Faith Equals Daily Life - Sgi-Usa
... happiness. This causes our Buddha nature to surge forth, infusing us with rich life force and wisdom. We in effect come to “understand the meaning of all worldly affairs.” The teaching and practice of Buddhism enable us in this way to win in daily life. A scholar recently noted that one reason the S ...
... happiness. This causes our Buddha nature to surge forth, infusing us with rich life force and wisdom. We in effect come to “understand the meaning of all worldly affairs.” The teaching and practice of Buddhism enable us in this way to win in daily life. A scholar recently noted that one reason the S ...
Long Beach Int'l Soka Sprit
... Mahayana Buddhism spread to China, Korea and Japan over 1,500 years. During next 500 years, Buddhism started to decline and had become formalized and ritualized so that only monks, or those with independent means, could undertake the lifetime of austerities involved. It had lost its effectiveness. S ...
... Mahayana Buddhism spread to China, Korea and Japan over 1,500 years. During next 500 years, Buddhism started to decline and had become formalized and ritualized so that only monks, or those with independent means, could undertake the lifetime of austerities involved. It had lost its effectiveness. S ...
Nichiren Teachings and The Four Noble Truths SGI views on the
... The teaching of the Four Noble Truths was the first teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha. It is accepted in Traditional Buddhism, however, as the first and the final. Not all Mahayana sutras regard the first sermon of the Buddha as the final Buddhist teaching and examples are “The Profound Secrets Sutra”, ...
... The teaching of the Four Noble Truths was the first teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha. It is accepted in Traditional Buddhism, however, as the first and the final. Not all Mahayana sutras regard the first sermon of the Buddha as the final Buddhist teaching and examples are “The Profound Secrets Sutra”, ...
Bernard Frank, Dieux et Bouddhas au Japan. Travaux du College
... Suvarnaprabhasa sutras, but by accidents of monastic and popular patronage. In Nichiren’s hands Kishimojin became a fierce protector of the Buddhist teaching, while Benzaiten was increasinfflv Shintoized (a phenomenon less studied than the Buddhization of the kam i). He notes, without giving details ...
... Suvarnaprabhasa sutras, but by accidents of monastic and popular patronage. In Nichiren’s hands Kishimojin became a fierce protector of the Buddhist teaching, while Benzaiten was increasinfflv Shintoized (a phenomenon less studied than the Buddhization of the kam i). He notes, without giving details ...
3. True Cause and True Effect
... a given lifetime. In fact, when I looked for the source of the well-known passage by St. Paul in Galatians about reaping what ye sow, I found it at the beginning of a sermon the text for which was “...and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil," (Proverbs 16:6) which also illustrates the use o ...
... a given lifetime. In fact, when I looked for the source of the well-known passage by St. Paul in Galatians about reaping what ye sow, I found it at the beginning of a sermon the text for which was “...and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil," (Proverbs 16:6) which also illustrates the use o ...
Buddhist Concepts: The Gohonzon
... powerful determination to rid the world of misery and lead people to lasting happiness. With this vow, he thoroughly studied the sutras and identified chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as the practice that embodies the essence of Shakyamuni’s teachings. In the course of propagating this practice, Nichiren ...
... powerful determination to rid the world of misery and lead people to lasting happiness. With this vow, he thoroughly studied the sutras and identified chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as the practice that embodies the essence of Shakyamuni’s teachings. In the course of propagating this practice, Nichiren ...
日莲正宗佛法介绍 - 新加坡日莲正宗佛教会Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist
... ultimate purpose of his life - the Lotus Sutra - as the supreme teaching for all mankind to attain enlightenment. In this Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha prophesied the advent of the True Original Buddha who would replace him 2,000 years after his passing in order to lead all people in this world to ...
... ultimate purpose of his life - the Lotus Sutra - as the supreme teaching for all mankind to attain enlightenment. In this Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha prophesied the advent of the True Original Buddha who would replace him 2,000 years after his passing in order to lead all people in this world to ...
Faithi in Revolution Tricycle Winter 2008
... Drawing upon the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren declared that it was wiser to avoid leaning too much on either the self-power or the other-power approach. Nichiren’s practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo leads us to discover a power and wisdom that exists within us and at the same time tr ...
... Drawing upon the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren declared that it was wiser to avoid leaning too much on either the self-power or the other-power approach. Nichiren’s practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo leads us to discover a power and wisdom that exists within us and at the same time tr ...
SGI-UK Study Department
... enlightenment of Shakyamuni, why he refrained from teaching the Lotus Sutra for the first 40 years of his life, and the significance of the second chapter of the Lotus Sutra. In The Selection of the Time [WND p543] the Daishonin explains about the middle period of the transmission of the Buddhist te ...
... enlightenment of Shakyamuni, why he refrained from teaching the Lotus Sutra for the first 40 years of his life, and the significance of the second chapter of the Lotus Sutra. In The Selection of the Time [WND p543] the Daishonin explains about the middle period of the transmission of the Buddhist te ...
No. 19
... Buddhism only functioned as a means for praying for security of the nation at any number of the elaborate temples and as scholastic learning for the noble class, while common people sought Buddhism for liberation from human sufferings. Priests exploited the common people’s fears with the emphasis th ...
