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An here the 30 Kamis, with the Mandala Gohonzon, also sorrounded by the Gohei. "Of all the many places in Japan, Nichiren was born in the province of Awa. It is said that the Sun Goddess first dwelt in this province, where she began exploring the land of Japan. An estate exists there dedicated ...

From my studies of Japanese Buddhism and time spent in Japan, traveling around temples and talking to some teachers, I can tell you only Jōdo Shinshū of all schools is explicitly forbidding people from mixing Shinto and Buddhism. Others do not have a problem with such 'mixing, incl. Nichiren, Soto ...

The 30 Kami who protects the Lotus Sutra.
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To answer the second question - Mixing practices - we need to define. NMRK is a single pointed practice. If you confuse it with other practices, yes, that is bad, for you. It will bring confusion to your mind. For instance, directing NMRK to a fox spirit (inari) (this is a practice you find at some...

Journeys in Japan: Dewa Sanzan, Yamagata-Part 2 https://vimeo.com/196561540 上徳寺に山伏の祭り Yamabushi Festival in the Jotokuji, Kyoto https://vimeo.com/10671705 Shugendo - The Way of Power https://vimeo.com/126224448 Sangakurin Temple Fire Ceremony https://vimeo.com/30759212 Yamabushi Warriors at the Arc...

This is Nichiren Yamabushi mountain training. Focusing on the Goddess Shichimen Daimyojin, who protects the Lotus Sutra.

Hi, I'll be moving to Korea in just over a month or so, and I want to know about setting up a Buddhist altar in the Korean tradition. I haven't been able to find much information about Korean Buddhist altars online. Are they like Japanese butsudans or more like Chinese altars? Can you get the sort ...

Well, depends. There's the making of a simple table and arranging out offerings(whether ancestor or not). Really, it doesn't matter, though best ask the abbot. Whenever my grandma did this on certain days, she usually would go up a mountain or high area(my grandpa ordered his ashes scattered out to...

Hi, I'll be moving to Korea in just over a month or so, and I want to know about setting up a Buddhist altar in the Korean tradition. I haven't been able to find much information about Korean Buddhist altars online. Are they like Japanese butsudans or more like Chinese altars? Can you get the sort ...

I am a Buddhist who is currently exploring Japanese Buddhism. I converted to Buddhism last year at my local Thai temple, but I went on a vacation to Japan late last year and really loved the Japanese form of Buddhism. I visited a number of temples, including Shoren-In (Tendai), Higashi Honganji (Jo...

It took me the longest time to figure out what exactly I was chanting while doing gongyo. At first I thought it was Japanese, and I was excited by the prospect of actually learning another language, hoping that maybe I would have another skill to add to my resume eventually (“languages spoken: Japa...

Is it OK to say that I find references to the 'common Mahayana' a bit daunting? In the context of modern culture, as distinct maybe from the context of Tibetan religious culture, Mahayana is anything but 'common'. It seems to indicate a tone of condescension. This has nothing to do with Tibetan rel...

I took "come back lifetime after lifetime" to mean emanation. It simply means rebirth in samsara. Is emanation possible before the bhumis? How else would one be in control of rebirths? One only gains control over rebirth at the eighth bhumi. If self-liberation has nothing to do with maint...

Thanks for the reply. It leaves me with a few more questions that I hope you can also help with. Skillful means. Can you give a top 5 list or something of what Vajrayana brings to the table in this regard? This is a very big question. The long and short of it however is that identifying oneself as ...

This one!

A Book of Common Tibetan Buddhist Prayers
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Tibe ... 0980173035

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Nichiren Shu Buddhism under the care and auspices of Tsukamoto Shonin and Kanjin Cederman Shonin, is doing with Gonzalo Escobar (who is undergoing a lay leader training), are undertaking a mission to make Nichiren Buddhism more widely available to the general public in South America (in particular i...

Regarding N.Shu - My impression is that there is some effort at international mission (Nichiren Buddhist International Center NBIC) but its not a well formed idea or given adequate resources. Being head of NBIC seems to be more or less an honorary appointment among the leadership in Japan, and othe...

Aryjna wrote: ↑Sun Sep 09, 2018 6:05 pm There are so many methods, even sutra methods, that the main difficulty is probably to choose which one one prefers

https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/ Some methods, some of which do not require empowerments etc., are available here under 'protection from harm'.

Dukkar!