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by GDPR_Anonymized001
Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:12 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Re: buddhas achieve enlightenment through LS (Was "Which has primacy, Buddha or Dharma"?)
Replies: 268
Views: 14084

Re: buddhas achieve enlightenment through LS (Was "Which has primacy, Buddha or Dharma"?)

This is still a Buddhist discussion forum, correct? Specifically the Mahayana sub-forum? Why are these "it's all made up and it is childish" posts permitted?
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:41 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Re: buddhas achieve enlightenment through LS (Was "Which has primacy, Buddha or Dharma"?)
Replies: 268
Views: 14084

Re: buddhas achieve enlightenment through LS (Was "Which has primacy, Buddha or Dharma"?)

Thank you. This is quite different from the presentation of the one vehicle that I'm used to as a Tibetan Buddhist. In the presentation I'm used to, three vehicles are distinguished but actually, all will eventually follow the path of the bodhisattva in order to become buddhas in order to benefit a...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Sun May 30, 2021 4:07 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: Correcting wrong thought
Replies: 16
Views: 1091

Re: Correcting wrong thought

tkp67 wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 3:59 pm I notice that people with a great command of language and education don't like the rough cut of people who may not have had the luxury for such things but rather sat outside the temple walls suffering unreasonably.
What does this mean?
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Tue May 25, 2021 6:18 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: Vajrayana as an aspect of Nichiren practice
Replies: 104
Views: 7658

Re: Vajrayana as an aspect of Nichiren practice

My personal opinion, and this is all it is, I think Nichiren had a much deeper interest in Shingon than he admits. Other than Kukai's judgment that in terms of profundity of teaching the Lotus ranks third (Avatamsaka second), he doesn't have much criticism to offer. Sorry, who is the "he"...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Tue May 25, 2021 2:43 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: Vajrayana as an aspect of Nichiren practice
Replies: 104
Views: 7658

Re: Vajrayana as an aspect of Nichiren practice

As far as I know, Lucia Dolce makes the connection most directly, but I think she has moved on to other subjects these days. Jackie Stone also does a bit of work in this area, but tends to stay on the Exoteric side of Tendai and Nichiren. Stone is also retired. Does the distinction exist for Stone ...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Wed May 19, 2021 6:32 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: More UFOs
Replies: 209
Views: 14849

Re: More UFOs

TharpaChodron wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 5:28 pm Haven’t seen that movie in a while, but I seem to recall that they studied Sanskrit to decipher the aliens language. It’s always Sanskrit... ;)
In Hubbard's Battlefield Earth it's Pali :) (The book, not the terrible movie)
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Wed May 19, 2021 10:52 am
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: "...and skillful means are the Ultimate."
Replies: 20
Views: 8111

Re: "...and skillful means are the Ultimate."

I did a bit of follow-up on this with the author of the quote I cited earlier, Rev. Eijo. Here is the Sanskrit: tad etat sarvajñajñānaṃ karuṇāmūlaṃ bodhicittahetukam upāyaparyavasānam iti upāyaparyavasānam in the above is "skillful means is the ultimate goal." So the full bit, is: "At...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Wed May 19, 2021 8:22 am
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: "...and skillful means are the Ultimate."
Replies: 20
Views: 8111

Re: "...and skillful means are the Ultimate."

The translation I'm most familiar with is from Takagi and Dreitlein 2010: World-honored One, what is the cause of such wisdom as this, what is its root, what is its ultimate expression?" After [Vajrapani] said this, the Buddha Vairocana spoke to Vajradhara, the master of secrets, "Well sai...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Mon May 17, 2021 10:24 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: How Nichiren Shonin could be the Eternal Buddha
Replies: 144
Views: 7413

Re: How Nichiren Shonin could be the Eternal Buddha

I'm talking about the Dharmakaya Body that permeates all of Samsara. Right, that refers to śunyatā, emptiness. Since everything is empty, we can say that the reality buddhas realize pervades everything. So i guess Dzogchen has it's own ideas on what the Dharmakaya body is. ?????? That view isn't un...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Mon May 17, 2021 10:23 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: "Realms"
Replies: 21
Views: 3267

Re: "Realms"

