Tag: Dharma Offering

• 4 Shocking Lessons on Devotion from a Bodhisattva Who Set Himself on Fire

  

  Introduction: The Outer Limits of Devotion What is the greatest sacrifice you could imagine making for something you truly believe in? For an idea, a truth, or a sense of gratitude so profound that no ordinary gift would suffice? The ancient Buddhist text, the Lotus Sutra, contains one of history’s most extreme and startling tales…

  William Altig

  October 29, 2025

  Chapter 23, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• The Bodhisattva Ideal and World Purification in the Lotus Sūtra Chapter Twenty-Three

  

  Date: September 4, 2025 Subject: Review of “The Luminous Path: An Examination of the Bodhisattva Ideal in Chapter Twenty-Three of the Lotus Sūtra” This briefing document summarizes the key themes, ideas, and facts presented in the provided source, “The Luminous Path: An Examination of the Bodhisattva Ideal in Chapter Twenty-Three of the Lotus Sūtra,” focusing…

  William Altig

  September 7, 2025

  Chapter 23, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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