IT IS THE PROMISE OF NICHIREN BUDDHISM THAT WE CAN ATTAIN A STATE OF FREEDOM AND UNSHAKBLE HAPPINESS FOR OURS (1104 hits)
ELVES WHILE CREATING HARMONY WITH OTHERS. BUDDHISM IS A WAY OF LIFE THAT-ON MOST FUNDEDMENTAL LEVELS- MAKES NO DISTINCTION BEWEEN INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEINGS AND THE ENVIRONMENT THAT PERSON LIVES. LIKE A FISH IN WATER, THE TWO ARE NOT ONLY INSEPARABLE, BUT EACH SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR THE OTHER. THUS, TO A BUDDHIST, SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF OUR CIRCUMSTANCES GO HAND IN HAND. IN TREATING SUFFERINGS AND DELUSIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS, THERE IS THE ACCOMPNYING BENEFIT OF BETTER SOCIAL CONDITIONS SINCE THE ONE IS THE SOURCE OF THE OTHER-FOR BETTER OF WORST...
WHILE THE WORD BUDDHA MAY CONJURE UP IMAGES OF A SPECIFIC PERSON FROM HISTORY OR WORLD RELIGIONS COURCES WE HAVE TAKEN, IT IS ALSO A DESCRIPTION OF THE HIHGEST STATE OF LIFE EACH CAN ACHEIVE. BUDDHA ACTUALLY MEANS 'AWAKEN ONE', AND THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA (KNOWN AS SHAYAMUNI OR SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA) DESCOVERED TAHT ALL HUMANS HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR ENLIGHTMENT- OR BUDDHAHOOD- IN THE DEBTHS OF THEIR LIVES. THIS COULD BE LIKENED TO A ROSEBUSH IN WINTER: THE FLOWERS ARE DORMENT EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THE BUSH CONTAINS THE POTENTIAL TO BLOOM.
SIMILARLY, BYTAPPING INTO OUR POTENTIALS, WE CAN FIND UNLIMITED WISDOM, COURAGE, HOPE, CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, VITALITY AND ENDURANCE. INSTEAD OF AVOIDING OR FEARING PROBLEMS, WE LEARN TO CONFRONT THEM WITH JOYFUL VIGOR, CONFIDENT IN OUR ABLILITY TO SURMOUNT WHATEVER LIFE THROWS IN OUR PATH.
BUDDHISM ALSO SHOWS US THE MOST SATISFYING WAY TO LIVE AMONGE OTHERS. IT EXPLAINS THAT WHEN WE HELP OTHERS OVERCOME THEIR PROBLEMS, OUR OWN LIVES ARE EXPANDED. WHEN OUR CAPACITY INCREASE AND OUR CHARACTER IS STRENGTHENED, THE SOURCE OF OUR PROBLEMS COMES UNDER OUR CONTROL. BECAUSE WE MAKE IN TERNAL CHANGE, OUR RLEATIONSHIP WITH OUR PROBLEMS CHANGE AS WELL, WRESTLING POSITIVE RESOLUTIONS IN ANYNUMBER OF ASTOUNDING YET TANGIBLE WAYS. WE CALL THIS OUR HUMAN REVLOUTIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T TRY TO CHANGE OTHERS, WE CHANGE OUR OWN SELVES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT WILL CHANGE.WE FULLFILL OUR OWN DESIRES AND DREAMS AS WE DO NOT TRY TO ERADICATE HUMAN BEHAVIORS...
WE WHO PRACTICE NDB LEARN HOW TO LIVE A HAPPY , WINING LIFE NOT HOW TO HAVE A GOOD DEATH... LIFE IS TO WIN OR TO LOOSE. (S-M-I-L-E)
I like to contemplate the idea "turning poison into medicine". I need to get busy and break down some obstacles. I'm good at procrastinating.
Wednesday, March 6th 2013 at 11:39AM
Steve Williams
Seems like I'd rather study Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphic than do the necessary housework, lol!
Wednesday, March 6th 2013 at 11:41AM
Steve Williams
The Egyptian study is going to be a long term project but I'll keep updating the blog as I learn more. After I wrote the comment above I did find I'd motivated myself to start on the housework. So I guess my meditation worked. Today is a new day, now I need to keep the ball rolling.
Thursday, March 7th 2013 at 1:05PM
Steve Williams
I've watched hours 1 and 3, currently I'm on hour 2. Fortunately I can take bathroom and other sundry breaks. (smile).
Thursday, March 7th 2013 at 10:41PM
Steve Williams
And since I actually did some much needed chores today, I am going to treat myself to some ancient Egyptian language and scriptures before I get back to Rand.
Thursday, March 7th 2013 at 10:45PM
Steve Williams
Three obstacles and four devils (Japanese sansho-shima). Found it in the dictionary, thanks.
