Tag: Ethical Living

• Chapter 26a–Ancient Devotion: The Value of True Friendship

  

  Then, the Enlightened One spoke to the gathered spiritual seekers: Long ago, in a time so distant it can’t be measured, a great spiritual leader emerged. He was known as “The One of Resonant Voice, Bedecked with Stars and Blossoms, Profound in Wisdom⁠,” a fully enlightened being gifted in wisdom and ethical living. This occurred…

  William Altig

  February 13, 2024

  Chapter 26, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• Chapter 19–Hearing the Universe: The Twelve Hundred Sensory Qualities

  

  Moreover, Satatasamitabhiyukta (Ever and Constantly Strenuous), whether a young man from a noble family or a young woman who shares and teaches this Sacred Teaching to others, will possess twelve hundred fine qualities of the ear. They will hear all the sounds produced in the universe, from the depths of the great hell known as…

  William Altig

  January 19, 2024

  Chapter 19, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• Chapter 19–The Sensory Gifts of the Virtuous Bodhisattva

  

  The Lord then spoke to the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Satatasamitabhiyukta, meaning “Ever and Constantly Strenuous.” He declared that anyone, whether a young man or a young woman from a noble family, who shall preserve, read, teach, or write this Teaching, or have it written, will gain extraordinary qualities. They will receive eight hundred fine traits of…

  William Altig

  January 18, 2024

  Chapter 19, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• 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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