THIS BLOG IS DEDUCATED TO HELEN (and anyone else interested) IN RELATIONS TO OUR NDB CHANT..."EXPERIENCE FAITH (859 hits)
MANIFESTING IN DAILY LIFE"...NDB IS ROOTED IN REALITY AND STRESSES THE INSEPARABILITY BETWEEN FAITH AND DAILY LIFE. WHATEVER OUR ROLES IN LIFE-PARENTS OR PARTNERS, WORKER OR STUDENT-FAITH ENABLES US TO FULFILL THOSE ROLES TO THE UTMOST, SOLVING THE INEVIABLE PROBLEMS THAT ARISE AND FINDING THE GREATERST JOY. THE MORE WE APPLY OUR BUDDDHIST PRACTICE TO OUR EVERYDAY SITUATIONS, THE MORE WE DISCOVER HOW POWERFUL A FAITH THIS IS...
WE ARE NOT BUDDHIST ONLY WHEN WE ARE PRAYING OR ATTENDING MEETINGS. BUDDHISM HAS THE MOST VALUE FOR US WHEN WE LEARN TO APPLY THE INNER STRENGTH, WISDOM AND COMPASSION WE GAIN FROM OUR PRACTICE TO HELP US SUCCEED AT HOME AND AT WORK. THOSE WHO NEGLECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND AVOID CHALLENGES IN THEIR FAMILIES, JOBS OR COMMUNITIES MISUNDERSTAND THE WHOLE POINT OF FAITH. (RESORTING TO THE GOOD GOD, BAD GOD, ITS GOD'S WILL, ECT. EXCUSES) BY NOT ALLOWING OUR HUMANITY TO SHINE THROUGH...
OTHER MISUNDERSTANDINGS CAN ARISE, TOO, WHEREIN WE MAY EVEN USE FAITH AS AN EXCUSE FOR INACTIONS OR AS AN ESCAPE FROM HARSH REALITIES. TO TAKE AN EASY GOING ATTITUDE---"I"M CHANTING, SO THE GOHONZON(OUR SCROLL/ MIRROR) WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL OF MY PROBLEMS"---IS NOT FAITH BUT IRRESPONSIBILITY. LIKEWISE, CAUSING OTHERS TO SUFFER, THINKING, "I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT BECAUSE I CHANT," IS NOTHING BUT ARROGANCE.
THIS FAITH OF WINNING IN OUR DAILY LIVES ALSO REQUIRES CONCRETE ACTION ON OUR PART. WE NEED BOTH, FOR ACTIONS WITHOUT PRAYER IS LIKE A SPINNING WHEEL GOING NO WHERE, WHILE PRAYER WITHOUT ACTION IS MERE WISHFUL THINKING. BUDDHISM IS REASON. IF OUR PRAYERS ARE TRULY IN EARNEST, THEY WILL DEFINITLY GIVE RISE TO ACTION, AND PRAYER COUPLED WITH ACTION WILL BRING ABOUT FULLFILLMENT OF ALL OUR DESIRES.(S-M-I-L-E)
I have a question about the chanting of the two excerpts from the sutra. In the liturgy I can see the correspondence between the Chinese and the English for Chapter 16 (102 lines), but not for Chapter 2. Ive been looking through Chapter 2 to try and locate the verses but so far haven't been able to identify them. I don't know Chinese so all I can do is look at the verse portions of the chapter and count lines. Do you know where in the chapter these verse are located?
Friday, January 4th 2013 at 7:18PM
Steve Williams
I figured it out. What threw me off was the English is in prose while the Chinese is in verse. So the last 6 lines that are repeated 3 times are the Ten Suchnesses right?
Friday, January 4th 2013 at 8:54PM
Steve Williams
Irma, I can't help it I just plunge right ahead. Since my training is in Linguistics I wanted to understand the Chinese so I identified the root of Buddha to be butsu and Shariputra to be shari-hotsu. Then I could make the correspondence between the Chinese and English. But that is just about language. As to the mystical law that is something else. I'm glad we have the same dictionary and I will read the section you pointed me to. I've also been reading the introduction you gave me. This is SOP for me, I always go back and forth and cross-reference. And I am going to start reading through the chants just to get a feel for them, so I'll be prepared when someone shows me their use. Thanks for all your pointers.
Friday, January 4th 2013 at 11:02PM
Steve Williams
Oh, but I did meet Sir James!
Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 12:18AM
Steve Williams
Along with Vince and others whose names I won't all remember off the bat.
Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 12:20AM
Steve Williams
The problem with languages is there are just so many of them! What is it you say about problems though?
Saturday, January 5th 2013 at 1:02AM
Steve Williams
(S-M-I-L-E)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@ STEVE...I SUREHOPE HELEN GETS TO SEE THIS POST. ESPECIALLY IF SHE HAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT HOPEFULLY I CAN BE ABLE TO ANSWER.(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@JAKE, "I" DO BELIEVE YOU ACCUSED ME OF RUNNING LENA OFF THE SITES FOR MY SAYING SOMETHING LIKE THIS ABOUT PRAYER AND ACTIONS IS REQUIRED IN MY FAITH. (S-M-I-L-E)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@STEVE SLOW DOWN OR YOU WILL SCREW YOUR OWN SELF UP...IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING YOU WILL HAVE A 'GROUP LEADER' WHO WILL HELPYOU LEARN HOW TO SAY THE PRAYER BOOK...MOST OF US HAVE A VERY HARD TIME DOING A SLOW GONGHO WHEN AT ONE TIME WE COULD NOT EVEN GET OUR TONGUES TO EVEN SAY THOSE WORDS...
