Nichiren is a form of Japanese Buddhism that emphasizes repeated recitation of the mantra nam myoho renge kyo for health, happiness and enlightenment.
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Doubt This, Not That: Are You Being Spiritually Seduced?
A healthy dose of (productive) doubt can be an enriching and favorable state of mind, leading you to consult your own inner wisdom and question events around you.
Read More »Challenging Our Set Ways of Thinking by Meeting Others in a “Third Place”
Research has shown us time and again that potent creative ideas result from encountering different points of view, perspectives and disciplines.
Read More »From Field Holler to Mass Movement to Concert Halls
The black people of Hollywood, South Carolina, like black people all over America, loved this music for the power it instilled in them; for the hope it engendered and for the spiritual feeling it awakened in them.
Read More »Pope Francis Asks for Forgiveness for Priests Who Abused Children – But What About Justice?
Perhaps we should all pray for theses abusive priests and forgive them, but that does not mean forgetting – now or ever.
Read More »The Arrogance of Certainty (Or, How to Wake Up the Soul)
Letting go of our need to know, to convert others, or to be certain brings us into the present experience, whatever that may be.
Read More »The Advent, Gifts, and the Sacred
The Advent season is approaching, but most people don't even know what it is.
Read More »Our Tribal Hearts: The Circumcision Tradition
Culture and tradition can trump science.
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