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Slow Gongyo from Nitiren Daishonin's Buddhism
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| CeXa said 496 days ago (July 17th, 2008) | |
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Gongyo There's an US version on You Tube ---> http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ic5h_QEKc&feature=PlayList&p=B8B35C47F5A27F12&index=4 And here you can get the real stuff - the gongyo chanted, along with and the words so you can follow. This is called Gongyo, that along with Daimoku, which is to chant the mantra NAM MYOHO RENGUE KYO, is the basis of Nitiren's Buddhist practice ---> http://www.sgi-usa.org/newmembers/resources/slowgongyo/ Give it a try! Check out my latest song called Gongyo SGI c - Jigage
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| Jim Bouchard said 517 days ago (June 26th, 2008) | |
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a translation: This is an English translation: Hoben Chapter: At this time the World-Honored One serenely arose from meditation and addressed Shariputra: "The wisdom of all Buddhas is infinitely profound and immeasurable. The portal to this wisdom is difficult to understand and difficult to enter. Neither men of Learning (shomon) nor men of Realization (engaku) are able to comprehend it." "The reason is this. A Buddha has carried out countless austerities under many hundred thousand myriads of kotis of Buddhas. He devoted himself to these practices so valiantly and untiringly that his name is universally known. He realized the profound, unparalleled Law and preaches it according to the people's capacity, yet his intention is very difficult to understand." "Shariputra, ever since I attained Buddhahood, I have widely expounded my teachings through many stories of past relationships and many parables, and by countless means have led the people to renounce all their attachments. The reason for this is that the Tathágata is possessed of both means and perfect wisdom." "Shariputra, the wisdom of the Tathágata is all-encompassing and profound. His mercy is infinite, and his teaching knows no bounds. Endowed with power, fearlessness, concentration, emancipation [from sufferings and desires] and the capacity to meditate, he dwells in the boundless and awakens to the never before-realized Law." "Shariputra, the Tathágata has the power to perceive which among the various teachings [is suited to his audience], to preach the teachings in a skillful way, and to gladden the hearts of the people with warm and tender words. That is to say, Shariputra, the Buddha has realized the infinite, boundless and unparalleled Law." "Shariputra, I will say no more, because that which the Buddha has achieved is the rarest and most difficult Law to comprehend." "The true entity of all phenomena can only be understood and shared between Buddhas. This reality consists of appearance, nature, entity, power, influence, internal cause, relation, latent effect, manifest effect, and their consistency from beginning to end." Juryo Chapter: At that time the World-Honored One, desiring to emphasize this teaching once more, spoke in verse. "Since I attained Buddhahood, countless aeons have passed, a hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, asogi aeons. I have taught the Law continuously during these countless aeons and caused infinite millions to enter on the road to Buddhahood." "I let the people witness my nirvana as a means to save them, but in truth I do not die; I am here always, teaching the Law." "I am here always, yet because of my mystic powers the deluded people cannot see me even when I am close by." "When the people witness my passing, they pay widespread reverence to my relics All of them harbor thoughts of yearning, and in their hearts a thirst for me is born." "When they have become truly faithful, honest and upright, gentle in mind, single-mindedly yearning to see the Buddha, not begrudging their lives to do so, then I and the assembly of monks appear together on Eagle Peak." "Then I tell the people that I am always here never dying, that l seem at times to live, at times to die, merely as all expedient means. If there are those in other worlds who are reverent and sincere in faith, among them also I teach the highest Law of all." "But you refuse to heed my words and insist upon thinking that I die. I see the mass of people drowned in a sea of woe, and for that reason I do not show myself, causing them to thirst for me When their hearts commence to yearn, I appear to once to teach the Law." "Such are my mystic powers. For innumerable kotis of aeons I have always been on Eagle Peak and have lived in various other lands When men witness the end of an aeon and all is consumed in a great fire, this, my land, remains safe and unharmed, constantly filled with gods and men. The halls and palaces in its gardens and groves are adorned with all kinds of gems. Precious trees bear plentiful flowers and fruit, and the people there are happy and at ease. The gods strike heavenly drums making a ceaseless symphony of sound. A rain of white mandara blossoms scatters over the Buddha and the people. My pure land is indestructible yet men see it as consumed in fire, filled with sorrow fear and woe, a place of countless troubles." "These people with their various crimes, because of the effects of their evil deeds, will never even hear the name of the three treasures, though countless aeons go by." "But those who follow meritorious ways, who are gentle, peaceful and upright, all of them will see me here in person, teaching the Law. At times I will teach these people the immeasurable length of the Buddha's life, and to those who see me only after a long while I will explain how difficult it is to meet the Buddha." "Such is the power of my wisdom that it illuminates infinitely far. This life that endures for countless aeons I gained as the result of lengthy practice." "You men of wisdom, rid yourselves of all doubts about this! Cut them off once and for all. The Buddhas words are true not false, He is like the skilled physician suing some devices to cure his deluded children. He lives but tells them he has died. No one can call his teaching false. I am the father of this world, saving those who are suffering and afflicted." "Because of the delusions of ordinary people, I say I have departed though in fact I live, for if they see me constantly, arrogance and selfishness arise in their hearts, Abandoning themselves to the five desires, they fall into the paths of evil. I am ever aware of which people practice the Way, and which do not." "This is my constant thought: how I can cause all living beings to gain entry to the highest Way and quickly attain Buddhahood." Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze
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| CeXa said 496 days ago (July 17th, 2008) | |
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Thanks Thanks for posting the Lotus Sutra's translation. All the best, my friend! Greetings from a Rio de Janeiro's Nitiren's Buddhist! Nam myoho rengue kyo! Check out my latest song called Gongyo SGI c - Jigage
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saymme
Much enjoyed , do You have a translation ? Fun ! Like the ending where You speed up a bit : )