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From the SGI-USA . org site--material about the Gohonzon and the meaning of offerings. Used for a new member study session 162 KB file |
http://www.laureldistrictstudy.homestead.com |
Laurel District (SGI-USA) Nichiren Buddhists http://www.LaurelDistrict.Homestead.com E-mail: LaurelDistrict@comcast.net |
The SGI members and supporters of the Ft. Collins site prepared this information. 32 KB file |
I had to bear down and memorize to get the ten factors straight--vital I believe to getting to understand Ichinen Sanzen--my study sheet. about 20 KB MSWord (Updated and revised November 02 |
The Washington DC Region SGI conducted a "Buddhist Study University" at the University of Maryland. The national leaders who attended spoke about the "Oneness of the Mentor and Disciple". |
One of the "Buddhist Study University" sessions was about the Lotus Sutra, the significance of Gongyo, and the Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra--this is preparation script for the Part 2 Significance of Gongyo. |
During preparation of Lotus Sutra seminar materials, this is an article about reciting Gongyo that I thought very useful |
Additional background material on reciting Gongyo--from the SGI-USA publication CD-Rom |
We feel like we know the lower 6 worlds pretty well but this idea of being a Buddha is ellusive. I made up a table of all the virtues, properties, attributes etc to try to at least get the terminology straight. about 25 K B MSWord |
Things about being a Buddha (under revision) |
The Power of Taking Responsibility from pages 78-83 of The Buddha in Your Mirror. The WinZip file is 648 K bytes. September 01 study material for Laurel District. |
A temporary posting of the scans of the pages I printed for Laurel District members. The original layout was landscape to get two scanned images on a page. Those who choose to print these images vice downloading the Zip file wiill want to use landscape layout for printing and understand that the paper efficieny is not the best. Phill |
The above link will get you a utility for Winzip files. Paste the following in your browser to get info http://www.winzip.com/winzip.htm |
A potpourri of study items from meetings held in Laurel District |
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