(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.)
Everyone who is not wholly dedicated to a religion, or who is spiritual and open minded about religion,
should seriously consider .... "Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, the Buddhism of the SUN.".............
Buddhism of the SUN, is shedding it's light all around the world. We have arrived at a time in which our movement for peace, culture and education, grounded on Buddhist principles, must send it's light of hope throughout society.
Hi y'all, here we are back together and starting a whole new wonderful week. We pretty much completed the details on the Ninth Consciousness, and I hope you absorbed the wisdom involved in it and maybe given some thought as to how it would help you in YOUR life. Umm, it definitely will, you betcha!
And now: LOOKING AHEAD...
THE NINE CONSCIOUSNESSES PHILOSOPHY CLARIFIES THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WISDOM AND DELUSION, WHICH ARE BOTH FUNCTIONS OF LIFE. THE FIRST EIGHT CONSCIOUSNESSES ARE LOOKED UPON AS DELUSION, WHILE THE NINTH CONSCIOUSNESS IS VIEWED AS THE DOMAIN OF WISDOM. THE NINE CONSCIOUSNESSES TEACHING OPENS AN AVENUE FOR CHANGING DELUSION (CONSCIOUSNESS) INTO WISDOM (THE NINTH CONSCIOUSNESS).
The nine consciousnesses concept illustrates the complexity of human consciousness as well as the necessity of opening the ninth consciousness, or Buddhahood -- the pure life force that cleanses all consciousness of delusion, enabling us to become absolutely happy.
If our life force is weak and frail, even minor problems can overwhelm us, making us miserable. By enhancing our life force even a bit, we gain the vitality to resolve problems --- within the home, for example. Stepping out into the community, however, we may find ourselves stymied by problems there. Or say we develop sufficient life force to address issues involving the peace and prosperity of the nation; we still have to face the frequent bewilderments and sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death.
The Lotus Sutra, the essenc of which is crystalized in the phrase Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, enables us to tap the life force of the universe so that, no matter what happens, we are never bound by our difficulties.
ENHANCING OUR LIFE FORCE AND REVEALING OUR BUDDHA NATURE ARE
THE NATURAL AND ABSOLUTE RESULTS OF PRACTICING THE TEACHINGS OF NICHIREN BUDDHISM.
Now, I will suspend the continuation of presenting the stunning wisdom of Nichiren Buddhism for a few days, because of the election,. country wide, tomorrow. I can only hope that any who are smart enough to read my blog, will vote the right side of this election process, namely, the conservative side, and send a message to Washington to get this country back as it was designed to by by our founders and the Constitution. WE want all of our freedoms back, and no more of this leading the country into fascism.
NO and NO and for certain, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
LOTS OF CHEERS GOOD PEOPLE. CJ
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