didn't understand them) in order to build an arugment which a) if your intent is to demonstrate Nichiren's...
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verrytesty
Aug 3, 2009 7:52 pm
In the same way that many Nichiren followers are confused by meaning and intention due to their own limited study and understanding here Nichiren is railing...
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Robin Beck
rrobinrb2000
Aug 3, 2009 8:03 pm
Of course, heresy is used as a translation of Buddhist terms; so the roots of the English word may or may not tell us something. In this case, the...
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Robin Beck
rrobinrb2000
Aug 3, 2009 8:04 pm
... Those were not my words; you misquoted me....
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dorrje_2003
Aug 3, 2009 9:06 pm
Testy: <<<This is easily discovered in the actual teachings of widely respected great Zen teachers such as Dogen and Huineng.>>>> I suspect a fair and...
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dorrje_2003
Aug 3, 2009 9:16 pm
I meant to add the link to Dr. Gene Reves essay http://tinyurl.com/mfqnj4 It is found on the International Buddhist Congregation site that is part of the...
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brightlightcity
Aug 3, 2009 9:58 pm
... Well, this is too bad. Its a loss for them. Although there is no need to actually study other schools if you don't want to. The point is not to judge them...
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camoonchild
Aug 3, 2009 10:24 pm
... You mean the way you and Stace just have, and not for the first time here?...
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verrytesty
Aug 3, 2009 10:48 pm
... other Buddhists schools ... fear of creating "bad" ... Leaving reading about other Buddhist schools aside. What are the chances that the typical member...
