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BDK - Lotus Sutra - part 16

BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 16. Prediction is a chapter that indicates the rewards of the understanding of the previous chapters leading ultimately to the guarantee of Buddhahood.E-books available at Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

BDK - Lotus Sutra - part 15

BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 15. In closing this chapter, Shakyamuni reminds those Sravakas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Arhats that they have been in fact practicing steps on the path of Bodhisattva practice without realizing it.E-books available at Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

BDK - Lotus Sutra - part 14

BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 14. Mahakasyapa repeats back the lesson of skillful means as training for Bodhisattvas in the art of Shoju practice to propagate with compassion to the capacity of others.E-books available at Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

BDK - Lotus Sutra - page 13

BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 13. Shakyamuni teaching by example and through his senior students (monks) the use of Skillful Means to others’ capacities.E-books available at Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

BDK - Lotus Sutra - part 12

BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 12. Shakyamuni wraps up this chapter with strong admonitions against slander of this MyoHoRenGeKyo teaching and also cautions those who would offer this teaching to others to be selective of the character of those who are curious.E-books available at Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

BDK - Lotus Sutra - part 11

BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 11. The Tathagata exhorts Sariputra to listen and to propagate only this Lotus Sutra as the vehicle for ultimate enlightenment.E-books available at Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

BDK - Lotus Sutra - part 10

BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 10. The Tathagata uses the Parable to demonstrate his use of the skillful means of the earlier teachings for Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas as well as Bodhisattvas as expedients or skillful means to lead those of varying capacities and desires to this now, this One vehicle, this Buddhaness teaching.E-books available at Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

BDK - Lotus Sutra - part 9

BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 9. A real head spinner! Another illustration of the use of skillful means as a tool of leadership and parenting.E-books available at Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

BDK - Lotus Sutra - part 8

BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 8. We begin the “Parable”, or third chapter of the Sutra as translated from the Kasuga edition of Kumarajiva’s version of the basic Sanskrit text. Shakyamuni uses skillful means once again to aid students in overcoming obstacles to the true Dharma.E-books available at Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

The Buddhist ”Self”

“Buddhist SELF”. Our True “Self” is re-instantiated in each moment. We are Not a “continuation”, or a repetition, or an accumulation from our past. Each moment, we are “RE-BORN” (instantiated anew) from our fundamental karmic tendencies as affected and influenced by the 3000 realms of potential in each of those same moments.E-books available at Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm