--- In [email protected], "yifuxero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---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.
His or yours? > What > does this have to do with "pratimoksha vows". Get out of your ivory > tower. > > In [email protected], billy jim <emptybill@> 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 <yifuxero@> 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 [email protected], 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! > > >
