http://www.buddhajones.com BuddhaJones Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:59:23 GMT http://www.buddhajones.com/diary/328/ritual-by-Cultmember <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427392.400-pain-or-prayer-two-ways-to-grow-a-religion.html?full=true">http://www.newscientist.com/ar...</a> <p>Interesting article about the role of ritual in religion. Now in Nichiren Buddhism we have repetitive, low-stress ritual. Also in the old days we had conventions and pilgrimages to Japan which were for most participants traumatic or peak experiences, or both (well they were for me, anyway). How do you overcome the tedium of our daily ritual? How do you have peak experiences when your sangha does not organize them? <br /> ritual Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:08:41 GMT Cultmember http://www.buddhajones.com/diary/328/ritual-by-Cultmember