3 Kinds of Practice. Nichiren gives us advice for steadfastness in our practice in the Gosho, “Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra”. http://threefoldlotus.com/study/ThreeKindsPractice.pdf E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Paramita. The Bodhisattva building of self-behavioral skills for reason, honesty, and truth for one’s mind of awareness and as it applies to the understanding of others. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Outflows. Expelling energies using the Samsaric mind of cravings and clinging, thwarting those energies from manifesting Buddha. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Omniscience. A term used by translators to try to capture the illumination of the mind of Buddhahood. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Non-Origination. An early teaching term used often to equate ideas of emptiness, the void, self/not-self to “Destiny” or karma as immutable. Nichiren and the Lotus directly confront and destroy this idea with the invocation of the Engine of Life to alter, to influence all karma by our actions. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Eternal. All phenomena are momentum of energy. Moment-to-moment instantiations of potential energies arising, abiding, and dissolving from and back to quiescence. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Nagarjuna. One of the most important Buddhist scholars and founder of the “Middle Way” and “Emptiness” doctrines of the Madhyamaka School. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Nagas. An ancient term from Hindu mythologies of a creature relegated to the underworlds by Brahma; these dragons or serpents are used as helpful protectors of living beings in Buddhism. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Monkey Mind. Our Samsaric Mind as it relentlessly jumps from one distraction to the next for self pleasure and emotional rewards or fears. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Middle Way - part-2. Dependent Origination is a cornerstone of the Middle Way in that it describes in language the incalculable interactions and influences of constant instantiations of potential upon each and every other from moment to moment in our experience of life. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Middle Way. The Dharma Path between the two extremes of Self indulgence and Self mortification or Eternal self versus Annihilation. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Miao-lo. Japanese name for Zhanran, the sixth patriarch of the Tien-Tai Chinese sect of Buddhism. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Merit. Achieving the Bodhisattva Path through our interactions of thought, word, and deed. We build our life condition by our Daimoku and practice to develop our mind, the minds of others, and our dignity and respect. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Mara. The influences of our imagination and minds of Samsara using craving and clinging as obstacles and distraction from our enlightenment. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Maitreya. The future Buddha. Also, the future Buddha as you and I accomplish our Bodhisattva Mahasattva practice to inspire others to the Lotus Sutra method of Self-Realization. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Mahasattva. A Great Person, a great Bodhisattva, a Bodhisattva of great accomplished practice. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – MahaPrajnaParamita. The Perfection of Wisdom Sutras written to promote personal deep insight into the teachings and method of Buddhist thought. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Madhyamaka. Nagarjuna’s Middle Way of practice and the piercing perception of Sunyata. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Liberate. To break free of our craving and clinging mind of Samsara to experience the true reality of the Engine of Life. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Extinction. The third phase of Karma from instantiation to Abiding formations and decay, and ultimately to Dissolution or Extinction. E-books - “Buddhism Reference 1 & 2” – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Invoke - Invocation. We chant “NaMuMyoHoRenGeKyo” to Instantiate our Buddha experience in accord with the universal Law of the Engine of Life to instantiate our maximal potential, moment-to-moment. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Homage. We chant “NaMu” as homage to “MyoHoRenGeKyo” in accord with the universal Law of the Engine of Life to instantiate our maximal potential, moment-to-moment. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Hinayana. A term used to define early practices based on early teachings of Shakyamunibuddha, also known as incomplete or lesser vehicles. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – GoHonzon, again. An important distinction to know in our modern understanding of Buddhist scholarship of Nichiren and the Lotus Sutra. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Gandhari Languages and Texts. An ancient center of Buddhist scholarship important in the transmission of Buddhist scholarship into central and Eastern Asia. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Gandhara. An ancient center of Buddhist scholarship in what was then North-Eastern India. