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isabelle:
Thanks, Impish. I'd never heard of SGI, or maybe only the name, but I'll watch out for them.
Glad to know the Dalai Lama supports gays. I have read that in the US, some Buddhist groups (don't know what to call them) celebrate gay unions.
Impish:
In Austin Texas, a local organization of Atheists had a booth at Austin's Gay Pride Festival. It touches me that a bunch of straight people would take the time and trouble to do this.
Here's a report on their Pride activites. It includes the text of the brochure they were handing out, titled "Why Atheists Care About Gay Rights". You'll probably have to scroll down past the pictures to see it.
http://www.atheist-community.org/scrapbooks/2006pride.php
Shuggy:
--- Quote from: Impish on June 14, 2006, 11:15:41 am ---I practiced Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism for 23 years, and was very involved in its lay organization during that time. I left when the lay organization evolved into a cult, worshipping its "President," Daisaku Ikeda. The priesthood excommunicated Ikeda in the early 90's, and so now that organization (SGI) claims to be its own sect of Buddhism. Stay away from SGI (trust me on this). Nichiren Shoshu remains a valid choice, and is worth investigating.
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I investigated Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism briefly and wasn't very impressed. Maybe the local devotees weren't a good example. Lovely people, but
1. One almost worshipped her gohonsen (cupboard/altar in which scrolls containing the mantra are kept) - didn't seem a good example of non-attachment to me.
2. Others gabbled the Japanese prayer (?) from a book of phonetic Japanese with little understanding of or even interest in its meaning.
I didn't get much past that to what they believe or how it should make you behave. It seemed almost to be a Pentecostal (ObBBM!) kind of Buddhism.
But I can still intone "Nam Yoho Renje Kyo"....
Impish:
--- Quote from: Shuggy on June 15, 2006, 06:35:59 pm ---But I can still intone "Nam Yoho Renje Kyo"....
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Actually, it's
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
and pronounced "Nahm Mee-oh-ho Ren-gay Kee-oh" (that last one is pretty much one syllable)
:)
Shuggy:
--- Quote from: Impish on June 15, 2006, 07:16:21 pm ---Actually, it's
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
and pronounced "Nahm Mee-oh-ho Ren-gay Kee-oh" (that last one is pretty much one syllable)
:)
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I bow to you on the spelling, but our devotees definitely say "nah-myoh-ho, ren-djeh-kyo" Japanese speakers might laugh at all of us. Or maybe our devotees learnt from speakers from different parts of Japan.
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