Browsing Posts published in July, 2009

IT NEEDS TO BE STATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS “FAITH” IS NOT A SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF, BUT A BELIEF BORN OF TRUST IN DAILY LIFE, FOSTERED BY HUMANISM. (Humanism: an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanistic beliefs stress the potential value and goodness [...]

“The title of the Sutra, says Nichiren doctrine, is the essence of the whole sutra, the holy teaching of the Buddha’s life, the principle of all things, and the truth of eternity; the fullest implications of the title are inexplicable and inconceivable, understood not even by subordinate Buddhas. The title of the original doctrine is [...]