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In this collection of essays for women, SGI President Ikeda sings the praises of the "mothers of kosen-rufu" for their strength, wisdom, and faith. Filled with stories of women he's met or women from history, Shine Like the Morning Sun explores Buddhist philosophy from myriad angles. Women of all ages willdiscover guidelines to live by and inspiration to spread sunshine in their families, communities, and the SGI's movement for peace and happiness....
82) Be Kind
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"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness." For the Dalai Lama it is kindness that makes the world go 'round. Kindness at the heart of human nature, and it is kindness that is the essential component to developing healthy bodies, minds, and spirits. It is the glue that holds society together. Its absence results in isolation,...
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Daisaku Ikeda's well-known passion for reading leaps from the pages of The Books of My Youth. This tour of world-class literature he read as a young man-books, he says, that helped form his life's "spiritual framework"-will delight and inspire.
Here we meet heroes and heroines, revolutionaries and villains. We hear poets singing their praises of the human spirit. We engage with philosophers who challenge the status quo as they illuminate a new way...
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What constitutes a meaningful life? What is true happiness? Nichiren Buddhism, based on the Lotus Sutra, is a teaching of hope that provides answers to these and other important questions for modern life. Ranked among the most important works in Mahayana Buddhism, Nichiren's 13th-century writings were revolutionary. In On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime, Nichiren turned prevailing Buddhist thought on its head. Attaining Buddhahood, or enlightenment,...
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"I intend to write as if we were seated together in a shady grove cooled by gentle breezes, engaging in a relaxed conversation." So saying, Daisaku Ikeda invites us to explore with him five core principles of Nichiren Buddhism and the Soka Gakkai movement, so that we may find true happiness ourselves, help others do the same, and bring about a more peaceful world.
89) Making the Impossible Possible: The Six Historic Campaigns That Laid the Foundation for Kosen-rufu
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Few believed it could happen. Most dismissed it as fantasy. But when Josei Toda in 1951 revealed his grand vision to grow the Soka Gakkai in Japan from a membership of a mere three thousand to a membership 750,000 households strong, one young disciple vowed to make it happen. Daisaku Ikeda soon took the lead, and over the course of six years and six major campaigns he blazed the trail for the unprecedented growth of a people's movement for peace....
90) The Conch Maiden
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Three beautiful maidens dream of wealthy husbands. The gold maiden and the silver maiden are proud, while the conch maiden is kind. All are tested by a beggar. This Tibetan story tells of how true wealth lies in the nature of the mind.
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Philosophy is, in its essence, the quest of reality. In the attempt to determine what is real, one has to choose, in the first instance, between the percipient self and the things that it perceives. This choice may seem to be purely metaphysical, but sooner-or-later it becomes a moral choice and one, which is decisive of the chooser's destiny.
92) Buddhism for All
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International bestselling mindfulness author and early Google engineer Chade-Meng Tan (Meng) teams up with admired American Buddhist abbot Soryu Forall to bring you this vital guide to Buddhism. Meng and Soryu carefully pored over the entirety of the early Buddhist texts (EBTs) to faithfully deliver their profound wisdom, packaged with Soryu's incisive sagacity and Meng's uncanny ability to explain deep concepts humorously and understandably. This...
93) The Stone Ape
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A stone ape is willful and strong, and magic. He masters over 70 kinds of magic and becomes immortal. He runs across the heavens and earth causing mayhem for the gods. Can even Buddha tame him?
94) Be Happy
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A simple and accessible guide for finding and embracing happiness from one of the spiritual giants of our time
Nobody wakes up in the morning wishing for more trouble that day. However, emotional trouble-unhappiness-is essentially our own creation. This book explores two things you need to know about unhappiness and how to replace it with joy. The first is the failure to understand reality, and the second is egotism. Together they result in distress,...
95) The Foolish Boy
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There is a young man who is very foolish and gets into many bad situations. Will he always be able to get out of them? Read his humorous Tibetan tale to learn the faults of a restless mind.
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Adds new voices to the feminist conversation and brings a rich variety of diverse approaches to Buddhist women's identities, "the feminine," and Buddhist feminism.
This groundbreaking book explores Buddhist thought and culture, from multiple Buddhist perspectives, as sources for feminist reflection and social action. Too often, when writers apply terms such as "woman," "femininity," and "feminism" to Buddhist texts and contexts, they begin with...
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Profound and amusing, this book provides a viable approach to answering the perennial questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How can I live a meaningful life? For Asma, the answers are to be found in Buddhism. There have been a lot of books that have made the case for Buddhism. What makes this book fresh and exciting is Asma's iconoclasm, irreverence, and hardheaded approach to the subject. He is distressed that much of what passes for Buddhism is really...
98) Useless Work
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This Zen tale tells the story of two monks crossing a stream. They start to wade across when a young woman approaches. The monks' rules dictate that they are not supposed to deal with women. Will they help this woman across?
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The problem of illness, Buddhist philosopher and activist Daisaku Ikeda writes, "is not only physical symptoms but that it can rob people of the hope to live, destroy their livelihood and sense of well-being, and put their future on hold." Nichiren Buddhism has always fought against this negative energy and given people the spiritual strength and courage to go on living with dignity. These essays, based on the thirteenth-century Buddhist reformer...
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In his long career as a poet, Buddhist teacher, spiritual advisor, and writer, Stephen Levine has changed our understanding of death and dying. In Becoming Kuan Yin, Levine's first new book in many years, he turns to the legend of Kuan Yin, the Bbodhistitva venerated by East Asian Buddhists for her compassion. In Becoming Kuan Yin, Levine shares the tale of Miao Shan, born centuries ago to a cruel king who wanted her to marry a wealthy but uncaring...