Tag: Dharma Teachings

• Chapter 12–The Future Enlightenment of Devadatta

  

  So, monks, what do you think? Was it someone else who was the king at that time? You must not believe that, for I was the King then. And what about the Seer? Do you think it was someone else who was the Seer at that time? No, you must not believe that either, for…

  William Altig

  December 20, 2023

  Chapter 12, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• Chapter 10–Verses on the Unfolding Path to Enlightenment

  

  And so, the Lord expressed these truths in the following verses: Listen to this sacred Sūtra with focused heart and mind,For rare is the chance to hear, and rarer still to find belief in kind. Like a man in search of water, digging in an arid land,Finding only dry and white sand, in his desperate,…

  William Altig

  December 13, 2023

  Chapter 10, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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