I agree PTD
I agree PTD
THe propaganda war won. I agree that now we must face a difficult time ahead. More fertile ground for others to look inward for answers. We are here to help those seeking absolute happiness as we have found the key to this eternal desire thru the practice of Budhism and chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.
Bonno Soku Bodai
Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment: A principle which teaches that one can attain Buddhahood by transforming illusions and earthly desires into enlightened wisdom rather than extinguishing them. According to the Hinayana teaching, since illusions and earthly desires generally work to obscure the Buddha nature and hinder Buddhist practice, one must eliminate them all in order to attain enlightenment. In the light of the Lotus Sutra, however, earthly desires and enlightenment are not different in their fundamental essence. It follows that enlightenment is not the eradication of desire but a state which the entity of life can experience by transforming innate desires.
The Fugen Sutra, which concludes the Lotus Sutra, states: "Even without extinguishing their earthly desires or denying the five desires, they can purify all of their senses and eradicate all of their misdeeds." The Juryo (sixteenth) chapter of the essential teaching of the Lotus Sutra reveals the truth that Buddhahood possesses all nine worlds (Japanese, bukkai soku kukai). Even after achieving enlightenment, the Buddha still retains all nine worlds of the common mortal. On the basis of the world of Buddhahood, they work to create joy rather than suffering without changing their essential nature. Nichiren Daishonin's "Ongi Kuden" (Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings) states, "All in all, the ultimate of the Juryo chapter does not lie in subjugating delusions one by one in order to attain enlightenment. You should realize that its significance is to gain enlightenment as you are, remaining as the entity of a common mortal." He taught the chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon or object of worship as the specific practice for manifesting Buddhahood and thereby transforming earthly desires into enlightenment. The "Ongi Kuden" also says, "Now Nichiren and others who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo"burn the firewood of earthly desires and behold the fire of enlightened wisdom before their eyes."
Source: Dictionary of Buddhist Terms and Concepts
I agree PTD
THe propaganda war won. I agree that now we must face a difficult time ahead. More fertile ground for others to look inward for answers. We are here to help those seeking absolute happiness as we have found the key to this eternal desire thru the practice of Budhism and chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.
Bonno Soku Bodai
Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment: A principle which teaches that one can attain Buddhahood by transforming illusions and earthly desires into enlightened wisdom rather than extinguishing them. According to the Hinayana teaching, since illusions and earthly desires generally work to obscure the Buddha nature and hinder Buddhist practice, one must eliminate them all in order to attain enlightenment. In the light of the Lotus Sutra, however, earthly desires and enlightenment are not different in their fundamental essence. It follows that enlightenment is not the eradication of desire but a state which the entity of life can experience by transforming innate desires.
The Fugen Sutra, which concludes the Lotus Sutra, states: "Even without extinguishing their earthly desires or denying the five desires, they can purify all of their senses and eradicate all of their misdeeds." The Juryo (sixteenth) chapter of the essential teaching of the Lotus Sutra reveals the truth that Buddhahood possesses all nine worlds (Japanese, bukkai soku kukai). Even after achieving enlightenment, the Buddha still retains all nine worlds of the common mortal. On the basis of the world of Buddhahood, they work to create joy rather than suffering without changing their essential nature. Nichiren Daishonin's "Ongi Kuden" (Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings) states, "All in all, the ultimate of the Juryo chapter does not lie in subjugating delusions one by one in order to attain enlightenment. You should realize that its significance is to gain enlightenment as you are, remaining as the entity of a common mortal." He taught the chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon or object of worship as the specific practice for manifesting Buddhahood and thereby transforming earthly desires into enlightenment. The "Ongi Kuden" also says, "Now Nichiren and others who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo"burn the firewood of earthly desires and behold the fire of enlightened wisdom before their eyes."
Source: Dictionary of Buddhist Terms and Concepts