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Chanting Growers Group (2013-∞)
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T
TrichyTrichy
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
FREE GYPSY
FREE GYPSY
"We mustn't be afraid of anything. It is important to remain firm in our
convictions. There is a great deal of scheming and duplicity in the world. It is
foolish to allow ourselves to be swayed by such things; it only leads to
unhappiness. The Mystic Law and Nichiren Daishonin are absolutely free of any
falsehood. Therefore, to dedicate our lives to kosen-rufu is to lead the wisest
possible existence."
Daisaku Ikeda
convictions. There is a great deal of scheming and duplicity in the world. It is
foolish to allow ourselves to be swayed by such things; it only leads to
unhappiness. The Mystic Law and Nichiren Daishonin are absolutely free of any
falsehood. Therefore, to dedicate our lives to kosen-rufu is to lead the wisest
possible existence."
Daisaku Ikeda
"Forward! Always forward! This is a basic spirit of Buddhism. Nichiren
Daishonin's teaching is the Buddhism of true cause. We live with our gaze fixed
on the future. Not hung up on the past. To advance eternally -- this is the
essence of life and the essence of what it means to be a practitioner of the
Daishonin's Buddhism."
Daisaku Ikeda
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Daishonin's teaching is the Buddhism of true cause. We live with our gaze fixed
on the future. Not hung up on the past. To advance eternally -- this is the
essence of life and the essence of what it means to be a practitioner of the
Daishonin's Buddhism."
Daisaku Ikeda
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Bodhisattva Superior Practices received the water of the wisdom of the Mystic
Law from the Thus Come One Shakyamuni and causes it to flow into the wasteland
of the people's lives in the evil world of the latter age. This is the function
of wisdom. Shakyamuni Buddha transferred this teaching to Bodhisattva Superior
Practices, and now Nichiren propagates it in Japan.
(WND, 746-77)
The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood
Written to Soya Jiro Hyoe-no-jo Kyoshin on August 3, 1276
Law from the Thus Come One Shakyamuni and causes it to flow into the wasteland
of the people's lives in the evil world of the latter age. This is the function
of wisdom. Shakyamuni Buddha transferred this teaching to Bodhisattva Superior
Practices, and now Nichiren propagates it in Japan.
(WND, 746-77)
The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood
Written to Soya Jiro Hyoe-no-jo Kyoshin on August 3, 1276
I feel great pity for you and the others, but there is little I can do to help.
Nevertheless, I pray day and night to the Lotus Sutra. Spare no effort in
offering up prayers with firm faith. It is not that my resolve [to save you] is
weak. Rather, it depends on the strength of each person's faith.
(WND, 678)
The Story of Ohashi no Taro
Written to Nanjo Tokimitsu on March 4, 1276
Nevertheless, I pray day and night to the Lotus Sutra. Spare no effort in
offering up prayers with firm faith. It is not that my resolve [to save you] is
weak. Rather, it depends on the strength of each person's faith.
(WND, 678)
The Story of Ohashi no Taro
Written to Nanjo Tokimitsu on March 4, 1276
"When we practice gongyo and chant daimoku before the Gohonzon, the good and evil
capacities of our lives begin to function as the exalted form of fundamental
existence. Lives that are full of the pain of Hell, lives that are in the stage
of Hunger, lives warped by the state of Anger -- such lives too begin to move in
the direction of creating their own personal happiness and value. Lives being
pulled toward misfortune and unhappiness are redirected and pulled in the
opposite direction, toward good, when they make the Mystic Law their base."
Daisaku Ikeda
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
capacities of our lives begin to function as the exalted form of fundamental
existence. Lives that are full of the pain of Hell, lives that are in the stage
of Hunger, lives warped by the state of Anger -- such lives too begin to move in
the direction of creating their own personal happiness and value. Lives being
pulled toward misfortune and unhappiness are redirected and pulled in the
opposite direction, toward good, when they make the Mystic Law their base."
Daisaku Ikeda
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
I think it's probably best to have nothing in mind...
Happy Thanksgiving...Bog
Happy Thanksgiving...Bog
Let's really chant that our friends
(whom we are trying to introduce to the practice)
will most certainly become happy and victorious!
