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Life is an accumulation of each moment of experience. If you can live even one moment of becoming a buddha-like person in your life and gradually extends that moment, your life will be more meaningful and rewarding. The key is to prioritize the perspectives of the other and forget about your own perspectives especially when others are in need of something. This is a practical application of the buddhist teaching of "no-self" qua a path to universal buddhahood as elaborated in the Lotus Sutra.
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Thank you for this clear and concise explanation. As a new Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist focusing exclusively on the Lotus Sutra, this is very helpful. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Soka Gakkai is a cult. Namu Myoho renge kyo, not Nam Myoho renge kyo. Be a Buddha NOW!!!
@@illarraza Thanks for your comment. I don’t know much about Soka Gakkai. I like your message of being a Buddha now.
Do they eat the food after offering it i hope so because if not that's wasteful and wasting food doesn't seem very buddha like to me
Gassho. Clearer understanding inner- standing
How important is it to do daily Gongyo amd Daimoku as oppose to underatanding the teaching and practicing Buddhism?
The Bodhisattva strive to allow all human beings , suffering living beings , to enter the Path of One Buddha way as far as I can Understand Buddha was only concerned about sufferings and pain caused by all sorts of attachments , but I do not study I only passing by in life and come across teachings of all sorts , to Understand at best , when these have a purpose worth to lend an ear to .
Thank you for explaining this wonderful sutra in understandable English. My deep respect. Please continue your good work benefits of the many. Nammu Myoho Renge Kyo 🙏
Hello I’m new to Buddhism ! What sect of Buddhist are you ? And what do you think about the amida buddha of the pure land ?
Amida is great. I believe Amida’s compassionate nature is the same nature that we all beings universally inheritated. Welcome to the world of Buddhism! I currently serve as a minister of my Buddhist community in Los Angeles, Rissho Kosei-Kai.
@@AwakenYourInnerBuddha I would really like to learn more as I got some questions i would like to understand Is there any way to contact with you
You dress like Muzan 😅
Glad you caught that. Yes, on purpose.
I want to know the difference between God , "Mara" and the owner of the world ??? *The first word of Sidartha /Buddha after awakening*
How do we sign up?
www.meadville.edu/ml-commons/details/discovering-inner-peace-exploring-buddhist-wisdom-in-everyday-life/
Gassho
Try going to bed earlier! Your body will thank you!
Question Rev. Mikawa, After witnessing Buddha’s great powers of illumination of countless worlds how is it in the coming chapter 5000 people from the audience get up and leave ? I mean if l were privileged enough and endowed with good karma to be there and witness miraculous powers of insight why would l be offended and prideful? I can never imagine myself doing such a thing or anyone else, and yet in the Lotus Sutra it did happen. I’m reminded of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible and all the miraculous happenings that his God made happen and still the children of Israel worshiped a calf of gold. I enjoy so much reading this wonderful Sutra and believe it to be true.
Thanks for raising this excellent point! Yes, you are right that a common answer to your question is that these monks are complacent and prideful and hence are no longer interested in learning further in spited of their witnessing the Buddha's miraculous power. You are trying to go further than this common answer, which I found encouraging and exciting! I think a deeper and uncommon answer to your question is to say that even these backsliders, those who seem to be too far from becoming a buddha, will become a buddha without an exception. I think this is secretly a textual strategy of the Lotus Sutra by way of which the sutra implicitly makes its point of the universal Buddhahood.
So shall it is so shall it be. You know what you know. Keep smiling Gassho
Still looking at the same cube.
What do you think of the Christian concept of Theosis, apotheosis or divinization (in the Latin tradition) being the purpose of human existence as stated by the ancient Christian churches. Is it the same in principle to the message in the Lotus sutra? Would love some feed back especially from people who understands the Christian concept I proposed, as most Christians (Protestants) haven't a clue about the Catholic, Orthodox Church teaching of these concept and may say that it even heretical, even though that isn't true from Church documentation on the subject through out history until present day.
Thanks for your comment. Could you elaborate about "Christian concept of Theosis, apotheosis or divinization (in the Latin tradition) being the purpose of human existence as stated by the ancient Christian churches." I am not familiar with this.
@@AwakenYourInnerBuddha What is a person who is a fully realized Buddha, God or man?
@@AwakenYourInnerBuddha Theosis or deification (deification may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God, as taught by the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church; the same concept is also found in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, where it is termed "divinization". As a process of transformation, theosis is brought about by the effects of catharsis (purification of mind and body) and theoria ('illumination' with the 'vision' of God). According to Eastern Christian teachings, theosis is very much the purpose of human life. It is considered achievable only through synergy (or cooperation) of human activity and God's uncreated energies (or operations).
