SundanceKid Online

A Coffeeshop Blog

Alt Sidebar
Random Article
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Memoir
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
  • Memoir
  • Contact

No Widgets found in the Sidebar Alt!

  • Buddhism,  Enlightenment,  Happiness

    Happiness

    It is like the case of a poor man who spends night and day counting his neighbor’s wealth but gains not even half a coin. – On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime [Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Vol 1 p. 3]…

    By savannah
  • Buddhism,  Enlightenment,  Happiness

    Pleasure Is Different Than Happiness

    Dorian Gray, or perhaps Oscar Wilde once said that pleasure is different than happiness. Aristotle said “Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” [1] According to Buddhist teachings, there are two…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Happiness,  interconnectedness

    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…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Happiness,  Spring

    Cultivating Flower Gardens of Happiness

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Happiness,  Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

    Transforming Our Lives

    Polishing Our Lives Through Chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo The Mystic Law is the key to polishing our lives. In “On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime,” Nichiren Daishonin writes: “This is similar to a tarnished mirror that will shine like a…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Courage,  Freedom,  Happiness

    True Freedom

    To be sure, true freedom in Buddhism means having a free and unrestrained state of life that no obstacle can destroy. Nichiren Daishonin spread his teaching of universal enlightenment amid relentless persecutions by the ruling authorities of feudal Japan. Yet he…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Faith,  Happiness,  Lotus Sutra, Mystic Law,  Treasure

    The Three Kinds of Treasure

    The Three Kinds of Treasure It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Faith,  Happiness

    On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime

    The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Vol 1 p.3 If you wish to free yourself from the sufferings of birth and death you have endured since time without beginning and to attain without fail unsurpassed enlightenment in this lifetime, you must…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Faith,  Happiness

    Two Kinds of Happiness

    Nichiren writes “Single-mindedly chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and urge others to do the same, that will remain as the only memory of your present life in this human world.” (WND-1 p.64)

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Faith,  Happiness

    Joy Is Found In Struggle

    “Joy is found in struggle. It is found in the darkness of the crushing breakers and tearing winds of a stormy sea.” ~ Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet We Are Each “the Blacksmith of Our Own Happiness” Iron, when heated in…

    By NikitaPiper
12

Translate this Post

en English
af Afrikaanssq Albanianam Amharicar Arabichy Armenianaz Azerbaijanieu Basquebe Belarusianbn Bengalibs Bosnianbg Bulgarianca Catalanceb Cebuanony Chichewazh-CN Chinese (Simplified)zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)co Corsicanhr Croatiancs Czechda Danishnl Dutchen Englisheo Esperantoet Estoniantl Filipinofi Finnishfr Frenchfy Frisiangl Galicianka Georgiande Germanel Greekgu Gujaratiht Haitian Creoleha Hausahaw Hawaiianiw Hebrewhi Hindihmn Hmonghu Hungarianis Icelandicig Igboid Indonesianga Irishit Italianja Japanesejw Javanesekn Kannadakk Kazakhkm Khmerko Koreanku Kurdish (Kurmanji)ky Kyrgyzlo Laola Latinlv Latvianlt Lithuanianlb Luxembourgishmk Macedonianmg Malagasyms Malayml Malayalammt Maltesemi Maorimr Marathimn Mongolianmy Myanmar (Burmese)ne Nepalino Norwegianps Pashtofa Persianpl Polishpt Portuguesepa Punjabiro Romanianru Russiansm Samoangd Scottish Gaelicsr Serbianst Sesothosn Shonasd Sindhisi Sinhalask Slovaksl Slovenianso Somalies Spanishsu Sundanesesw Swahilisv Swedishtg Tajikta Tamilte Teluguth Thaitr Turkishuk Ukrainianur Urduuz Uzbekvi Vietnamesecy Welshxh Xhosayi Yiddishyo Yorubazu Zulu

Recent Posts

  • Ingrates and Bathtubs
  • Education in the 21st Century
  • Where Hope Still Lives
  • On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
  • Happiness
  • World Peace
  • Earnest Resolve

Tags

absolute buddhism coffee coffeeshop courage denver enlightenment Excommunication Faith freedom Good & Evil good and evil gratitude Happiness Human Life human rights interconnectedness joy Karma life and death Life on Earth lotus sutra Love medicine mystic law NamMyohoRengeKyo nam myoho renge kyo Nichiren Shoshu Priesthood nikken photography relative religion San Jose State University SGI USA Shahmaran snake creature struggle ten worlds treasure Tufts University Turkey UC Santa Cruz wealth wisdom world peace
5th_IWA_Class_Study_Guide-1Download
Twitter Tumblr Instagram
SundanceKid Online © 2023 made with Bard Blog Pro
Back to top