Tag: Medicine King Bodhisattva

• A 2,000-Year-Old Teaching That Reframes Your Suffering as a Sacred Mission

  

  It’s a heavy time to be alive. The endless scroll of crises, the psychic weight of global conflict, the quiet helplessness that settles in when the world feels broken—it can all become too much. This feeling can lead to a deep yearning for escape, a sense that life is not a choice we made but…

  William Altig

  December 22, 2025

  The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• The Gospel of the Lotus Sutra: 4 Mind-Bending Truths from a Blues Interpretation

  

  https://elevenreader.io/audiobooks/the-lotus-sutra-a-blues-interpretation/slSrCWjgSsIghTIuY4WH Listen now, because what you’re about to hear is a strange and beautiful song. It comes from an ancient Buddhist text, the Lotus Sutra, often called the “King of Sutras” in Asia. For 2,000 years, it has been a source of profound spiritual insight. But what happens when its classical verses are filtered through…

  William Altig

  November 17, 2025

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• The Unspoken Teaching

  

  Beyond the boundaries of thought, where words collapse like waves, the Buddha rises from his samādhi—eyes opening on what cannot be said. Infinite, immeasurable, bottomless—the wisdom that defeats all measure. The śrāvakas stand at the transformed city, satisfied with their small escape, calling provisional shelter “home.” But the depths call deeper still. What skill could…

  William Altig

  October 6, 2025

  Chapter 2, Chapter 26, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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• The Excellence of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren’s Interpretation of Universal Enlightenment in Chapter Ten

  

  I. Introduction Chapter Ten of the Lotus Sutra, specifically the Buddha’s declaration of its preeminence and the interpretation offered by the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren, particularly concerning the doctrine of universal enlightenment. The Lotus Sutra, revered as a foundational text within Mahayana Buddhism, holds a particularly significant position in the Tendai and Nichiren traditions.1…

  William Altig

  May 15, 2025

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

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