Thursday, March 7th 2013 at 11:08PM
Steve Williams
(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
OUR PRACTICE IS DIFERENT IN WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS...
THE MENTOR IS TO DO ALL IN HIS/ HER POWERS TO MAKE SURE THOSE THEY MENTOR ARE BETTER THEN THEY COULD EVER BE...
WE HAVE AS A LEADER WE CALL A PREISDIDENT WHO GOES TO ALL NATIONS TO DIALOGUE ON PREACE AND UNITY OF SCHALORS, EDUCATORS AND LEADERS, DICTATORS TO ROYALTY TO PEOPLEON TEH STREET...
AND NOT TO PROVE WHO LEADS IS THE ONE TO GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE IN THIS LIFE OR THE NEXT AS THIS IS ON YOU AND YOU ALONE....
AND, NOT T O WORRY AS WE HAV ENOT GIVEN UP ON LENZY LOHAN. (ROTFL) (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@seve, what you say is ONE OF MY PET PEEVES WITH THE AVERAGE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY AS IN MANDKIND MUST NOT USE THERILIMITED CAPACITY YO BE OPEN AND HONSET WITH THEIR OWN SELVES THAT THEY LIKE TO LEARN AND TO RELEARN THINGS IN ORDER FOR IT TO FIT INTO THEIR OWN DAILY LIVES...
AND, ONE OFTHE WAYS OF DOING THIS IS TO DISTROY THINGS LIKE THE HIEROGLYPHICS, BUT "I" MUST ADMIT IF NOTFOR TESE SOCIAL NORMS MANY LIVING IN MANSIONS WOULD BE IN THE SOUP LINES OR FOREVER LOOKING BACK AT THE POWER AND GLORY THEY ONCE HAD AS IN TEH POPE...LETS SEE DON'T WE NOW SAY 'UNIVERSE' IS OUR THERE. UP THERE WHERE IN MY OWN LIFE TIME WE WERE TAUGHT THAT 'HEAVEN' WAS OUT/ UP THERE/ LOL (SMILE)
FROM THE EARTH IS FLAT, THE EARTH HAS THE SUN AT ITS BIDINGS THEREFORE THE SUN GOES AROUND THE EARTH AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND OR YOU WILL SUFFER TORTURE AND DEATH TO LETS GET ON SHIPS AND GO TO AMERICA TO NOW LETS BOARD 'SHIPS' AND GO TO MARS...LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL (S-M-I-L-E)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
I HAVE NOT GONE TO YOUR NEEWS SERIES STEVE, BUT AS EGYPT IS ONE OR MY FAVORITE INTERESTS I SURE WILL BE GOING THERE SOON.(ONE MORE DOCTOR'S APPT. TODAY THEN OFF UNTIL MON.LOL)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
(BECAUES WE ARE STUDING FOR A TEST AT THE END OF THIS MONTH IN NDB...LATER I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING I WAS REDING FOR THE COMING TEST ON 'CHANGING POISON INTO MEDS.) (THE DOC. GOT STUCK IN SURERY SO I MUST RETURN FOR MY CHECK UP TOMORROW...NOT CURSING THE DOC. OUT WAS A FORM OF CHANGING POISONINTO MEDS AS WELL.LOOOOOOOOOOOL (S-M-I-L-E)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
@STEVE, AND I ALSO HOPE YOU GET TO SEE THE OUTFRONT@CNN INTERVIEW WITH THE 'WHITE HOSTESS' OF THEPROGRAM AS SHE TRIED TO GET RAND PAUL TO ANSWER HIS PURPOSE OF HIS FILIBUSTER...HER INTERVIEW WAS RELATED TO IF WE HAVE SUCH TIHNGS AS COURTS OF LAW, INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILLTY NOT TO MENTION TOU SHALL NOT KILL...
BY TRYING TO GET HIM TOSAY WHY HE SAW IT ALRIGHT TO KILL AN AMERICAN CITIZEN OUT SIDE F THE USA BUT NOT INSIDE FOR BEING THE SAME THREAT...AND ACTUALLY WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS RAND PAUL SAYING IT IS ALRIGHT TO KILL SOMEONE IF TEH POLICE THOUGHT THEY HAD A GUN BUT HAS A PHONE??????????
D............................U..................H??? AND PAUL MADE IT EVEN WORST FOR HIM TRYING TO BACK UP GIT MO, BUT TOO MANY OF US KNOW GITMO ALTHOUGH IN CUBA IS STILL AMERICAN SOIL AND WE KNOW IF YOU CAN GET ARRESTED AND STIED FOR KILLING AN INDANGERED TOAD THERE YOU MUST BE GIVEN A COURT DATE FOR ANY ACCUSATIONS IN AMERICA, PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW IT ALSO WILL END UP GOING AGAINST CHENEY FOR ORDERING THE EXCUTIONS BY HIS CIA TO MASSURE INNOCENT IRAQI CITIZENS BY BLACK WATER...SURE BLACK WATER CHANGED THEIR NAMES AND LIKE THEPERSON CUGHT USING A WAAPON AGAINST OUR TROOPS NOW IN AN AMERICAN PRISON HELPING GET HIS AND HIS NONWHITE BROTHERNS MUSLIMS TO HAVE THEIR RELIGIOUS RIGHTS IS ANOTHER CAN OF WORMS RP HAS OPENED UP THE RIGHT-WINGERS DON' T WANT RIGHT NOW...
