Some pertinent considerations: - When Shakyamuni Buddha talks about the Ten Suchness in the Hoben chapter he uses words and phrases. Whether in the scheme presented in the Kumarajiva version or in the Sanskrit version in which the Buddha repeats a five-aspect formula (5*2=10), he is still directly ...
My conclusion from the writings of Nichiren Daishonin of the prior long debate on Original Enlightenment between Reverend Yasuhara and Graham Lamont In the general sense, as emanations of the Original Buddha, when we chant the Daimoku and perform conversion activities we are Three Bodied Tathagatas....
Reverand Yasuhara and Graham Lamont Debate Acquired Enlighenment and the Original Enlightenment of the Common Mortal (Hongaku versus Hongaku Shiso) Graham Lamont: Forgery...Hongaku (Original Enlightenment) is not Nichiren's doctrine. (Here Mr. Lamont refutes Rev. Yasahara's view of Hongaku). It is h...
Nichiren states in the Offering of Prayers to the Mandala of the Mystic Law: "The Gohonzon is the teacher of all Buddhas throughout the Three Existences." The meaning of Gohonzon in the The Kempon Hokke, is the embodiment of the Law and the Eternal Buddha. The Lotus Sutra Chapter 15, Emerg...
I'm sure he didn't preach "Theravada". Theravada is result of a long and complex development of the Buddhist Sangha and its relation to the Indian society and to other religions and to the Indian and South-east Asian political scene. The word "theravada" is a later addition. Vas...
Bhagavan Shakyamuni says in the Rohitassa sutta: "Yet it is just within this fathom-long body, with its perception & intellect, that I declare that there is the cosmos, the origination of the cosmos, the cessation of the cosmos, and the path of practice leading to the cessation of the cosm...
Bhagavan Shakyamuni says in the Rohitassa sutta: "Yet it is just within this fathom-long body, with its perception & intellect, that I declare that there is the cosmos, the origination of the cosmos, the cessation of the cosmos, and the path of practice leading to the cessation of the cosm...
Hosso and Kegon barely exists as living schools. No idea about Jonang. Its weird that people assert these are vital contemporary lineages. While i don't disagree with you that Hossō is a long way from it's glory days, it still attracts people all over the world that are interested in studying Yogac...
. Let me see if I become clearer. There is no school in the Chinese Buddhist tradition that is really madhyamaka. Even the Sanlun school, which is said to be its Chinese representative, is not purely madhyamaka. Tiantai and Huayen are schools that depart from the Madhyamaka nomenclature, but they a...
:good: I recite nembutsu for my cats, and sometimes other animals or insects. It's very important for beings to come close to the Three Jewels. Your animals' affection/relationship with you is another way they come close to the Three Jewels. I like to think my pets are making a positive association...
It seems each sect has an agenda, a sort of exclusivity or deifying of their leader/founder thing going on. I have always enjoyed learning independently but am concerned that I'm neglecting to find a sangha. How can I square away w this? As long as one goes the Way of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren's...
In 1970's Nichiren school sent their english literature to the European libraries, sometimes they were catalogued and made available for public. I read a couple of those books. At that time Nichiren school used the Nine consciousnesses version of yogachara, it was said to be the epitome of Yogachar...
Technically speaking, according to scientists, many animals lack self-awareness and this is one characteristic that differentiates animals from humans. I don't believe this for a moment. I believe that my animals by hearing Namu Myoho renge kyo, lessen their karmic retribution and that they will mo...
There is clear and strong evidence of the influence of Yogacara thought on the formulation of the Tientai/Tendai doctrine and, by extension, on Nichiren thought. Although Western Buddhism's tendency to "Protestant" thinking (a kind of "sola scriptura" that clings to the letter r...
AFAIK, Zhiyi did not integrate Yogacara teachings on 8 consciousnesses into his teaching. I'm speculating, but I don't think Zhiyi would have necessarily taken a position against 8 consciousnesses per se, though I have read a quote where Zhiyi criticized Vasubhandu's Consciousness Only as being bia...
If the Tientai school taught a Ninth consciousness shortly? after The Summary of the Mahayana school founded by Paramārtha (499–569) and the Flower Garland (Hua-yen; Kegon) school founded by Tu-shun (557–640), somewhere around the 6th century or somewhat after, they must have been aware of Yogacara...
Nichiren also mentions the Ninth Consciousness in On the Eighteen Perfections. There seemed to be a battle between the True Word (Shingon) schools to create doctrines of the Tenth (Tientai) and Eleventh (True Word) but I think this was one upmanship and the Ninth is the deepest level of consciousne...
. Technically speaking, according to scientists, many animals lack self-awareness and this is one characteristic that differentiates animals from humans. I don't believe this for a moment. I believe that my animals by hearing Namu Myoho renge kyo, lessen their karmic retribution and that they will ...
Hi. The Consciousness Only School initially taught the Alaya consciousness around the 4th or 5th century, and Nichiren mentions this school, so he was aware of their doctrines. More profound is the Amala consciousness. "The Summary of the Mahayana (Chin She-lun; Shōron) school founded by Para...