Teachings Parables of the Lotus Sutra
Lotus Sutra
How the Mahayana Buddhist story of the prodigal son reminds us all that it is never too late to stop running
Teachings Parables of the Lotus Sutra
Taking a Modern Look at the Burning House
On how to use the nightmarish narrative to find agency in the here and now
Teachings Parables of the Lotus Sutra
The Parables of the Lotus Sutra: An Introspective Contemplative Approach
An introduction to a new web series exploring the stories in one of the world’s great religious texts
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You Can Get There From Here
Defilements as a path to awakening
Knowing Nichiren
Scholar Jacqueline Stone on one of Buddhism’s great traditions and its founder
Uncovering the Mythical Buddha
A professor of Japanese religion discusses what manga and myth can teach us about the creativity of the Buddhist tradition.
Helpless, Not Hopeless
Embracing interdependence as our hidden common ground is our best hope for the future.
Chanting as the Whole of Life
A Nichiren Buddhist priest explains the many approaches to reciting the sacred title “Namu-myoho-renge-kyo.”
Living the Lotus Sutra
Nichiren Shonin taught that the essence of the Lotus Sutra is found by developing faith through chanting what’s called the daimoku (or the odaimoku), the sutra’s sacred title. Myokei Caine-Barrett, the first woman and the first…
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