http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/ T'ien T'ai & The Lotus Sutra Thu, 15 May 2008 14:48:16 GMT dieukinh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3699 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3699 For anyone who was wondering www.tientai.net is back up and running. It seems that the domain registration ran out, but it has now been renewed. Peter Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:08:33 GMT fkubdki http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3698 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3698 SANGHA MAHAYANA INDONESIA ( SMI ) Taman Palem Galaxy Blok L No. 32 - 33, Jakarta Barat 11730 Telp. (021) 5595 9990 – Fax. (021) 5595 9991 – Email. Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:01:14 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3697 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3697 I intended to post this link: http://h1.ripway.com/robek/Daimoku-_outside.pdf Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:29:32 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3696 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3696 Someone just reminded me I posted this here. I do find the topic very interesting, if anyone has anything. gassho robin Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:08:06 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3695 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3695 Hi. is everyone here still doing silent za-zen? Q's below: ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I got a lot from this. I took at as sort of consciousness Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:48:04 GMT Antar Sangit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3694 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3694 gostaria de obter informacoes sobre a teoria do itinen sanzen?? i would like to have informationa about itinen sanzen teory, and i would like to know if Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:58:39 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3693 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3693 ... Nichiren seems to have believed that some Great Masters knew of the Daimoku/Lotus Sutra Honzon, but kept them as a private practice. I once thought Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:21:20 GMT Mario http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3692 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3692 Light up a candle for freedom and peace! May all beings be free from suffering - stand up for the human rights and go to the embassy of Union of Myanmar Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:47:08 GMT dieukinh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3691 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3691 Hi Trock: Chih-I advocated adapting the right means to serve the capacities and needs of the practitioner. In the liturgies he produced he prescribed Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:16:19 GMT Mario http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3690 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3690 Hello I am new in this group. I prefer to practic Zazen, but often I have chanted with friends from the Nichiren sect. I would say the greatest difference is Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:43:05 GMT trockestrella http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3689 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3689 I noticed a dialog on another board that asked about the difference (or the conflict?) between practicing seated meditation and chanting, presumably the Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:04:08 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3688 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3688 Thanks for that. As you likely know, discussions of dharanis versus mantras can get 'interesting.' That came up the in thread that prompted my question. This Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:41:45 GMT dieukinh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3687 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3687 Hi Robin: Sorry I have not had an opportunity to respond earlier. A Dharani is a an object of meditation (Dhyana). It is a prayer formula that is observed over Thu, 31 May 2007 00:59:28 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3686 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3686 Does anyone know what that means? I take it to mean to become established in dharana, roughly the same thing as samadhi. Someone suggested that was a reference Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:05:53 GMT Robin Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3685 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tientai/message/3685 ... In provisional Buddhism one seeks freedom from these attachments through the artifices (`provisions' or `different means') of spiritual cultivation and