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Persian Myth, Turkey

Ingrates and Bathtubs

The White Rose of Turkey The Turkish mystery series on Netflix, Shahmaran (2023), is based partly on the Persian myth of the same name. [1] “Shah” is a title used for…

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Education, Higher Education, U.S.

Education in the 21st Century

The dream of sin. According to data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), as of the academic year 2016-2017, there are a total of 4,360 higher education institutions…

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Buddhism, Courage

Where Hope Still Lives

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,…

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Clear Mirror, Courage, Gosho

On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime

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,…

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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…

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  • Buddhism,  Enlightenment,  Lotus Sutra, Mystic Law

    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…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Courage,  Faith

    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…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Courage,  Enlightenment

    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…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Courage,  Enlightenment,  Freedom

    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…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Courage,  Excommunication,  Good & Evil

    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,…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Courage,  Lotus Sutra, Mystic Law

    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…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Karma,  Mission

    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…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Courage,  Faith,  Karma,  Life, Death

    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…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Courage,  Ten Worlds

    The Mind Is Its Own Place

    “When we base our lives on the Mystic Law, the life states that drag us toward suffering and unhappiness move in the opposite, positive direction. It is as if sufferings become the “firewood” that fuels the flames of joy, wisdom…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Courage,  Faith

    On Reciting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra

    On Reciting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra For us, the principles are very profound but our understanding is slight. That is, the teachings of the sutra are extremely profound and our capacities are in truth too shallow. – Nichiren…

    By NikitaPiper
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