Tonights show is a lecture on Nichiren Daishonin's letter called 'Reply to Sairen-bo'.The theme is once more on the mentor disciple relationship . Themes include:

Trapped for 3 score years and 10
The disciple chooses the mentor
What is Buddhahood?
Devil kings and demons
I don't want to spend my life in the toilet of mankind
What qualifies the mentor?
Creating a whirlpool of joy.

In honour of 25 years playing music, we play, from the Podsafe Music Network, Howard Jones and his song Building our own Future. We are also lucky enough to have a great track from Peter Robinson called Roar of the Wind for the men of the South of England.

Originally we had planned to play the second half of William Woollards Chapter 1 tonight. However, we wanted to include an interview that we are working on but we did not manage to get it done in time! So the next show will include the second half!

Thank you for listening and for your encouragement comments and kind emails. Your support is really welcomed, have a great week.

A Buddhist Podcast - Reply to Sairen-bo

This Podcast is a free show about the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. Jason and Karen are members of the Soka Gakkai. Every two weeks they take a Buddhist study point and do their best to make it easy to understand and of use to anyone who listens.
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