tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124892592011-04-21T16:35:26.871-07:00EblogoshoThe Ethiopian Buddhist Ondinonk Nyabingi Institute, Church and Yeshiva is proud to announce that EBONICY has brought forth Eblogosho (TM).
Eblogosho (TM) will serve as the official organ through which the online broadcast goals of EBONICY will be propagated.
Check back soon for more details, and feel free to enlighten your burden at http://www.ebonicy.orgEBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1125264509203034772005-08-28T14:20:00.000-07:002005-08-28T14:45:54.806-07:00Much daimoku is needed and will be neededby E.B.O.N.I.C.Y.Namaste,Awhile back I posted a somewhat esoteric item supporting daimoku asan example of superstring theory. It involved something called theGlobal Conciousness Project, out of Princeton University. In short, acollection of random number generators located around the world havebecome less random just prior to catastrophic events.One way the degree of randomness, or its lack, is EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1124927246807460452005-08-24T16:43:00.000-07:002005-08-24T16:50:37.103-07:00How many kinds of Buddhism exist?by NichirenschildWhen people use the term Buddhism, they imply a body of teachings or philosophy expounded by Prince Sidhartha Shakya, also called Shakyamuni, the muni being an honorific title following the family name Shakya. Shakyamuni pondered the meaning of all existence and then told those who asked, except once, his conclusions. Those whose questions he answered perceived him to be "The EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1122648392751258452005-07-29T07:46:00.000-07:002005-07-29T07:51:46.376-07:00Is Buddhism a Religion?Buddhism is a teaching which has spread worldwide absorbing the culture of each country it arrived in, which has resulted in many expressions of Buddhism. Each strand, no matter how varied in nature and practice, holds a common emphasis on the impermanence of human life. The worldwide spread of Buddhism means that it is now practiced by over three hundred million people worldwide, and thus, is EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1118511187690087692005-06-11T10:33:00.000-07:002005-06-11T10:34:30.166-07:00Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating SinsRebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins: "Slander of the Law, on the other hand, is like white leprosy, which does not appear to be so serious at first, but bit by bit becomes very serious indeed."EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1118026861646855092005-06-05T19:55:00.000-07:002005-06-05T20:01:01.650-07:00AFRICA: The final true home of Buddhism!While pages 26 and 27 of the Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin states,"As for this question, the Lotus Sutra states, "After the passing of the Tathagata, I will cause this sutra to spread widely throughout the continent of Jambudvipa and never allow it to perish." This passage means that the Lotus is a sutra related to the people of Jambudvipa, the continent of the south. Bodhisattva Miroku EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1117638017173454662005-06-01T07:54:00.000-07:002005-06-01T08:00:17.176-07:00Why are we Baptists, not Buddhists?The fifth volume says: "the people will resent [the Lotus Sutra] and find it extremely difficult to believe."from "The Votary of the Lotus Sutra Will Meet Persecution", MWND, vol. 6, pg. 79EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1117292986258674852005-05-28T08:09:00.000-07:002005-05-28T08:14:11.306-07:00If this Buddhism is so great, then why . . .?"... the Lotus Sutra promises that those who practice the Law of the Buddha 'will enjoy peace and security in this life and good circumstances in the next.' If this is so then why is it that the priest Nichiren, though he calls himself a votary of the Lotus Sutra, should meet with so many difficulties?"The Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 6, pgs. 51 - 52. (NSIC version 1990)EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1117125670307663182005-05-26T09:41:00.000-07:002005-05-26T09:46:43.443-07:00Reply to Lord Hakiri Saburo"Reply to Lord Hakiri Saburo: "The heart of the Lotus Sutra is the revelation that one may attain the supreme enlightenment in one's present state, without change of original status. This means that, without casting aside one's karmic impediments, one can still attain the Buddha Way. Thus T'ien-t'ai says, 'The other sutras predict Buddhahood for the good but not for the evil.... Only this [Lotus]EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1117027284812387492005-05-25T06:21:00.000-07:002005-05-25T06:47:19.416-07:00Negrobstacles - The Sansho Shima of NegritudeI ask you ponder the sutra observation:"because I once disparaged this highest, of all sutras, I am now looked down upon and my words go unheeded.Despite the fact that in the HIYU chapter of the Sutra it is written, "that [because one slandered the Lotus Sutra in the past] other people will have no sympathy for him even though he sincerely tries to be friendly with them."Then I ask you to reflectEBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1116905375578590172005-05-23T20:29:00.000-07:002005-05-23T21:30:27.306-07:00Why does racism exist?a person asserted: ... If there is a G-d the way the Europeans interpreted the bible,why is their racism? Is the racist G-d different from the non-racistG-d? I have put that question to another egroup that i'm in. No onecan answer that question. However, as true Buddhists we can answerthat question. Simply put, there is the Law of Cause and Effect. TheLaw will support any effort you do whether itEBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1116785847062292692005-05-22T11:17:00.000-07:002005-05-22T11:35:12.783-07:00What's the secret of the Buddha's Race?"A person wrote:Does it matter to you that Shakyamuni is black? I want more than a yes or no.A person replied:I didn't know he was! I won't tax you for a source. The royal genealogyof Shakyamuni is well known. The Shakya's were not Africans. As possibledescendents of Ninhirtsag, have you considered that he might have been BLUE!as royalty and gods are depicted in the color illustrations of Vedic EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1116465170919882952005-05-18T18:12:00.000-07:002005-05-18T18:45:54.500-07:00Ecumenism by actionsThroughout the ages a hallmark of Buddhism has been to tolerate the expression of religious philosophies by others, even if opposition to those belief systems has been espoused verbally. Currently, in the culture of the United States, so-called atheists, who are at the very least anti-American culture, have engaged in a campaign of anti-Christianity because it is so important within the secular EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1114727277699296892005-04-28T15:25:00.000-07:002005-04-28T15:30:21.050-07:00Felicitations! It's the anniversary of Daimoku!Today is the 752'nd aniversry of Nichiren Daishonin's 1st officially chanting of Namu Myoho Renge Kyo!EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1114709018443263822005-04-28T10:21:00.000-07:002005-04-28T11:22:52.886-07:00Know what you did in a past life . . .A person inquires about the underpinnings of "Buddhist" faith in "reincarnation". Given the quality of public school education, this is a reasonable, but curious, question.A more obvious question, to me, is, what speaks against "reincarnation"?Quickly, the reply is "I've seen almost everybody born die. I've never heard of anybody born being able to tell me about what happened to them in a past EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1114649557220858312005-04-27T17:51:00.000-07:002005-04-27T17:52:37.220-07:00Eblogosho manifests!The Ethiopian Buddhist Ondinonk Nyabingi Institute, Church and Yeshiva is proud to announce that EBONICY has brought forth Eblogosho (TM).Eblogosho (TM) will serve as the official organ through which the online broadcast goals of EBONICY will be propagated.Check back soon for more details, and feel free to enlighten your burden at http://www.ebonicy.org/EBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12489259.post-1114648207753422942005-04-27T17:24:00.000-07:002005-04-27T17:32:04.866-07:00Eblogosho manifests!The Ethiopian Buddhist Ondinonk Nyabingi Institute, Church and Yeshiva is proud to announce that EBONICY has brought forth Eblogosho (TM).Eblogosho (TM) will serve as the official organ through which the online broadcast goals of EBONICY will be propagated.Check back soon for more details, and feel free to enlighten your burden at http://www.ebonicy.orgEBONICYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120756483819285636noreply@blogger.com0