IT IS THE PROMISE OF NICHIREN BUDDHISM THAT WE CAN ATTAIN A STATE OF FREEDOM AND UNSHAKBLE HAPPINESS FOR OURS
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)
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.