(Again much of the contents herein are taken from the book "Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death, byDaisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gakkai International.)
Hi y'all, gee, here it is friday again, and my how the days fly by when you are having fun, and I, for one, am having fun with life, how about you???? But Nichiren Buddhism does that for you. You really ought to try it, since you don't even have to be a believer for it to prove itself to you. Soooo, if I am right, don't you think your life is worth living at it's best, hmmm? You betcha'. .......But, now we go on:
AS A RESULT OF SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES, OUR EYES AND EARS HAVE BECOME VASTLY MORE POWERFUL; WE CAN SEE INTO OURERSPACE AND HEAR SOUNDS FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA, BUT DOES SUCH POWER EQUAL HAPPINESS? WHILE SCIENCE TENDS TO DIRECT ITS INVESTIGATIONS EVER OUTWARD, IT WILL ONLY PRODUCE MISFORTUNE IF THERE IS NO CORRESPONDING GROWTH AND MATURATION IN THE INNER REALM OF LIFE.
WHAT'S MORE, SCIENCE HAS YET TO INVENT AN INSTRUMENT THAT GIVES US INSIGHT INTO SOMEONE'S HEART. BUDDHISM ENABLES US TO PERCEIVE OUR OWN HEARTS AND THE HEARTS OF OTHERS, TO THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE HEART OPERATES. WE MIGHT SAY BUDDHISM IS THE SCIENCE OF THE SPIRIT, THE MEDICINE OF THE HEART. ULTIMATELY, PURIFYING THE HEART -- OUR PERCEPTIONS AND INTENTIONS -- IS THE FOUNDATION FOR URIFYING OUR SENSE ORGANS AND OUR CONSCIOUSNESS.
To Helen Keller, who triumphed over her inability to speak, hear or see, Mark Twain said, "Helen, the world is full of unseeing eyes, vacant, staring, soulless eyes". Twain also remarked that the two most interesting characters of the nineteenth century were Napoleon and Helen Keller, noting that while Napoleon had planned to conquer the world by means of force and failed, Helen Keller, while bearing the weight of a threefold disability, succeeded through her abundant spiritual strength.
You see, friends, what all this really means is, that your REAL strength, is your (if you use it) abundant spiritual strength, not what religion you belong to. Now, as I leave this blog for the weekend, I wish to remind you that what all this discussion on the Nine Cosciousnesses is leading up to are the 8th and 9th Consciousnesses. And oh boy, are you in for a surprise if you think you will ever see and learn the likes of these discussions anywhere else in the world of religions. Um, these will "open your eyes, "so to speak".
So have a great weekend, y'all, Cheers CJ
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