http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/ Gohonzon Forum Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:42:49 GMT JIM WAGGONER http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6243 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6243   Not really! I never had (nor wanted) a leadership position. For a number of years, I made it a goal to "fuse" with Mr. W. He had incredible sincerity. His Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:22:24 GMT Angela Passaro http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6242 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6242 I knew your name sounded familiar, Jim Waggoner. Other SGI (then NSA) pioneer members talked about you like you were virtually second in command to Mr Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:02:56 GMT JIM WAGGONER http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6241 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6241   I accept the notion (doctrine?) that the Gohonzon is not an object, but an event; the Eternal On-going Ceremony in the Air as portrayed in the Lotus Sutra. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:08:11 GMT Don Ross http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6239 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6239 My personal belief is that all Gohonzons should be honored and respected, each in our own unique ways, whether or not we belong to the given school of Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:54:54 GMT Angela Passaro http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6238 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6238 As an SGI-USA member, I have been on tozan three times.  I have seen the Dai Gohonzon three times.  It looks just like the Dai-Gohonzon on Nichiren's Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:21:00 GMT Mark Porter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6237 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6237 The Dai Gohonzon is not a super Gohonzon even though some would portray it as such. The individual Gohonzon is representative of the individual environment. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:23:02 GMT butsu72@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6236 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6236 I went on Tozan in '81, when I was looking outside myself for the Gohonzon.   Nichiren stated "never seek the Gohonzon outside oneself". The idea that he Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:19:35 GMT Mike Barrett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6235 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6235 ... Hello, TS - I prefer the translation "Wonderful Dharma of the Lotus Flower" myself. I have been to see the Daigohonzon on tozan in 1989. I don't think it Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:57:11 GMT nichi_45 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6234 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6234 Hello to everyone on this board. My name is Rev. Kanjin Cederman and this message was not written by me. I respect and like Rev. McCormick very much. With Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:18:09 GMT tendlersmith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6233 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6233 Has anyone here been on Tozan and saw the DaiGohonzon, I have three times and I never felt it was fake, I actually cried the second time. I also see that Sat, 16 May 2009 20:55:33 GMT melania http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6232 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6232 ... Great question and topic. I believe that you're on on target about the discovery been made earlier but somehow "overlooked"and consolidated later by N Thu, 14 May 2009 18:15:36 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6231 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6231 I have long held the theory that, prior to Nichiren, the Daimoku and Lotus Sutra Mandala were part of an esoteric practice. On Mandala 013 Nichiren wrote Thu, 14 May 2009 17:11:40 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6230 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6230 ... I am not all that old. I have been dealing with a crippling disease{s} since 1991, which makes me seem older at times. The condition has been gradually Thu, 14 May 2009 15:04:49 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6229 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6229 That ia a good point Jim. We are not trashing the Taisekiji Board Mandala. It is valid to discuss questions about its origins. The oldest extant specific Thu, 14 May 2009 14:33:49 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6228 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GohonzonForum/message/6228 From Volume 2 of WND, p277. I , Nichiren, am puzzled and wish to ask, How do we know that the Lotus Sutra and the Mahavairochana Sutra are same in principle?