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Contemplation: Perfection of Morality 26 Aug 2013 | 05:01 pm
After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation: Where, indeed, could beings, fishes, and the rest Be placed, to shield them totally from suffering? De...
Contemplation: Generosity Perfected 19 Aug 2013 | 05:47 pm
After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation: The true intention to bestow on every being All possessions--and the fruits of such a gift: By such, t...
Contemplation: Mindfulness' Rope 12 Aug 2013 | 05:10 pm
After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation: Those who wish to keep a rule of life Must guard their minds in perfect self-possession. Without this ...
Contemplation: In My Lifetime 5 Aug 2013 | 04:55 pm
After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation: In my lifetime, love in every heart; In my lifetime, peace, peace on earth! Song overheard at Albuquer...
Contemplation: Briefly Lent to Me 22 Jul 2013 | 07:24 pm
After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation: The appearance of the buddhas in the world, True faith and the attainment of the human form, An aptitu...
Lotus Sutra Study Questions 28 19 Jul 2013 | 05:41 pm
With Chapter 28, the Lotus Sutra comes to a conclusion. This chapter introduces us to the bodhisattva Samantabhadra (his name is Fugen in Japanese, and sometimes translated as Universal Sage Bodhisat...
Contemplation: I Will Abide and Train 15 Jul 2013 | 05:08 pm
After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation: Just as all the Buddhas of the past Embraced the awakened attitude aof mind, And in the precepts of th...
Lotus Sutra Study Questions 27 10 Jul 2013 | 10:46 pm
Chapter 27 of the Lotus Sutra describes the importance of family and family relations in Buddhist practice. This is expressed in somewhat mythic terms in the sutra. The most important point is to co...
Contemplation: No Hindrance, Therefore No Fear 8 Jul 2013 | 05:41 pm
After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation: The bodhisattva lives Prajnaparamita With no hindrance in the mind: No hindrance, therefore no fear fr...
Contemplation: Ground and Sustenance 1 Jul 2013 | 05:17 pm
After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation: Like the earth and the pervading elements, Enduring as the sky itself endures, For boundless multitude...