It’s interesting, I’ve been thinking a lot about attachment in Buddhism in terms of Attachment Theory in psychology. Now, as a quick caveat, I think we should be careful not to reduce spiritual work to psychological work, particularly as I read the Mahayana critique of the “Hinayana” as not a critique of contemporary Tharavadan traditions, but a critique of the tendency to reduce religion to psychology and moralism. That said, I think Attachment Theory gives us a good way to explicate attachment: Attachment Theory recognizes four general attachment “styles” or tendencies: 1) Avoidant, which is basically the same as aversion in Buddhism; 2) Anxious, which is basically the same as grasping; 3) Chaotic, which is basically a false, quantitative, and thus chaotic balance between Anxious/grasping and Avoidant/adversion; And 4) Healthy, wherein one can have loving, compassionate, dynamically balanced connections (“attachments”) to others, to things, and to activities, but without undo aversion, grasping, or chaotic bouncing between them. And, in Attachment Theory literature, they have found that people with healthier attachment tendencies are able, as you say, to respect the attachments of others and generally respond to others in more loving and compassionate ways. Your driving example is excellent!
Important to note: These realms are REAL and not "metaphorical" things that we subjectively interpret, meaning just as you are awake now, you can reawake in another. What's fascinating and special about Buddhism is that it doesn't depict Gods as perfect unattainable unfalliable, that ALL conscious/sentient beings are subject to the wheel of Dhamma.
So these are actual gods and realms
„And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”“ Luke 10:27 ESV You can only love authentically with you love your creator first.
Never give up your journey until you see that the creator you feel is incomprehensibly greater than you can imagine. You are definitely on a right track. I only request you never give up unconditionally. Believe in yourself. Lord is with you forever. Magnify your faith in God the Creator.
@@AwakenYourInnerBuddha dear friend, I already arrived, I said yes to the good news in Jesus Christ, that he is the Lord, the only good, son of God. He came to the throne by sacrificing himself for our sins, not through worldly methods. „Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.“ John 14:6 ESV
Great observation. I too noticed recently in myself how my practice was able to manifest in tending to my dying mother. I kept wondering, "how am I able to do this? how am I able to be so patient?" It's a remarkable thing.
@@Soekell There was no need to ask. She told me. Not once, not twice, not a few times, but multiple times, day after day, multiple times even on any given day. Since it seems you like to quote scripture, keep in mind that you yourself may need to reflect on Mark 9:24, "I believe; help my unbelief". Why do you not believe that I could be so patient? Why do you assume that I must be wrong in assessing what I was able to accomplish? You understand your own faith, what do you know of mine? I say I have a practice, what do you know of what that practice entails? Really, what does it matter! I received an amazing gift, a gift of immense patience and calm in working with, supporting, and caring for my mom over a period of months until she drew her last breath. This is a gift far beyond what I could ever have asked for. Perhaps you should ask yourself, "why can I not celebrate the good and the blessings that fill the lives of others?" Perhaps reflect on Romans 14:10. I wish you a life filled with blessings.
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•The 3 marks of existence Everything is suffering, impermanence, and non self,, •Suffering - all living beings suffer in different ways, mental and physical suffering, mental suffering like stress, depression, worry, etc. and physical suffering like disease, skin or organs problems, wounds, etc... •Impermanence - nothing last forever except change, everything or everyone will die or will change, like people, house, plants, possession, gadgets, perspective etc... •No self - everything is made out of 4 elements, fire water earth air, example is the house, how to build a house? Need stone blocks, how to create stone blocks? Need some earth or dirt, combined with water, then shaping to blocks after that need heat to be cooked and steady then need air to make the blocks dry and finish product, and humans and other living beings too are created by the 4 elements, People have heat in their body to not get cold, and water like blood, and air to breath, and earth is the physical form of humans and other organisms (living beings), Humans are just like cars, humans have organs, 6 senses, hormones, chemical reactions to the brain and the nature of mind, nature of the mind is greedy for sensual pleasure to the 5 senses, and car have engine, wheels, fuel, lights, windows, etc.. That's why humans are just like animals, humanity just invented sense of self, the sense of "me" "mine" "I'm this" "I'm that" but in reality all living beings are just an organism in the environment, So everything are just organism trying to survive everyday, name, labels is an illusion it's not real because truth is beyond words and beyond ordinary people and ordinary living beings understanding What do you think about 3 marks of existence? What's your perspective?
Thank you for sharing with us these important explanations! Namu Myoho Renge Kyo!
Thank you for showing your presence here :)
I listen to alot of the buddhas teachings... people who know I'm a buddhist ask me questions and I talk to them about buddhs dharma.. 4 noble truths, 8th fold noble path, middle way, karma, impedance, the buddhas journey to enlightenment... in a small way I'm a bodhisattva?
