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Ninth Consciousness: May 2008

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Explorations of Buddhism; Meditation, Iconography, Epistemology, Healing, and wherever else my mind may roam. Thursday, May 29, 2008. Going Cuckoo about Ku; Part One; Emptiness and Form. Posted by Mr. Robin Beck. Links to this post. Labels: Buddhism. emptiness. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Going Cuckoo about Ku; Part One; Emptiness and For. About the Buddhism of Nichiren. Digital Dictionary of Buddhism. Mahou Kanji lookup system. Mettawaves from Robin's Nest.

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Ninth Consciousness: March 2008

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Explorations of Buddhism; Meditation, Iconography, Epistemology, Healing, and wherever else my mind may roam. Monday, March 24, 2008. The Power of Threes: Three Words for Wisdom. Kick it, dismiss it as irrelevant, and belittle those who care about it. {I deal with my messy desk this way}. Tie my mind in knots wrestling with it and wind up with a headache. {I deal with disagreements with my wife this way}. Is used instead of wisdom, with the same ambiguities. It finally dawned on me that that three differ...

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Ninth Consciousness: July 2008

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Explorations of Buddhism; Meditation, Iconography, Epistemology, Healing, and wherever else my mind may roam. Saturday, July 19, 2008. More from BuddhaJones "Diary". I get overwhelmed all the time. So, I just say "not yet." It is not necessary to dismiss that which we are unable to understand - that is sour grapes. With time, study, chanting, concentration, and reflection; insight arises; it actually becomes possible to understand what presently seems impossible to grasp. Why do we practice Buddhism?

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Ninth Consciousness: June 2008

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Explorations of Buddhism; Meditation, Iconography, Epistemology, Healing, and wherever else my mind may roam. Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Song of the Cardinal. Posted by Mr. Robin Beck. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Song of the Cardinal. About the Buddhism of Nichiren. Digital Dictionary of Buddhism. Mahou Kanji lookup system. Mettawaves from Robin's Nest. Nichiren Shonin Gohonzon Shu. Writings of Nichiren Daishonin. Enter a long URL to make tiny.

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Ninth Consciousness: May 2010

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Explorations of Buddhism; Meditation, Iconography, Epistemology, Healing, and wherever else my mind may roam. Friday, May 28, 2010. 8220;A sutra states that both the crow’s blackness and the heron’s whiteness are actually the deep stains of their past karma.” — Nichiren, Letter from Sado. Taken literally, this statement reflects a common misunderstanding of Karma, as taught by the Buddha. 1 Utu Niyama or Inorganic Processes:. 2 Bija Niyama or Genetic Heredity:. 8211; The Buddha, the Angulimala Sutta.

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Ninth Consciousness: September 2010

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Explorations of Buddhism; Meditation, Iconography, Epistemology, Healing, and wherever else my mind may roam. Monday, September 27, 2010. Shakubuku and Jihad ; a Comparison and Contrast. 攝 受, is a compound of 攝 = assimilate and 受 = accept. Parigrahana 攝受 is a means of persuading people to practice without refuting their wrong views. As contrasted to 折伏. The Buddha’s forcing of ideological opponents into submission (Skt. saṃgraha. 8212; is a fairy direct translation of. It could also be rendered as refuta...

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Ninth Consciousness: April 2009

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Explorations of Buddhism; Meditation, Iconography, Epistemology, Healing, and wherever else my mind may roam. Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Three levels of Faith. Most of us have heard the "poisoned arrow" parable from the Culamalunkya Sutta:. Suppose Malunkyaputta, a man is wounded by a. Poisoned arrow, and his friends and relatives bring him a. Physician. Suppose the man then says to the physician, "I will not. Allow you to remove this arrow until I have learned who shot me: the age,. So people tend to pu...

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Ninth Consciousness: August 2008

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Explorations of Buddhism; Meditation, Iconography, Epistemology, Healing, and wherever else my mind may roam. Sunday, August 31, 2008. Power of Fours; Qualities of Bondage and Unbinding. Four Qualities of Bondage:. Arisen, Originated, become, come into being. Created, fabricated, made. Sankhatam 爲 {i} or 行 {gyo}:. Four Qualities of Unbinding. Ajatam 不生 {fusho} 無生 {musho}:. Akatam 無作 {musa} 無造 {muzo}:. Uncreated, un-fabricated,. Asankhatam 無爲 {mui}, or 不作行{fusagyo}, or 無行 {mugyo}:. Links to this post.

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Ninth Consciousness: December 2008

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Explorations of Buddhism; Meditation, Iconography, Epistemology, Healing, and wherever else my mind may roam. Wednesday, December 31, 2008. Power of Threes; Benefits of Nichiren Buddhism. From time time to time, Nichiren Buddhists quarrel over the correct way to display the Gohonzon. That is a topic I intend to address in the near future at Gongyo on Line. The Sanskrit for this are paṭu. Posted by Mr. Robin Beck. Links to this post. Friday, December 19, 2008. It is sort of like the old Rolling Stones son...

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Ninth Consciousness: Knowledge versus Wisdom; Intellect and Insight

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Explorations of Buddhism; Meditation, Iconography, Epistemology, Healing, and wherever else my mind may roam. Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Knowledge versus Wisdom; Intellect and Insight. There is really nothing wrong with being ignorant and confused. That can be fixed. The problem is when ignorant fools try to act like all knowing sages. I have been there and done that. Most of us had the thought, 'If I only knew then what I know now.'. Where is the Life we have lost in living? In this sense, wisdom implies ...