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Elongated Ears. The symbolism of this represents the Buddha ability to understand and perceive all “suffering”. This is written in many stories like those of Avalokitesvara, et al E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Eight Deliverance. These eight deliverance are the mental steps to realize and release our minds from Samsara. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Earthly Desires. The starting block of reasoning leading to Nichiren’s doctrine of “Earthly Desires are Enlightenment” as discussed in his writings and teachings. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Dhuta. For Lotus Sutra Mahayana practitioners, this directly equates to Nichiren’s teaching of the “Earthly Desires become Enlightenment”, when we take our carnal cravings to our mandala of GoHonzon to invoke our Buddha mind. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Devadatta. A great story of subduing one’s Ego to discover our full potential as teacher, Bodhisattva, and Buddhahood. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Dengyo. An important figure in the lineage of Nichiren’s study and Japanese history of Lotus Sutra propagation and scholarship. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Butsudan. Our personal Altar re[resenting the stupa to protect and house our seven jeweled treasure tower of the true teachings of the ultimate Dharma. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Awakening. For modern Buddhists in the lineage of Bodhisattva Nichiren, awakening the mind of Buddha, the enlightened and unobstructed mind is the goal and meaning of this term. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

Buddhism Reference – Brahman Conduct. Some translations of the Lotus Sutra continue to use this terminology to discuss the comportment of Bodhisattvas. This term shows up in the very first teachings of Shakyamuni in the Avatamsaka Sutra. E-books - “Buddhism Reference – Now Available   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 65 – Meditation on Bodhisattva Universal Virtue. The comportment for any person wanting to take the life path to enlightenment is summarized in this final sutra, epilogue to the Lotus Sutra, One Vehicle Bodhisattva/Buddha teaching. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 64 – Meditation on Bodhisattva Universal Virtue. Our transmigration from Samsaric mind of conjured “reality” to the purified clarity of Buddha-ness. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 63 – Meditation on Bodhisattva Universal Virtue. The process of self-realization is delved into as a reminder and coalescing of all Shakyamuni’s teachings, crystallized in this lotus Sutra method for focused contemplation, release, and awakening. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 62 – Meditation on Bodhisattva Universal Virtue. In this closing sutra, devices reminiscent of the first of Shakyamuni’s teaching of awakening, the Avatamsaka Sutra, emerge as short mental exercise to integrate the personifications of Buddhist characters into our mental cognition and experience of enlightenment. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 61 – Meditation on Bodhisattva Universal Virtue. Epilogue, a recap, a point by point answer in consistent practice of the One Vehicle meditation to awaken the Buddha Eye. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 60 – Encouragement of Bodhisattva Universal Worthy. A closing exhortation from ShakyamuniBuddha, on the way to live this Saha lifetime as a compassionate being, seeing all others as potential Buddha, and staying vigilant in our own practice as exemplars. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 59 – Deeds of King Resplendent. Shakyamuni tells a tale of timelessness to recount the filial relationships of leaving the household to pursue a life dedicated to learning and propagation. And as is the form, the story reflects upon the history of comportment and single-mindedness of the present Bodhisattvas. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 58 – Dharani. The invocation of words or phrases uttered by the Tathagata for our immediate attainment and efficacy of enlightenment offers clarity, protections, and anuttarasamyaksambodhi. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 57 – Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. A story of our universal embodiment of compassionate inter-relations with others to guide, and lead all living beings to Buddhahood. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 56 – Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Our malleable nature to be excellent listeners to any walk of life in order to address people as they are to share the priori Law of NaMuMyoHoRenGeKyo. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 55 – Bodhisattva Wonder Sound. Our motivations to propagate NaMuMyoHoRenGeKyo are inherent in our Buddha nature manifest of the Tathagata, the Engine of Life. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 54 – The History of Bodhisattva Medicine King. In closing this chapter, Shakyamunibuddha makes it clear that Man or Woman, the merits, the practice, the attainment of annutarasamyaksambodhi are guaranteed and the equal. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm

TLK Lotus Sutra - part 53 – The History of Bodhisattva Medicine King. It is our most stubborn Samsaric attachment, the nexus of our identifying possessions, our physical body, that holds us back from complete and perfect enlightenment. E-books – “Threefold Lotus Dharma Sutra”   Threefoldlotus.com/home/Ebooks.htm