Tag: Dharma practice

• The Threefold Crown

  

  A parent’s heart, warm as dawn,But lacking skill, the path goes wrong.A teacher’s mind, sharp as flame,Without compassion, it twists to blame. A ruler’s hand, strong and sure,But without wisdom, power is cruel.Each fragment shines, yet none complete—The fractured crown leaves souls in need. But here within this world of pain,The Buddha walks, the bond…

  William Altig

  October 4, 2025

  Nichiren

  Bodhisattva Path, buddha’s virtues, Buddhism, buddhist insight, Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Poetry, Buddhist practice, Compassion, debt of gratitude, Dharma practice, Enlightenment, folk blues inspiration, integrated authority, kito sho, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana Buddhism, Nichiren, protection, Sahā world, sokushin jobutsu, sovereign teacher parent, spiritual awakening, spiritual poem, Three Virtues, wisdom

• Samantabhadra’s Whisper

  

  In the hush of the later age,where neon nights and headlines rage,a quiet vow crosses the sky:Keep the Sutra, let none deny. Copy each character, slow and true,one Buddha born in every blue.Ink becomes breath, breath becomes light,pages ignite the hidden sight. Read aloud till walls dissolve,recite until the heart resolves.Each sound a shrine, each…

  William Altig

  September 30, 2025

  Chapter 28, poems, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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