Buddhism Reference – Treasure Tower. A critical analogy of the teaching of the Lotus Sutra is the concept, the visualization of the Treasure Tower and the ceremony, the thought exercise of the Treasure Tower.

Buddhism Reference – Transmigration. Buddhism is about the mind. Transmigration is the momentum from moment-to-moment through the 3000 Realms of influence, Our constant emergence from the Engine of Life, Karma.

Buddhism Reference – Topknot. The metaphor of the Buddha’s Topknot is to indicate the enlightened mind’s power and wisdom to propagation and inspire aspirations to Buddhahood by propagating the Dharma.

Buddhism Reference – Tongue. The metaphor of the Buddha’s Tongue is to indicate the propagation and widespread reverberations of propagating the Dharma.

Buddhism Reference – Timelessness. The training to experience momentum of the Engine of Life as non-local or non-linear happening.

Buddhism Reference – Tien-Tai – Part 8. The Great Contemplation and Insight of Tien-Tai Buddhism authored by Zhiyi or Chi-hi, and further extended and developed for our modern practice by Nichiren.

Objectification. We live in the mind of Samsara that objectifies everything, and we want to move our mind to the transparency of Appreciation, of the momentum, of the experience.

Buddhism Reference – Tien-Tai – Part 7. The Five Periods and the Eight Teachings. We can gain a depth of understanding of Nichiren's insights and doctrinal basis.

Buddhism Reference – Tien-Tai – Part 6. Buddhahood; what is it, how do we experience it. I introduce the word Transparency, to visualize the Engine of Life.

Buddhism Reference – Tien-Tai – Part 5. The One Vehicle, the One Buddha Vehicle, the Lotus Sutra as defined in the Immeasurable Meanings Prologue Sutra. These fundamentals of Zhiyi figure prominently in Nichiren.