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Trailblazers of Joy
Photography is the magic of light ~ it can capture the present moment forever. “The White Sand Horse of Hawaii” World Tribune Apr 8, 2022 p. B (insert) Future Division Earth is a planet of life. This world we call home is teeming with all kinds of living things, from…
On Repaying Debts of Gratitude
It is not one’s allies but one’s powerful enemies who assist one’s progress…I am grateful when I think that without them I could not have proved myself to be the votary of the Lotus Sutra.” The Actions of the Votary…
Buddhism Is About Winning
Our Prayer for Peace “If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquility throughout the four quarters of the land, should you not?“ ~ On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the…
Cultivating Flower Gardens of Happiness
The Great Beneficial Medicine
The way to become a Buddha is nothing special. It is the same as … providing fire for a person freezing in the cold. ~ “The Wealthy Man Sudatta ” WND-1 p. 1086 The Lotus Sutra is like a lamp…
Refute the Erroneous & Reveal the True
Rune_poem_Hickes_1705 The Teaching of Universal Enlightenment The practice of refuting erroneous teachings in the realm of Buddhism is ultimately a struggle of compassion fought with the force of reason. The Lotus Sutra or Nam Myoho Renge Kyo constitute the name…
The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra
Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other. “All others who bear you enmity or malice will likewise be wiped out.”4 Looking at the world today, it is easy to feel despair. A kind of powerlessness seems to be the prevailing mood in the world…
Courage Is Different From Recklessness
Respectful Actions Convey the Heart of Buddhism “The aspiration of leading all people to enlightenment would just be a pipe dream unless the Buddha taught the importance of our behavior as human beings.” As Nichiren Daishonin states: “The purpose of…
The Berlin Wall
Awakening People’s Buddha Nature Monthly Message ~ Encouragement from Ikeda Sensei Nov 2021 Living Buddhism p. 1 SGI-USA In October 1961, when I saw with my own eyes the Berlin Wall that had been built just two months earlier, I…
Ode To Joy
A votary of the Lotus Sutra is one who fights dauntlessly against great persecution and practices the correct teaching. The Nature of False Sages In Buddhism, arrogant “false sages” are considered the third of the three powerful enemies,…
On the Buddha’s Prophecy
The seventh volume of the Lotus Sutra states, “After I have passed into extinction, in the last five-hundred-year period you must spread it [the Lotus Sutra] abroad widely throughout Jambudvīpa and never allow it to be cut off.” The fourth volume of the Lotus Sutra reads, “Since hatred and jealousy toward this sutra…
