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Originally Posted by Toni has wings  Hi Pyrogen -- I was a practicing Nichiren (Sokka Gokkai) Buddhist for many, many years, but have gone my own way with all this deliberate creation stuff. I hung onto the nam-myoho-renge-kyo chant, though, for a lot of reasons. For one, it helps me meditate, relaxes me, allows me to let go of ego-based control and just be. It also makes me feel like I'm sending out positive, light energy to the entire world. |
Toni,
I'm curious if you see any difference between the Nichiren take on deliberate creation vs. the take that we have here? What was your experience like? I've been interested in talking to people about their experiences, but the thing is, whenever I talk to someone presently *in* a Nichiren group, well... you get it.
I'd like to hear some more objective daimoku experiences.
I bought an SGI juzu rosary, but I would like to actually go back to using a Tibetan mala... easier to count with that (it has 108 beads but the spacing of them on the string makes it easier to manipulate for actual counting)... or I might make a special mala that uses the same symbolism but keeps the spacing so the beads can be counted. I wonder if I'll keep some of my Tibetan spiritual appropriations... (such as some of the mantras)
Everyone else: Toni could probably explain better but I got the impression that Shakubuku is the Nichiren equivalent of Christian "witnessing".