Sorry, I don't see the link with this and what the OP was asking. You're quoting a section about the nine methods of teaching the Dharma. It's nothing to do with the Ten Realms. If you read the previous and subsequent text within expedient means he addresses beings in the six realms and then voice ...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Mon May 17, 2021 9:35 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: "Realms"
Replies: 21
Views: 3267

Re: "Realms"

i'd like to know the origin (where in the sutras or great commentators) of the ten realms and how Tiantai got his conclusions about them. i made a search and it's curious that something so basic in Nichiren and Tiantai buddhism cannot be traced I thought this was common in all Mahayana traditions, ...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Mon May 17, 2021 9:32 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: "Realms"
Replies: 21
Views: 3267

Re: "Realms"

“My teaching has nine aspects,Which are taught according to the strengths of beings.I teach with this method so that they will approach The supreme gift that is wisdom. {49} https://84000.co/new-84000-publication-the-white-lotus-of-good-dharma/ I use these nine devices, adapting them to the living ...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Mon May 17, 2021 8:01 pm
Forum: Nichiren
Topic: "Realms"
Replies: 21
Views: 3267

Re: "Realms"

i'd like to know the origin (where in the sutras or great commentators) of the ten realms and how Tiantai got his conclusions about them. i made a search and it's curious that something so basic in Nichiren and Tiantai buddhism cannot be traced I thought this was common in all Mahayana traditions, ...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Thu May 13, 2021 2:49 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: So are Sutras really from the Buddha, or just fiction
Replies: 203
Views: 11221

Re: So are Sutras really from the Buddha, or just fiction

If you say it was all a show and his life a mirage you destroy the teaching that buddhahood in human form is attainable. Have you read the Lotus Sutra? Yes. Why not state why you believe I am incorrect based on it. It would end needless doubt and show people can not only read the Lotus but grasp it...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Wed May 12, 2021 2:19 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: So are Sutras really from the Buddha, or just fiction
Replies: 203
Views: 11221

Re: So are Sutras really from the Buddha, or just fiction

tkp67 wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 2:09 pm If you say it was all a show and his life a mirage you destroy the teaching that buddhahood in human form is attainable.
Have you read the Lotus Sutra?
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Sun May 09, 2021 9:53 am
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: Qigong / Chinese Alchemy in East Asian Mahayana Buddhism?
Replies: 82
Views: 24889

Re: Qigong / Chinese Alchemy in East Asian Mahayana Buddhism?

Thanks. I misunderstood your earlier post in light of the OP question and thought you meant that Alchemy was a part of Shingon. Now I see it's just that Kukai may have had knowledge and/or an interest in it. Academia certainly does have a lot of articles! Is there a way to determine which of those t...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Sat May 08, 2021 9:48 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: Qigong / Chinese Alchemy in East Asian Mahayana Buddhism?
Replies: 82
Views: 24889

Re: Qigong / Chinese Alchemy in East Asian Mahayana Buddhism?

As for alchemy, Kukai, the founder of the Shingon tradition, was almost assuredly involved with at least some aspects of alchemy. Kukai's relationship with cinnabar and its weidan alchemical ritual implications is repeatedly uncovered by those willing to do research on the matter. Sorry, but aside ...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:09 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: How to decarbonize your life.
Replies: 28
Views: 2728

Re: How to decarbonize your life.

A July 2017 study published in Environmental Research Letters found that the most significant way individuals could mitigate their own carbon footprint is to have one less child ("an average for developed countries of 58.6 tonnes CO2-equivalent (tCO2e) emission reductions per year"), foll...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:16 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Making grammar, spelling, and pronunciation mistakes
Replies: 39
Views: 2887

Re: Making grammar, spelling, and pronunciation mistakes

I hope you find this sufficient. If not perhaps you can simply let me know where the disconnect is. :anjali: It’s very simple. I asked a number of questions whose answers would have helped me understand those sentences. You wrote several paragraphs without answering any of those questions, except t...
by GDPR_Anonymized001
Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:01 am
Forum: Shingon
Topic: Shikoku Pilgrimage Visual Essay
Replies: 5
Views: 4851

Re: Shikoku Pilgrimage Visual Essay

Queequeg wrote: Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:53 am Thanks for posting this.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Not sure this sub-forum gets many visitors but has anyone here completed all or some of the Shikoku pilgrimage? Or perhaps visited a Shingon temple? What was the experience like for you?

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