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 7, 2013 1:28 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 7, 2013 1:29 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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vanya9998
May 7, 2013 6:57 pm
"Anything that disturbs the harmonious unity of SGI is prohibited." (paraphrase). That's rather open-ended. Leaders could use it to harass members they don't...
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win
win_spirit
May 8, 2013 2:06 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 8, 2013 2:07 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 9, 2013 2:38 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 9, 2013 2:40 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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win
win_spirit
May 10, 2013 4:22 am
The state of mind with which we meet our death will greatly influence the course of our lives over eternity. Granted, if one is unconcerned by how one dies, or...
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win
win_spirit
May 10, 2013 4:23 am
A woman who takes this efficacious medicine will be surrounded and protected by these four great bodhisattvas at all times. When she rises to her feet, so too...
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Brian Holly
bholly72
May 10, 2013 4:29 am
Nonsense. Sent from my iPad...
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win
win_spirit
May 11, 2013 4:42 am
The Daishonin urges us to earnestly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, even just once or twice, stressing that if we do so we will definitely attain enlightenment. Now...
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win
win_spirit
May 11, 2013 4:43 am
The moon appears in the west and sheds its light eastward, but the sun rises in the east and casts its rays to the west. The same is true of Buddhism. It...
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win
win_spirit
May 12, 2013 3:17 am
I want you to understand the subtle workings of the mind. How you orient your mind, the kind of attitude you take, greatly influences both you yourself and...
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win
win_spirit
May 12, 2013 3:18 am
The Lotus Sutra is both the teaching of the Buddha and the embodiment of the Buddha wisdom. If one puts sincere faith in each character and brushstroke in it,...
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win
win_spirit
May 13, 2013 1:47 am
During our dialogue, his motto was Laboremus, Latin for "Let's get to work!" Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism focuses on the present and future; it is infused...
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win
win_spirit
May 13, 2013 1:48 am
Therefore, we know that the prayers offered by a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra will be answered just as an echo answers a sound, as a shadow follows a form,...
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win
win_spirit
May 14, 2013 1:08 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...
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win
win_spirit
May 14, 2013 1:09 am
The Lotus Sutra states, "[The doctrines that they preach...] will never be contrary to the true reality." T'ien-t'ai commented on this, saying that "no worldly...
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win
win_spirit
May 15, 2013 3:07 am
Ralph Waldo Emerson says, "Good-nature is plentiful, but we want justice with a heart of steel, to fight down the proud." If people are merely good-natured,...
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win
win_spirit
May 15, 2013 3:08 am
There are a few in this province of Kai who have expressed their desire to take faith. Yet I make it a rule not to permit them to join us unless they remain...
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win
win_spirit
May 16, 2013 2:41 am
Day in and day out. Today and again tomorrow. Moving of one's own accord to take action, to meet with people and conduct dialogues. This is what Shakyamuni...
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win
win_spirit
May 16, 2013 2:41 am
From a mundane view, I am the poorest person in Japan, but in the light of Buddhism, I am the wealthiest person in all Jambudvipa. When I consider that this is...
105486
win
win_spirit
May 17, 2013 1:28 am
"Don't be dependent on anyone" -- this is my sentiment. We each have to strengthen and develop ourselves through our own efforts. We must never surrender to...
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win
win_spirit
May 17, 2013 1:29 am
The sutra states: "If one [of these good men or good women in the time after I have passed into extinction] is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one...
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win
win_spirit
May 20, 2013 1:54 am
We mustn't be afraid of anything. It is important to remain firm in our convictions. There is a great deal of scheming and duplicity in the world. It is...
105489
win
win_spirit
May 20, 2013 1:54 am
Life is the foremost of all treasures. It is expounded that even the treasures of the entire major world system cannot equal the value of one's body and life....
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charles
vegibagger
May 20, 2013 5:51 pm
I've just found this story on One Green planet page entitled; Finding the Divine Mother Within Us All, by Dr. Will Tuttle: Educator & Author / May 13, 2013 It...
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win
win_spirit
1:38 am
We must live with vibrant hope. Nothing is stronger than hope. The Mystic Law is itself eternal hope. Happiness belongs to those who never despair, no matter...
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win
win_spirit
1:39 am
If the nation is destroyed and people's homes are wiped out, then where can one flee for safety? If you care anything about your personal security, you should...
