BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 42. Merit of Joyful Acceptance, what augmented mental powers of experience and influence might be expected through our resolve and single-minded practice of Buddhaness in MyoHoRenGeKyo?

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Buddhism ReferenceVolume2–Benefit-Merit. How is our life affected through the practice of self-enlightenment? And, to what affect does it assist in our Bodhisattva practice.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 41. Description of Merit, Shakyamuni closes this chapter in verses to exhort those to whom the future after his extinction will commit to propagation and to move others to do the same, with promises of immeasurable merits and benefits..

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Buddhism Reference Volume 2–Asuras. A bit of history to define a term from ancient Hindu and Vedic mythology, superseded by Lotus Sutra method of Bodhisattva practice.

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Buddhism ReferenceVolume2–Bagavat. A bit of history to define a term of Vedic transitions to Hindu deities and various religious traditions with little if any use to Buddhist thought.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 40. Description of Merit, Shakyamuni reiterates in verse the merits of states of mind resulting from the awakening of our innate Buddha. This Lotus Sutra is the immediate instantiation of enlightenment in this lifetime.

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Buddhism Reference–Arhat. A bit of history to define a term superceeded by Lotus Sutra method of Bodhisattva practice.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 39. Description of Merit, Shakyamuni describes states of mind resulting from the awakening of our innate Buddha. This Lotus Sutra is the immediate instantiation of enlightenment in this lifetime.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 38. Closing this chapter, Shakyamuni has us repeat an exhortation to ourselves to ponder diligently how to inspire others to aspire to the experience of Buddha.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 37. Nichiren’s favorite chapter of the Lotus, “The Lifespan of the Tathagata” is a major transitional teaching of self-Enlightenment from Shakyamuni to all sentient beings.

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