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  • Buddhism,  Enlightenment,  Happiness,  Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

    Three Meanings of Myo

    “Myo means to open” (WND-1, 145). The Mystic Law brings out the inherent value of all things. In other words, no matter our state of life, when we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, we can open and reveal the world of Buddhahood. Chanting…

    By NikitaPiper
  • buddhism, lotus sutra, mystic law
    Buddhism,  Faith,  Medicine

    Changing Poison Into Medicine

    Buddhism is a religion of inner transformation. The pure realm in which the Buddha resides and the impure realm where ordinary people dwell are not two separate realms. “Creating A Century of Humanism in Which All Can Shine” p. 55…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Enlightenment,  Faith

    On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime

    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, you must perceive the…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Dependent Origination,  interconnectedness,  Lotus Sutra, Mystic Law

    Awakening to the Interconnectedness of Life

    SGI-USA Living Buddhism August 2020 p. 13 The pathology of divisiveness drives people to an unreasoning attachment to difference and blinds them to human commonalities. This is not limited to individuals but constitutes the deep psychology of collective egoism, which…

    By NikitaPiper
  • buddhism, lotus sutra, faith, family, women, enlightenment, evil
    Buddhism,  Enlightenment,  Faith,  Family

    Striving to Realize the Buddha’s Wish and Intent

    Opening the Path To Attaining Buddhahood in an Evil Age It is important that we actively engage in the challenge of guiding those around us to happiness. Without that struggle, any ambition of achieving happiness for all humanity is meaningless. A religion is…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Enlightenment,  Faith

    The Problem to Be Pondered Night and Day

    Soka Gakkai Nichiren Buddhism Library The second volume of the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law states: “If a person fails to have faith but instead slanders this sutra . . . or on seeing those who read, recite, copy, and uphold this sutra, should despise, hate,…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Enlightenment,  Faith

    The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon

     [Nichiren] Daishonin tells us plainly that the Gohonzon has infinite power. The only question is whether or not we believe him.  I have received your offerings to the Gohonzon of five thousand coins, one horseload of polished rice, and fruit. To begin…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Enlightenment,  Faith

    Good Fortune

    The One Essential Phrase For you to inquire about the Lotus Sutra and ask its meaning is a rare source of good fortune. In this age of the Latter Day of the Law, those who ask about the meaning of even one phrase…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Karma,  Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

    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…

    By NikitaPiper
  • Buddhism,  Karma,  Mission

    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…

    By NikitaPiper
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