This essential spirit is always at the heart of our propagation efforts.
As we chant and continue to engage our friends in dialogue
we will be able to experience and achieve
the most dramatic transformation in our lives.
(whom we are trying to introduce to the practice)
will most certainly become happy and victorious!
This essential spirit is always at the heart of our propagation efforts.
As we chant and continue to engage our friends in dialogue
we will be able to experience and achieve
the most dramatic transformation in our lives.
T
TrichyTrichy
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Thomas big hugs
Thomas big hugs
I don't think T is scared about anything. He's not the one that colluded with certain American snitches, that have blatantly leached off Gypsy for as long as this site has been up. In fact, the same loathsome folks that caused Gypsy this current chapter of turmoil may also be still hurting themselves and other people. Please be careful friends and especially beware of so called Breeders and their "wares".
You know people ask me all the time, please chant for this, please chant for that. I always encourage everyone, please chant for yourself and your particular circumstances. Although I may chant for others and their needs/wants/etc. the most powerful prayers are those sincere prayers between you and the Gohonzon. Year after year I continually advance and that is no coincidence. Nichiren Daishonin is the Gohonzon Buddha, I chant to Nichiren himself. That is why cause and effect is so strict and this practice works for me and others like me. It is because we make the cause to chant Daimoku with Nichiren and realize that is our highest state of life. We're Buddhas when we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon and our powers are always emerging and lighting up the way for us.
I've been attacked like crazy before joining this kosen-rufu movement, before this site started and throughout my life. So many attacks and I look/feel better than ever. The reason for this is because I continually help others join this practice and to chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo! Even if its a single time someone chants with me, I also tell them about the SGI and Nichiren Daishonin. The SGI is your conduit to receive your Gohonzon and be supported as you begin your practice. The organization varies from country to territory to zones, but the practice is always based on sincere prayers to the Gohonzon. Whether your gongyo is roaring or you're just chanting daimoku, please keep it going and keep it going with a purpose. So many people need this practice, not only us.
Please have confidence that T is ok because he always will be since he makes the daily choice to win in front of the Gohonzon every morning. I'm still focused on maintaining my consistency towards chanting more and more each day, my daimoku is the key to the life I choose to succeed in everyday!
Wishing everyone well and hope to hear some of your local experiences chanting and attending meetings! If you're chanting alone, go find someone so you could do this thing we call Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism correctly and together!
Be strong and go forward every moment with FAITH!
You know people ask me all the time, please chant for this, please chant for that. I always encourage everyone, please chant for yourself and your particular circumstances. Although I may chant for others and their needs/wants/etc. the most powerful prayers are those sincere prayers between you and the Gohonzon. Year after year I continually advance and that is no coincidence. Nichiren Daishonin is the Gohonzon Buddha, I chant to Nichiren himself. That is why cause and effect is so strict and this practice works for me and others like me. It is because we make the cause to chant Daimoku with Nichiren and realize that is our highest state of life. We're Buddhas when we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon and our powers are always emerging and lighting up the way for us.
I've been attacked like crazy before joining this kosen-rufu movement, before this site started and throughout my life. So many attacks and I look/feel better than ever. The reason for this is because I continually help others join this practice and to chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo! Even if its a single time someone chants with me, I also tell them about the SGI and Nichiren Daishonin. The SGI is your conduit to receive your Gohonzon and be supported as you begin your practice. The organization varies from country to territory to zones, but the practice is always based on sincere prayers to the Gohonzon. Whether your gongyo is roaring or you're just chanting daimoku, please keep it going and keep it going with a purpose. So many people need this practice, not only us.
Please have confidence that T is ok because he always will be since he makes the daily choice to win in front of the Gohonzon every morning. I'm still focused on maintaining my consistency towards chanting more and more each day, my daimoku is the key to the life I choose to succeed in everyday!
Wishing everyone well and hope to hear some of your local experiences chanting and attending meetings! If you're chanting alone, go find someone so you could do this thing we call Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism correctly and together!
Be strong and go forward every moment with FAITH!
