Chanting Growers Group (2013-∞)

[BushyOldGrower]

Good morning...thanks Bonzo.

This thread is an enigma and a testimonial that shows the truth will out.

Thanks to Tom and the perfect system in which we live.

How perfect the universe is, how ordered and always evolving it all is.

You always look back and see your mistakes and we know just how imperfect we are.

But when we chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo we can rest assured that the perfect system won't forget us. That it will never let us stop growing, learning and reaching for the stars because we are perfect you see.

In our imperfection do we complete our universe. In a perfect system you can't really doubt the outcome. We will be. What we will become is the question.

Go with the flow and never fear as you hear the rapids...it's gonna be another great ride.

 

[easyDaimoku]

We are all so closely connected!

We are all so closely connected!

First of all Bonz, I love you brother! Ever since that other site we once frequented and your introduction to the original Chanting Growers group, you always had a knack for touching my heart brother. You, your mom and deceased loved ones are forever in my prayers. Therefore, I agree and resolve to stand up and keep going forward, just like Babba would tell us!

Oh Tom, its amazing how special both of these threads are. Recently you posted about M (W) Theory and the relativity to a Theory of Everything and my life has also been heavily exploring lecutres from the www.thegreatcourses.com (fka TTC [the teaching company]) especially all the physics related lectures since I became a Chanting Grower. World Reknown professors like Pete Carrol have provided me with a lifetime of concrete support to President Ikeda's method to convey our eternal master's teaching in a such universally succint manner. Nichiren Daishonin has led us towards this amazing time with poignant lessons of courage in faith, wisdom in action and unrelenting fortitude in the face of adversity. I rejoice in our daily daimoku and practice that we are all alive right now doing this together in our own way.

Everybody else, ohh thank you so much! I am glad to read these posts. Peace to all!

 

[easyDaimoku]

I have learned a lot from this (ongoing) thread.

The vibes re always great here.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! All my best to everyone sharing this gratitude like Swampdankv2!

 

[CrazyDog]

Now is the time to talk with others! It's by making the effort to get together with other people that we can develop. Brimming with life force, let's expand the solidarity for justice and truth!

 

[BushyOldGrower]

A super consciousness evolves as we come together in our understanding and Kosen Rufu will be...

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo ...

 

[Babbabud]

Hello my chanting friends !!
Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[AfroSheep]

Good evening all!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo !!,

I still lurk in the dark, and living and loving life and letting life love me, so all is well.

I hope everyone is having an eventful year,

Blessings and bud to all

 

[CrazyDog]

Let's always advance together with our fellow members!
Our perfect unity,
in the spirit of "Many in Body, One in Mind,"
is the driving force for our advancment.
In our local community,
where we each have our unique missions to fulfill,
let's strive to establish a harmonious society.

 

[Bonzo]

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo my friends...im honestly not feelin' very woohoo at the moment....but i am so gratefull for everything in my life today...in particular this whole site (ICMAG) is an endless source of helpfull, knowledgeable friends (family) i needed some advice today on a final for school tomorrow and a very good friend of mine mr bobblehead gave me the input i needed to face tomorrow with practical confidence. I love ICMAG and the family that have helped me grow in so many ways.

Blessed...truly gratefull...i may be rambling but i just finished a final paper for a stress managment class and i didnt really know how to convey the fact that Nicheren Buddhism is and has been for so long...longer than i can actually remember...point is this is my serenity, my stress managment...my way of life.

Peace and love my friends...my family

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

Love and Respect to you all!!

 

[BushyOldGrower]

Hi Babba...

managing stress is necessary in all stages of life. Dance helps us shake off stress you know. Let's Dance...Nam Myoho Renge Kyo...

"Bog Moonwalks".

 

[Bonzo]

Yes indeed BOG!

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!

 

[CrazyDog]

The brilliance of wise, intelligent women
brightens up the future of our kosen-rufu movement.
My dear friends of the Women's and Young Women's Division,
it is my fervent wish that today, too,
based on keeping our safety and well being as our top priority,
that we be able to walk along the path of our respective missions.

 

[Babbabud]

Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[CrazyDog]

PassTheDoobieeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Where are u my bro'!!!!!!

Our faith and practice enable us
to make boundless self development and growth.
Let's break down those self-constructed walls in our hearts
and unlock our full potential!
By first and foremost chanting daimoku with a strong determination,
let's today, too, engage in courageous dialogue with others!

 

[BushyOldGrower]

Good Morning...Bless you all...

This morning I check my messages and a grower here had asked me if I could please keep my prices low because he was going to need seeds. He lives in Oklahoma and his grow building was blown down. He told me he had lost his crop, seed stock and clones. That this would cost him twenty thousand dollars.

I told him to chant and know that he is not alone. I told him about our fire and how chanting realigned our lives. We chanted and focused on the priorities as this grower must do also. He sounds resolute that he will recover and he asked nothing of me really.

But what are we if we can't help our brothers and sisters when shit happens. Lets all chant for this fine man. I don't know if he would want me to give his identity but maybe he will see this post and understand how we are in his corner.

Of course I will provide for him but that is nothing. I ask you my friends to chant for this person so let's just call him OK Farmer. Let's give him our support. Let's show him what can happen when the power of prayer is dispensed.

Let the blessing begin... Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for our OK Farmer...Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the togetherness found in oneness. . Bog

 

[PassTheDoobie]

WOW! Have we been getting super blessed here! Sorry to have been away again but it was with good reason. We will be back for a month, the whole family, from July 1 to July 31. We will have room for visitors so we look forward to hopefyully seeing some of you!

I'll tell you moe later but let me get some posts up and some posts read!!

Bowing in humble obeisance,

T

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"Before initiating his nonviolent struggle, Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), the great champion of nonviolence, declared: 'So long as there is even a handful of [people] true to their pledge, there can be only one end to the struggle—and that is victory.'[1]

"A pledge or vow only has meaning if it is fulfilled. And the vow for kosen-rufu, in particular, means that we must keep striving until final victory is achieved.

"I hope all our leaders will demonstrate such strong resolve and tenacity."

SGI Newsletter No. 8775, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, May—The Month of the Vow of Mentor and Disciple, from 6th May, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 3rd June, 2013

[1] Louis Fischer, The Life of Mahatma Gandhi (New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1983), p. 75.

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"Whatever trouble occurs, regard it as no more than a dream, and think only of the Lotus Sutra."

(Letter to the Brothers - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 502) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, June 5th, 2013

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"Dynamic momentum is born from the firm determination and drive to succeed. It is born from self-motivated and independent action, from responding swiftly, and from the spirit of striving in friendly competition and inspiring one another. And, in any struggle, the side with dynamic momentum wins."

SGI Newsletter No. 8767, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 2, Banner of the Law 23, translated 22nd May, 2013

 

[PassTheDoobie]

Let's put in our best effort for kosen rufu.
No per se "adversity,"
can hold up against a person of strong inner resolve!
All of our struggles and hardships
are like fuel that propels us forwards
and accelerates the pace of our advancement.

Daisaku Ikeda