---You're overly intellectualizing what is a matter of experience. Hsuan Hua clearly expressed his disapproval of Nichiren's Buddhism and the Gohonzon, (to me, directly). That was the experience. What does this have to do with "pratimoksha vows". Get out of your ivory tower.
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, billy jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Heresy" means to personally choose a particular belief in opposition to some previously established orthodox belief. "Heterodoxy" is simply to choose all on one's own without regard to orthodoxy. > > Hsuan Hua was observing Chinese Buddhist monastic vinaya. Unless you were a monk in full possession of the pratimoksha vows neither you nor he could be in heretical antipathy to the other's practice. > > As far as differences and separations, you began your posted comments with Buddhist versus Hindu so you edged yourself out of discussing them in terms that were reflective of mutuality. "Tathata" is Sanskrit for "thusness. "Entity" is Latin for "ens" - a being. These are well established terms without a lot of mystery to them. "Dai" means "Great" as in the Dai of Dainichi or the "Maha" in mahayana and mahamudra. Gohonzon is an object of veneration. > > You apparently venerate the proclamation that the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren are the same and in the same manner that Dharma and Buddha are sometimes worshiped as the same. > > This means you are probably here to proselytize us at FFL for SGI. > > yifuxero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---You're looking at differences and separations. The Gohonzon > integrates mutually agreeable M-fields and tends to demolish those > getting in the way. True, Hsuan Hua didn't approve of the Gohonzon > which I showed him once. Nichiren's Buddhism was heretical to him. > However, his habit of eating only once per day before noon is > heretical to me since I have low blood sugar and have to eat > continually throughout the day. I had such pre-noon meals with him > on a number of occasions. > > In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, billy jim <emptybill@> wrote: > > > > Don't know much about Nichiren. Dai Gohonzon sounds like a Japanese > description of Kegon's "riji-muge" (interpenetration and mutual > identity between particulars in Indra's net). > > > > Recent Activity > > 4 > New Members > > 1 > New Photos > > 3 > New Links > > Visit Your Group > Search Ads > Get new customers. > List your web site > in Yahoo! Search. > > Real Food Group > Share recipes > and favorite meals > w/ Real Food lovers. > > Dog Fanatics > on Yahoo! Groups > Find people who are > crazy about dogs. > > > > . > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! >
