--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "coshlnx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --You could be a Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist, without knowing it.
Are you referring to me (a_non_moose_ff)? > This > is a "desire" oriented form of Buddhism, 180deg. in contrast to most > traditional sects of Buddhism which have a stern condemnation of > attempting to fulfill "selfish" desires. > In Nichiren's Buddhism, the energy latent in all people (ALL > physically embodied people) can be used as fuel for the attainment > (since this is a progressive path) of Enlightenment, by attaching > one's desire to the particular mantra (Nam Myoho Renge Kyo). I think I have a (missed)-connection to this group. The summer after my 6-months TTC, I was in LA, walking down Santa Monica Ave., still a bit spacey from all the rounding, when this volkswagon with two beautiful girls -- college age -- roars up, stops just in front of me, and both pop out and they gush vivaciously, "want to fulfill all your desires?" I sort of smiled - mumbbled, "well, um...." and they started talking about chanting what I think it was "Nam Myoho Renge Kyo". They said, "We are going to a meeting, come with us." Well, being a total stick-up my ass new initiator, I said, "um, well I practice TM.". They said, "cool, come with us". After a bit of discussion, I quite stupidly declined (wtf was I thinking!). Something about purity of the teaching and not being seen at other teachers courses blathering through my mind. > Eventually, the chanting of the mantra coupled with the intent to > fulfill desires results in one or more alternative outcomes:, such > as... > 1. The desire is Adharmic, in which case it will eventually self- > destruct. > 2. The desire will be transformed into a different desire. > 3. The desire may be fulfilled or not fulfilled,; but regardless of > many possible outcomes, the result, given time is: Some other methods seem to use this. Danhur Ved? > HENDOKU IYAKU, which means "changing poison into medicine". The > poison exists as the pain of having not fulfilled one's desire, or > the suffering of some known or unknown cause. > In due course of one's attempt to avoid pain and embrace pleasure, > the idea is to transform one's desires from base heavy metals (lead, > mercury), into pure gold and the elixir of Soma. > I chanted Nam Myoho Renge Knyo for 20 years with great benefit What specifically? > but > now I chant the first verse of the Surangama Sutra. Chant only, or offerings too? >(The Surangama > Sutra text is shown on the website Vaj menationed - text written by > Hsuan Hua. He was my first Buddhist Guru during the 70's. (ate lunch > with him on a number of occasions...very humble fellow. To eat lunch > with MMY I'd have to fork over a mil. at least). > PS: Nichiren Buddhists spend little time speculating on the nature of > Enlightenment, but spend more time attempting to fulfill concrete > desires right on our dinner plate. These are the stepping stones to > Enlightenment, which will take care of itself in the due course of > time, > PS 2....(along with TM of course). I doubt that Vaj's Guru Norbu > Rinpoche has any individual technique which can compare with the > effectiveness of TM. and VAj says? >I'll probably get an e mail on that. He's quick > to criticize TM, but whenever I even mention "Norbu Rinpoche" vaj > sends me an e mail. Fine...I like to hear from fellow Buddhists. > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Jan 7, 2006, at 4:38 PM, a_non_moose_ff wrote: > > > > > > > My sense of the vasanas are the tight grip of residue and > structure of > > > > conditionings and experiences that make "I" appear to be the > body or > > > > mind or intellect. When that grip lossens, then that false > sense of I > > > > dissolves. But the structure of vasanas is still there -- just > not a > > > > tight or binding grip. More translucent. Social self is still > there. > > > > Just not hung up in "oneself" as before, no one or thing to get > > > > insulted, or to get mad and angry (as in "losing it" -- though > > > > certainly displeasure might still be shown). Thus an experience > of > > > > social self, same characteristics, but being loser, freer, > playful, > > > > very flexibible, etc. > > > > > > > > And some vasanas -- while more loose and translucent, may > be "human > > > > liver and fava bean" oriented. Its my experience that mind / > intellect > > > > continue to react, process, learn, and digest old habits and > patterns, > > > > just as when vasannas were tighter. But now faster, with > everything > > > > flowing more loosely, flexibly playfully. > > > > > > > > And I sense vasanas can and do get more radically transformed > as jiva > > > > mukti flows in to veheda mukti (spelling ?) As IT is seen to be > all > > > > there is. > > > > > > Hey, it's easier to lose them during the dark night of the soul > > > doncha know? Wait till he finds out it's actually not Vedic to > do > > > that...man will those vasanas be pissed! And of course the > universal > > > black-hole of the soul is exponentially worse. Just because you > left > > > your vasanas at the Otumwa mall, doesn't make it good. Just wait. > I > > > always make certain my vasana-kshaya is 100% Vedic. Sure they have > > > to sacrifice a goat, but dude, they do it in India... > > > > I've never had much interest in all that Vedic, Yogic, Brahman, > > Hiranyagarba, etc. Eastern esoterica, so if the space I've arrived > in > > is not Vedicly kosher, I won't lose so much as one microsecond of > > sleep over it. > > > > Alex > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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