OUR PRESIDENT DOES OT HAVE ANOTHER TERM TORUN AND WHY AFTER HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDSD OF YEARS NON NATIVE -AMERICANS CAN NOT GO ON TO INDIAN RESEVATIONS AND RAP NATIVE -AMERICANS AND GET A PASS...AS OUR PRESIDNET SAID WHEN SIGNING THIS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT INTOLAW NOW THE 3 WOMEN DYING EACH DAY FROM SOMESTIC VIOLENCE WILL NOP LONGER GET A FREE PASS...CA. IS THE LARGEST STATE FOR HUMAN s*x SLAVES SMUGLING INT AMERICA WILL NOT BE COME FRONT AND CENTER AS A PROTECTION AGAINST WOMEN NOT HAVING A SAY IN SELF PROTECTIONS BECAUSE OF LETS SAY, WE HAVE THOU SHALL NOT COMMITT ADULTRY, HONOR THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE ECT. CAN BE INFORCED BECAUSE THE PARTY OF CHRISTIAN, FAMILY VALUE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OUR PRESIDENT...WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
RAND PAUL'S GREATEST PROBLEM IS HE REJECTS "TRUTH" AS A DEFENSE. MORE EXAMPLES,
1. RAND PAUL LIED WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD ENTER THE FLOOR AND SPEAK UNTIL HE COULD NOT SPEAK ANY LONGER...I AM SURE HE AND THE RIGHT ARE READY TO DAY HE NEVER SAID THIS AND IT IS ALL COMING FROM THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA... 2. A LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HIS HAVING TO GO TO THE BATH ROOM IS WHAT ENDED HIS FILIBUSTER CAN'T BOTHBE TRUE, BUT AGAIN, HE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE TRUTH AS A DEFENSE, NOW DOES HE? STEVE.?!? NOT MYPROBLEM AS I DON'T DEPEND ON EMOTHIONA OUT BURST FOR SHORT TERM PLEASURE FOR THE LONG TERMPAIN RP IS NOW IN FOR...
NOW, STEVE, I DO BELIEVE IT WAS BETTER SAID ABOUT TIS UNNESSARY STUNT OF RAND PAULS' SAID ON POLITICASNATION MUCH BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE PUT IT (AND, I FULLY DISCLOSE MY BIAS TOWOWARDS RON PAUL MAY HAVE A LITTLE TO DO WITH THIS.LOL)...THE COMMENT WAS...
RAND PAUL ONLY SHOWED HE IS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME, BECAUSE HE CAN'T EVEN PLAY OF AN ADVANTAGE OF HAVING RON PAUL AS HIS FATHER, BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS WOULD NEVER HAVE DARED TO COME AFTER HIS FATHER HAS THEY HAVE COME AFTER HIM...GRAHAM IS NOT FOR BUT AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS AND FOR THE TEAPARTY AND YET IS AGAINST RAND PAUL...DO I BELIEVE HE HAS ABUSED HIS FATHER'S WORKS IN MY EYESIGHT, YES I DO. (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
...NOW ALLOWING OBSTICLES TO STAND IN ONE'S WAY IS CALLED IN NDB... 1. SHANSHO SHEMA...SAN (3) SHO" OBSTICLES...SHE(4) DEVILS...( A WHOLE BOOK LESSON ON THESE.LOOOOL!!!) 2 LAZY IN JAPANESE : NAMAKO...(SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
...SHE(4) HSO: DEVILS. (SMILE)...IT TOOK A WILE FOR ME TO GET SOMEONE TO PUT IT INTOENGLISH NOT SHNSKIRT FOR ME...LOL..
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
(did you get the march calander? I KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE A TALENT SHOW AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE 15TH AT 7PM...YES I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING AND WATCHNG THE YOUTH THEY RE FANTASTIC AND IF YOU MISS THEM, I AM SURE THEY WILL PUT IT ON YOUTUBE)(SMILE)...
I MUST SAY I AM SOME WHAT DUMB FOUNDED TO SEEN NO RAND PAUL ON FOX..IF THIS HAD BEEN HIS FATHER THE RIGHT-WINGERS WOULD BE FALLING ALL OVER THEMSELVES TRYING TO GET HIS ATTENTION...I ALWAYS ENJOYED RON PAUL TELLING THEM OVER AND OVER HE WAS BUSY.LOL (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
