Been doing a lot of work (=practice Odaimoku mix with Bodhisattva Akasagarbha/ Kokūzō Bosatsu 虚空蔵菩薩 =oṃ vajra ratna oṃ trāḥ svāhāMinobu wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:37 pmI only have a vague fuzzy feeling as to this ......
there are times when I feel like I have a teacher / guru...and at other times it's like the Lotus Sutra is that and Nichiren's works are just that...
His works have been imbued into reality through the Lotus Sutra's Buddhism.
fuzzy very fuzzy...for He never , as far as I know, talked of such...except that he was adamant somewhere that He would never return ...again fuzzy very fuzzy...no need to return physical if you are sort of Sambhogakaya Dharmakaya ????
ok so i'm have a fuzzy senior moment in Buddhism...what are firends for if not to get me through it...
The Japanese pronunciation of this mantra is:
om bazara aratanno om taraku sowaka)
So like i am now actually understanding that it is all ...for lack of better in depth word>>>> mind.
it's ?our? mind ...gohonzon and all those powerful characteristics depicted with the use of characters and the names for deities and Buddhist gods...are aspects of our mind....
shape the mind shape the enviroment..develop the mind of compassion...infuse the enviroment with compassion...
somehow our deepest desires can get answered in reality through practice...the Gakki knew and understood this and capitalized on it...which isn't a bad thing in and of itself for it's all a learning experience...and an experience to bring us closer to the actual path and understanding what we are...
and how powerful we actually are..
ok friends >>> work in progress....not finished yet...just letting you in on ,where this ole mad bugger banging against the his wall is at.
love to all...