Buddhism , a belief system for the 21st.century: mars 2009

mardi 31 mars 2009

The Caledon Culturel Center

Here are a few pictures of the wonderful Caledon Center . If you haven't been I strongly urge you to go to one of the seminars SOON.

dimanche 29 mars 2009

Même si un arbre perd toutes ses feuilles au cours d’une tempête, tant que ses branches et son tronc demeurent intacts, le temps venu, cet arbre produira de nouveau des fleurs., tant qu’il restera des gens dont la foi est sincère, la propagation du Bouddhisme se poursuivra éternellement.L’important, par conséquent, est d’entraîner, ne serait-ce qu’une seule personne dont la foi est sincère.

samedi 28 mars 2009

The Lotus Sutra

The Lotus Sutra is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential sutras, or sacred scriptures, of Buddhism.

Its key message is that Buddhahood--a condition of absolute happiness, freedom from fear and from all illusions--is inherent in all life. The development of this inner life state enables all people to overcome their problems and live a fulfilled and active life, fully engaged with others and with society.

Almost two thousand years after Shakyamuni's death, Nichiren, a thirteenth-century Japanese monk, distilled the profound theory of the Lotus Sutra into a practice to enable anybody to reveal their Buddhahood, or highest state of life, in the midst of day-to-day reality.