“Hell or Hells”, is a term used to interpret Shakyamuni’s teachings of the forces operating in our Samsaric mind and perceptions etc. Hell, because these mental experiences derail our thoughts of enlightenment. Often these forces are given personages and characteristics in Buddhist teachings.

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“Heaven”, is a misleading term used to interpret Shakyamuni’s teachings of the forces operating in our mind and perceptions etc. Often these forces are given personages in Buddhist teachings.

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“Habit Energy”, is the state of tendencies and conditions (karma) at any one moment that simply re-instantiates with little or no influence into the next moment.

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“Gosho”, is Nichiren’s doctrine via the extant writings of his lifetime of scholarship and teaching of the Lotus Sutra and supporting scholarship.

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“Gongyo”, is our opportunity to savor our practice. To embrace, read, recite, copy, write, propagate; these are the practice of Lotus Sutra Buddhism.

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“GoHonzon”, is our ultimate goal; to open our GoHonzon “eye” to experience in Samsara our innate Buddhaness.

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“Four Noble Truths”, is an early teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha. For us, Lotus Sutra Buddhists, it is a reference to early teachings and can serve as a primer for more developed understanding of Buddhist practice.

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“SHOJU”, is a simple and gentle way to introduce Buddhist thought to the uninitiated while also being quite convincing in familiar language.

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“Formation”, is a key word for the concept of developing form from tendencies and conditions accumulated and amalgamated through the process of “formation”. Everything we experience in Samsara is a result of this ongoing process.

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“Five Aggregates”, also known as Skandhas, are the initial formations of consciousnesses in the development of the sense organs for our existence in Samsara.

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