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Re: Toda/orthodoxy

brightlightcity — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:49:46 GMT

Hmmm, 2 days later and no explanation about the "historic calligraphy." Seemed like a reasonable question to me. . . must not be that "historic" or maybe its

Re: "Life Force"

Kathy Sain — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:33:05 GMT

No, just how to save the planet using Buddhistical, logical, common sense. Sorry, Don, whatever you might want to say... Demon-apprentice failure Sain Don,

Re: "Life Force"

steve_is_a_buddha — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:16:42 GMT

Don, really.... You are proclaiming Toda's genius through his ability to borrow other people's ideas. But a brilliant mathematician? Where did he do that?

Re: "Life Force"

Don Gropp — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:47:24 GMT

??lan vi?tal ?lan vital, coined by French philosopher Henri Bergson in his 1907 book Creative Evolution, was translated in the English edition as "vital

Re: "Life Force"

camoonchild — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:59:40 GMT

... Bill, I know you are being sarcastic, but I really had never heard the term before I heard it used in the SGI many years ago. I am not saying they

Re: Good and Evil Demons cause death..."Soka Gakkai Buddha."[SGI] Re

Kathy Sain — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:02:52 GMT

That's it, VT, You've solved my problem. I'm giving up this quasi-vot biz and choosing to be a demon. As for a "middle way demon" I've been an 'addled

Good and Evil Demons cause death..."Soka Gakkai Buddha."[SGI] Re: a

verrytesty — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:59:07 GMT

... And middle way demons eating both enemies and votaries are like hungry teenagers indiscriminately invading your refrigerator after school. Is it

Re: "Life Force"

billanker1 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:45:58 GMT

... Yes Don, before SGI no one had ever used the term "Life Force".

Re: Toda/orthodoxy

brightlightcity — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:59:07 GMT

Don, I do not receive any SGI publications but I am curious about this "historic calligraphy." Would you be so kind as to tell us about it? Thanks.

Good and Evil Demons cause death..."Soka Gakkai Buddha."[SGI] Re: a

Don Gropp — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:55:18 GMT

"The Entrustment and Other Chapters" There are two kinds of demons, good and evil. Good demons feed upon enemies of the Lotus Sutra, while evil demons feed

"Soka Gakkai Buddha."[SGI] Re: a soul?

Christopher H. Holte — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:02:35 GMT

... Do you even understand what an oral teaching is? An oral teaching is a teaching passed on from priest to priest and usually ascribed to the authority of

Re: Toda/orthodoxy

Don Gropp — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:13:11 GMT

Don <> Andy <> Perhaps, Andy, you could substantiate your claim by citing something you've read in the latest

"Life Force"

Don Gropp — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:59:25 GMT

"Life Force," a term used by Soka Gakkai becoming mainstream.

punishment derived from slander ...(Soka Gakkai Buddha."[SGI] Re: a

Don Gropp — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:32:18 GMT

I recall Makiguchi chiding the priesthood for ignoring the principle of punishment (seven dharanis), especially since it is so obviously displayed on the

"Soka Gakkai Buddha."[SGI] Re: a soul?

Don Gropp — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:14:24 GMT

<<5. He [Nichiren] talks within the doctrines of Buddhism, not inventing his own ideas and passing them off as Buddhist doctrine>> The following passage sounds