…the Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai of China…basing his work on the Lotus Sutra, established the theoretical building blocks for the concept of the Ten Worlds: Hell, Hunger, Animality, Asura, Humanity, Rapture, Learning, Realization, Bodhisattva & Buddhahood. All human beings possess the Ten Worlds and can go from one of them to another within a single life-moment.
Spend More Time In Your Higher Worlds
The four noble worlds of learning, realization, Bodhisattva, and Buddhahood are hidden and dormant and cannot be seen. Even though the world of Buddhahood exists as a potential within us, it is hidden in the depths of our life. We need the seed of the Buddha to activate our Buddha nature.Visit (in-person or online) this Sunday for a brief lecture on the Ten Worlds by our Chief Priest.
Learn how to chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and properly use the Juzu Beads, Buddhist prayer beads.
Q&A with our Chief Priest.
The meeting starts at 2:00 pm and concludes around 3:15 pm. REGISTER TODAY
Nichiren Daishonin, founder of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, compared chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo to a lion’s roar, symbolizing strength and overcoming challenges. It resonates more with me than meditation.
Focusing on the Gohonzon (object of worship) during chanting creates a sense of control and inner peace. Unlike relying solely on my own mind, chanting allows me to create new, positive mental habits and fosters compassion for myself and others. Through it, I feel connected to the wisdom of the Buddha and experience real change in my life.
Unhappiness begins with illusion, which is based on earthly desire. Through the thoughts and actions that result from illusion, we create karma, and as a result of that karma, we experience suffering. Learn how the Buddhist practice of chanting helps you to awaken to this cycle and change sufferings into happiness for you and your family.
Visit Myosenji Temple Sunday, Aug 4, 2024, to hear our Chief Priest explain how your Karma works and how you can eradicate your negative karma and gain absolute happiness in this lifetime.
Learn how to chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and properly use the Juzu Beads, Buddhist prayer beads.
Q&A with our Chief Priest.
The meeting starts at 2:00 pm and concludes around 3:15 pm. Open to the public and free.
The meeting begins at 2:00pm. Coming to the Temple? Please arrive a few minutes early to sign in and get situated in the sanctuary. Live Stream opens at 2:00pm EDT.
What you say matters. What you think matters. What you do matters. Your thoughts, words and deeds create your Karma. Buddhism’s teaches that unhappiness begins with illusion, which is based on earthly desire. Through the thoughts and actions that result from illusion, we create karma, and as a result of that karma, we experience suffering.
The twelve-linked chain of causation is an explanation of how this three-tiered causal relationship (illusion, karma and suffering) applies to the reality of our lives. The eighth clause in the twelve-linked chain is Ai (want). It refers to awareness of feelings of fierce craving that result from pain and pleasure, as when a thirsty person craves water. When pain is sensed, one experiences a strong craving to try to avoid the hateful feeling, and when pleasure is felt, the experience creates an intense desire to try to maintain the sensation. The ninth clause is Shu (taking). It refers to the act of physically or verbally choosing to take or reject something. While the previous clause referred to the heart’s burning desires of love and hatred, “taking” refers to real actions that are taken in response to such emotions. Plundering what one wants, and getting rid of, wounding or killing what one hates, are examples of such actual conduct.*
Visit Myosenji Temple Sunday, June 30th, to hear our Chief Priest explain how your Karma works and how you can eradicate your negative karma and gain absolute happiness in this lifetime.
Learn how to chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and properly use the Juzu Beads, Buddhist prayer beads.
Q&A with our Chief Priest.
The meeting starts at 2:00 pm and concludes around 3:15 pm. Open to the public and free.
“Seeking mind” means to want to draw closer to the state of life of the Buddha, even if only by a little. Seeking mind means to summon a deep desire to part with shallow whims and attain the supreme enlightenment. This is expressed as one of the Four Universal Vows of the Bodhisattva — the vow to attain the supreme enlightenment.
Everyone has desires of some sort. What a person yearns for the most, and how strongly he or she struggles to obtain it, says a lot about that person’s approach to life.
No matter how strong the spirit to seek, as long as what is sought is confined to things like wealth, power, acclaim, position, health and the like (in other words, as long as the desires are for “treasures of the storehouse” or “treasures of the body”) it has no relation to what is known in Buddhism as a “seeking mind.” A yearning cannot be called a “seeking mind” unless what you are seeking is at least to improve your character, achieve growth as a human being, or aim for a more elevated way of life. Make “treasures of the heart” your ardent desire.*
Buddhism’s Ten Worlds Introductory Lecture – SUN June 16, 2024
Visit Myosenji Temple this Sunday, June 16th, at 2:00 pm for a brief lecture by our Chief Priest Rev Sakabe. He will explain how Buddhism will teach you how to create a beautiful mind and keep you on the road to happiness with your daily Buddhist practice and understanding the core Buddhist belief of the Ten Worlds.
Chief Priest brief lecture on the Ten Worlds
Learn how to chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and properly use the Juzu Beads, Buddhist prayer beads.
Q&A with our Chief Priest.
The meeting starts at 2:00 pm and concludes around 3:15 pm. Open to the public.