Yes, you are a bodhiasattva. Thank you for doing an excellent service in this world! You will enlarge your bodhisattva activity by seeing everyone--those whom you communicate with--as a bodhisattva for you.
I heard a korean monk in youtube once said... the point of the lotus sutra is 皆以成佛 meaning everyone's already a buddha... you're saying everyone will become a buddha. do you think you can reconcile this ?
Great point. Sitting with contradictions that are not being solved is the first step for understanding the wondrous world of the Lotus Sutra.
That's also what Reverend Ichishima of the Tendai school told me in Kyoto, in a taxi. That that is the essence of the Lotus Sutra. As @AwakenYourInnerBuddha says it is a contradiction between "always already are" and "becoming" that are both true simultaneously, the way you can think about it is something the amazing Robert Thurman said that he experiences his current life as if a reflection (or retrospection) of his own future Buddhahood looking back on its own past.
@@AirSandFire Wow, thank you so much for sharing this wisdom and your experience! Buddha looking back at its own past. Yes, what we see as present is buddhas past and that Buddha is us. LS chapter 20 implies that too.
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Thanks a lot for showing up, Tyler! What I learned from Dr. Ziporyn regarding his take on Tiantai thought has been powerfully making much positive influences on people's mind in my Buddhist ministry in LA. I feel as if I am here to put Tiantai philosophy to test in realtime human interaction. No nice to hear from you! I hope all is well with you academically, physically, and mentally.
Happy you’re alive
Thanks Jared! I hope all is well with you, too.
Love your channel. Glad you’re back.
Oh, thank you so much for your comment. I am glad you are here! Thanks for your comments here and there.
you still havent finished the lotus sutra chapters ^^
Thank you, I should. And I will. I needed your reminder ;)
@@AwakenYourInnerBuddha they're golden... ^^
Please continue being alive indefinitely, thank you
Would you give a class over zoom if I gave you $40? I have the 3 Fold Lotus Sutra book if that helps.
Thanks for your thought. Sure.
Do you have social media? Like Instagram?
instagram.com/kyoheimikawa?igsh=MmVlMjlkMTBhMg%3D%3D& See you at my Instagram!
these are all so wonderful. thank you so much 🙏
Aww, welcome to the channel!
Thank you but the kids in the back ground are very distracting
I used to live there, is it true that living there now sucks because its insanely overpriced ?
I'm listening through the lotus sutra right now.. and... There is so much stuff repeated... Apparently useless stuff repeated so damn much... I was expecting 11 hours of wisdom and lessons and insight into being a better person and Buddhist. 99% of it is "and he received a prediction, that he would live so many kalpas and helps so many innumerable conscious beings and then become a Buddha, and describing the world of a Buddha a thousand times. A world made of lapis lazuli, and completely flat, while interesting, doesn't sound great to me. I like mountains! I'm 9 hours in only there's only been 3 twenty minute sections of actual lessons in it...
Thanks for your comment. If all the repetitions are eliminated, the Lotus Sutra may be 1/3 of the original length. You are rasing an important point here.
Moonie?
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This sounds very similar to Atman as the same as Brahman (the Big Self) Is this correct? Thanks 🙏
Great point, but no. You’re welcome to find out more through my study course on the Lotus Sutra that will be offered in the future
didnt know billie eilish is buddhist now
There is no mentioned for human revolution in order to feel/understand and experienced ones intrinsic treasure of the heart to practice the Lotus Sutra.Buddhism is for living.
Good explanation of the sutra.However, how does one awaken to ones own transformation to embrace none exclusivity?.
Gassho. "Changing meaning of past." Transforming meaning of past...Deepest gratitude to my benefactors....Deepest compassion for my past. Gassho. Learning to embrace my past. Gassho. Deep bow to the Buddha's teaching.
Buddha never denied or confirmed a creator God that means Buddha was non theistic but not an atheist. Buddha realised that God is in every beings heart so we need not discuss it but rather focus on ending our suffering. In a few texts Buddha did mention creator God brahma that our Buddha nature would be praised by all gods for its purity. So Buddha knew God is in everything including him as an awakened human. So we are all gods or Buddha it’s one and the same thing. 🙏🏼
Thank You NMHRK
I am concerned about taking spiritual advice from someone who didn't read the manual for that microphone.
Thank you for this beautiful and succinct explanation of the seals. Amount many explanations available online, this has best help me contextualize this concept with the other teachings. 🙏
You are doing the most beautiful work of explaining the Lotus Sutra ❤ It is the work of a Bodhisattva . I bow and thankyou for that 🙏
Awwwww, thank you! It means a lot to me.