... Buddhism only functioned as a means for praying for security of the nation at any number of the elaborate temples and as scholastic learning for the noble class, while common people sought Buddhism for liberation from human sufferings. Priests exploited the common people’s fears with the emphasis th ...
Dharma Conference P-NBT Obon celebration Upcoming events
... member brought up the idea of making the visitation a regular activity and that in addition to just the Sensei, we would have a member or two accompany Sensei to the vistiation on a rotating basis. The hope is that the visit would take on a more social element and for sharing news of Temple and pers ...
... member brought up the idea of making the visitation a regular activity and that in addition to just the Sensei, we would have a member or two accompany Sensei to the vistiation on a rotating basis. The hope is that the visit would take on a more social element and for sharing news of Temple and pers ...
Nichiren Shoshu/ Soka Gakkai Buddhism Profile
... The Nichiren tradition within Japanese Buddhism began as one of several new Buddhist movements during the Kamakura period (1185-1333). Recently Nichiren and Nichirenism have attracted international attention due in large part to the prominence of Nichiren Shoshu (Nichiren Orthodox Sect) and the lay ...
... The Nichiren tradition within Japanese Buddhism began as one of several new Buddhist movements during the Kamakura period (1185-1333). Recently Nichiren and Nichirenism have attracted international attention due in large part to the prominence of Nichiren Shoshu (Nichiren Orthodox Sect) and the lay ...
What Is Our Buddhist Practice
... The origins of the SGI-USA worldview can be traced to the teachings of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni, who lived some 2,500 years ago in what is modern-day Nepal. Born Gautama Siddhartha, he abandoned his sheltered, princely life and sought instead to understand the inescapable sufferings of every ...
... The origins of the SGI-USA worldview can be traced to the teachings of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni, who lived some 2,500 years ago in what is modern-day Nepal. Born Gautama Siddhartha, he abandoned his sheltered, princely life and sought instead to understand the inescapable sufferings of every ...
The Middle Way - SGI-USA South Bay Community Center
... Lotus Sutra Purpose of the Lotus Sutra was to enable all beings to enter into the Buddha way. “Honestly discard expedient means” he discarded his previous teachings which had been preparatory. Did not “attain Buddhahood” in this lifetime, but rather in remote past. Explained that all beings are man ...
... Lotus Sutra Purpose of the Lotus Sutra was to enable all beings to enter into the Buddha way. “Honestly discard expedient means” he discarded his previous teachings which had been preparatory. Did not “attain Buddhahood” in this lifetime, but rather in remote past. Explained that all beings are man ...
Part 4 - SGI-UK
... The reason that Nichiren Daishonin preferred the Lotus Sutra to the other interpretations of Buddhism that were being taught in Japan in the thirteenth century is because it is a teaching of equality and respect that enables ordinary people to reveal their potential here and now. Other forms of Budd ...
... The reason that Nichiren Daishonin preferred the Lotus Sutra to the other interpretations of Buddhism that were being taught in Japan in the thirteenth century is because it is a teaching of equality and respect that enables ordinary people to reveal their potential here and now. Other forms of Budd ...
What is Happiness? - Soka Gakkai International
... We believe that happiness is being able to experience profound joy that comes from never being defeated by any problems in life. In fact, we use the challenges of our lives as a catalyst to deepen and expand our inner lives. Despite a culture of instant gratification that influences so much of moder ...
... We believe that happiness is being able to experience profound joy that comes from never being defeated by any problems in life. In fact, we use the challenges of our lives as a catalyst to deepen and expand our inner lives. Despite a culture of instant gratification that influences so much of moder ...
(9) About the SGI-USA
... interrelation where all things in the realms of humanity and nature are dependent upon each other for their existence and nothing can exist in isolation. ...
... interrelation where all things in the realms of humanity and nature are dependent upon each other for their existence and nothing can exist in isolation. ...
Nichiren
Nichiren (日蓮; February 16, 1222 – November 21, 1282) was a Buddhist monk who lived during the Kamakura period (1185–1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra, which claims to contain Gautama Buddha's teachings towards the end of his life, as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment.Nichiren believed that this sutra contained the essence of all of Gautama Buddha's teachings related to the laws of causality, karma, and leading all people without distinction to enlightenment. This devotion to the sutra entails the chanting of Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō ""homage to the Lotus Sutra"", a phrase referred to as the daimoku, as the essential practice of the teaching.Nichiren Buddhism includes various schools such as Honmon Butsuryū Shū, Nichiren Shōshū, the Nichiren Shū confederation of schools, and lay movements such as Risshō Kōsei Kai or Soka Gakkai, each claiming to be the only true follower of their founder, with their own interpretations of Nichiren's teachings. However, despite the differences between schools, all Nichiren sects share the fundamental practice of chanting daimoku. While all Nichiren Buddhist schools regard him as a reincarnation of the Lotus Sutra's Visistacaritra or Jōgyō Bosatsu (上行菩薩), some schools of Nichiren Buddhism's Nikkō lineages regard him as the actual Buddha of this age, or the Buddha of the Latter day of the Law and for all eternity.In the 20th century, Nichirenism was a fascist movement led by Nichiren Buddhists who attempted a wave of assassinations in an attempt to further ultranationalist goals in 1932. The result is known as the League of Blood Incident. Two months after, in the May 15 Incident, Japanese naval officers, including some associated with the League of Blood, assassinated Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi.