Sangha 
Tue Dec 06, 2011 at 11:07:06 AM PST
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I always meditate on this comic before posting a reply in an online forum: Duty Calls.
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Sun Nov 06, 2011 at 16:22:54 PM PST
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Why?
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 at 12:16:55 PM PST
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Ryuei explains the significance of the eighth day of the twelfth month:
Today we commemorate the awakening of Shakyamuni Buddha. Shakyamuni means the "Sage of the Shakya Clan." Buddha is a title which means "Awakened One." Out of all the millions and millions of people who have lived upon this earth, we believe that he, at least, awoke from the dream of life's all too frequent sufferings and all too fragile joys and saw the Truth for himself. This Truth that he awakened to was the Truth which resolved all his previous concerns about the meaning of life and death. This Truth was the solution to the problem of suffering that he had been seeking. All of his subsequent teachings and all the efforts of the 2,500 year old community that has passed on those teachings to the present day are all for the purpose of helping us to see the Truth for ourselves as well, the very same Truth that the Buddha realized.
More on wikipedia. Precious Metal has tips on how to celebrate.
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Thu Dec 04, 2008 at 11:59:38 AM PST
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An inclusive view from A Buddhist Catholic:
I began to consider that perhaps "my" sangha consists of the people who make up my day-to-day life. The people I work with every day, the students in my classes and their families, the store clerks where I shop, the health care professionals I visit, the friends and family I encounter, the people in the salons I visit and the ones who deliver my mail, the people I interact with on the internet ..... and on and on .... in fact, everyone I interact with becomes a part of my sangha. In each encounter with another person, I have an opportunity to practice the dharma and to be taught, regardless if it is a one-time-only encounter, an intermittent, unscheduled encounter, a weekly appointment or a daily interaction .... each of these provides with me the opportunity to practice, each one is an opportunity to grow toward enlightenment.
Each one of these people makes up my Sangha. I can indeed take refuge in them.
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Wed Nov 19, 2008 at 11:03:36 AM PST
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Wow. Check out Lin Jensen's take on sangha on the Tricycle blog:
Sangha is a heart of inclusion. It's the act of turning toward rather than away from each other. For me, sangha is not constrained by definition or sectarian affiliation. Sangha is where you find it. Jesus is quoted as saying, "Wherever two or more are gathered in my name, there am I." I would say as well, "Wherever two or more are gathered in the name of kindness and healing, there is sangha." If you think to look for it you'll find it everywhere, springing up in response to circumstance.
Beautiful.
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Thu Oct 30, 2008 at 13:22:50 PM PDT
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(Beryl, I'm sensitive to your comments and agree with them. I'm promoting this thread because the discussion is interesting. - promoted by deardenver)
You gotta see this. Tricycle magazine breathlessly reports that it was "very lucky to get an interview with" Daisaku Ikeda, a "very important international Buddhist figure and president of SGI, whose members, spread across the globe, number 12 million.." Fact checkers were out to lunch when it came time to verify that membership statistic.
But the laughs don't stop there..
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 13:49:10 PM PDT
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( - promoted by buddhajones)
First, thanks for creating an open soapbox where people like me (unaffiliated seeker of the way) can reach a large audience.
I've been around the block with Nichiren Buddhism for almost 20 years. I've seen 'em come and go -- the messiahs, the reformers, the upstarts. I've seen The Org change for the better and for worse, but it was never much help to begin with.
Can we please forget about Japan, everyone? Can we please forget about Nichiren and the cramped cultural, historical realities he faced, which are very different from our own?
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Wed Jul 09, 2008 at 12:40:51 PM PDT
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(interesting... - promoted by buddhajones)
Author and long-time Nichiren Buddhist warrior Charles Atkins has launched a new training program -- the Society of Modern Buddhist Healing -- for people interested in delving deeply into what I would call the mystical aspects of Nichiren Buddhism.
My initial reaction was skepticism. I thought maybe Mr. Atkins was pulling my leg.
But the more I think about it, the more the idea excites me. Yes, me -- someone who is not fond of organized religion and hierarchy.
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