Outshining Our Karma with the Sun of Wisdom
Outshining Our Karma with the Sun of Wisdom World Tribune p. 6 ~ September 10, 2021 Buddhism explains that karma has a lot to do with why we find ourselves in our present circumstances. While there’s good, bad and even…
The Great Ship of the Lotus Sutra
…all the Buddhist sutras are like gold, but some are finer and more profound than others. The Supremacy of the Law WND-1 p. 612 The Supremacy of the Law As more Buddhist sutras were brought to China, it became apparent…
A Diligent Practice
“If in a single moment of life we exert millions of kalpas [1] of effort, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies with which we are eternally endowed. [Chanting] Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a…
Changing Karma Into Mission
Sometimes the only thing we can do is chant. Sometimes the best thing we can do for ourselves is to chant. What does Changing Karma Into Mission mean? We encounter various kinds of sufferings and hardships in life. Some of…
Karmic Retribution
Lessening one’s karmic retribution. This term, which literally means, “transforming the heavy and receiving it lightly,” appears in the Nirvana Sutra. As a benefit of protecting the correct teaching of Buddhism, we can experience relatively light karmic retribution in this…
The Opening of the Eyes
In the face of severe hardships, we need to look ahead with a positive attitude and joyfully take them on.