EACH WEEK AT TH ECENTERE WE WERE AT THEY HAVE NEW MEMBERS MEETINGS WHERE YOU CAN LEARN ONE STEP AT A TIME AND ASK THE QUESTIONS YOU NEED MOST ANSWERED...IT IS ALL YOUR CHOICE WHEN EVER YOU ARE READY WE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE...
THE REASON I SAY DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE BEATS RIGHT OW IS THAT EVERYONE WHO LEADS THE PRAYER IS GOING TO DOIT DIFFERENTLY...SOME FAST AND SOME SLOW AND SOMES JUST RIGHT.LOL...
NOW OUR PRAYER BOOK IS ACTUALLY A CONVERSATION...HE ORIGINAL BUDDHA IN THE IS SAYING IT TOOK ENDLESS YEARS TO BECOME ENLIGHTENED IN THE SECOND HALF OF IT HE IS SAYING HE BACAME A BUDDHA IN TIS IFE TIME AND SO CAN YOU BECAUSE WE ARE ALL EQUAL IN THIS AS HUMAN BEINGS...
STEVE THIS IS WHY THE 10 WORLDS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US AS NDB...WE ARE IN BUDDHA LAND MOST OF THE TIME OUR ONLY PROBLEM IS WE CAN'T STAY THERE FOR LONG.LOL!!! (SMILE)
AND, STEVE PLEASE NOTE THIS PRACTICE IS HERE TO SERVE YOU NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND...WE ALWAYS OFFER THIS CHALLENGE TRY CHANTING FOR 3 MONTHS AND IF YOU DON'T SEE A CHANGE THEN LEAVE IT ALONE...REMEMBER HOW WE SAY WHEN ONE HAS A PROBLEM, "CONGRADS YOU NOW HAVE SOMETING TO CHANT ABOUT" (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
OH, STEVE, PLEASE DON'T LET THE 'NEW MEMBER'S MEETING' LABLE THROW YOU AS IT IS OPEN FOR ANYONE INTERESTED. YOU WILL BE GIVEN A CALANDER ON IT WILL BE HAT IS HAPPENING AT THE CENTER AS WELL AS IN YOUR DISTRICT. SOME ONE WILL TAKE YOU OR YOU CAN GO ON YOUR OWN.WE LEARN AS YOULEARN AS WELL BELIEVE IT OR NOT.(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
NOW THAT I MAY HAVE REALLY GOTTEN YOU CONFUSED STEVE...
YOU HAVE THE BUDDHIST DICTIONARY , RIGHT...THEN START ON PAGE 483 WITH OPENING OF THE EYES, PG 484 &85 AND HOPE THIS HELPS YOU.BECAUSE THIS IS AN OVER VIEW OFOUR SUTRA OR PAYER BOOK (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@STEVE GET VERSE OUT OF YOU MIND ALTOGATHER AS IS REALLY IN NOT RELAVENT HERE. "k"? IT IS ALL IN THE MESSAGE GIVEN...(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
IN MY NDB PRACTICE THERE IS NO REWARD / PUNISHMENT...
THERE IS ONLY, YOU WIN OR YOU LOOSE (S-M-I-L-E)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
Steve then you willhave to go to india and begin with the shik religion to actually find the 'roots' of Buddhism and, why i say it is not Buddhism but ndb that goes of into the 10 worlds sun set.lol!!!
THE 10 WORLDS SAYS IT GOES NOT TAKE EONS UPON EONS TO BE COME A BUDDHA...IF STEVE CAN GET INTO THE 10TH WORLD ANS STAY THERE THEN STEVE IS A BUDDAH...HOPEFULLY THOSE PAGES HELPS YOU FOR NOW!!!
ALL HUMANS HAVE BUDDAH NATURE WICH IS THE POWER TO DO RIGHT OR TO DO WRONG...AND OUR PRACTICE IS SO SIMPLE IT IS OVERLY EASY TO BE MADE COMPLICATED...AND THE SIMPLISITYIS TO BECOME A BUDDHA IN THISLIFE TIME...
(SMILE)
SO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME WHEN YOU READ IT...GOOD READING...AND, BY THE WAY THE LADY WHO LED GONGHYO ON NEW YEARS IS KOREAN HER NAME IS ANN...REMEMBER JIMMY THE ORIENTAL MALE GIVING OUT THE NAMES OF NEEW LEADERS...i FORGOT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO HIM AS HE MAKES THE WINE FOR THE WHITEHOUSE. (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
nope.lol ..and vince he does the lead in all of the autio works there among many other things...me i am bad on names but remember faces...(smile)
"I" JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH A SENIOR LEADER WHO IS JAPANESE AND SHE SAYS BUTSI MEANS TO GIVE TO THE BUDDAH OR AS IN MY INTRODUCING YOU TO NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO...SHARI-HOTSU MEANS VERY SMART MAN OR IT IS ALSO THE 7TH WORLD AS IN LEARNING.(SMILE)
I just got off th e phone with a senior leader who is japanese and she says ...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
OH AND I MENATIONED ANN BECAUSE SHE IS IN THE BOY SCOUT'S HEADQUARTERS...YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE A BOY SCOUT.LOL (SMILE)STEVE YOU NAME A WORLD LANGUAGE AND YOU JUST MAY FIND IT RIGHT THERE AT THE CENTER...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
...I GET IT...YOU DID GET TO MEET JIMMY...HE IS ALWAYS GONE SOME WHERE IN THE WORLD SELLING RICE AND RICE WINES...IT MUST BE A FACINATING JOB, BUT NOT ONE I WOULD WANT AFTER A FEW YEARS. AND STEVE NOT JUST THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BUT LANGUAGES WITHIN A LANGUAGE OR DIALECTS.LOL (SMILE)
PROBLEMS ARE TO BE OVER COME...OH AND QUITE A FEW MILLIONAIRES THERE ALSO, BUT YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
...MILLIONires as well as homeless. (smile)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
