Tag: travel

• Protection Is Not a Shield

  

  The Lotus Sutra promises protection to those who receive and keep it: bodhisattvas, heavenly kings, rescue from fire and flood. To a modern ear that sounds like superstition. It is closer to botany. The Sanskrit rakṣaṇa and the Chinese 護 (hu) do not mean a force field — they mean guarding, sustaining, holding a practitioner…

  William Altig

  September 16, 2026

  The Garden of Resilience, Uncategorized

  art, Buddhism, Lotus Sutra, Meditation, photography, resilience, Spiritual Practice, Tiantai, travel, writing

• The Revelation of the Stūpa of Abundant Jewels

  

  Source: Chapter 11b of The Great Teachings of The Lotus of the True Law, a Buddhist scripture. Main Themes: The Power of the Lotus Sutra: The Stūpa of Abundant Jewels appears wherever the Lotus Sutra is preached. It is also known as the Lotus of the True Law or the Dharmaparyāya. This emphasizes the Sutra’s…

  William Altig

  December 30, 2024

  Chapter 11, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  Buddha, Buddhism, Meditation, Religion, travel

• Chapter 1b, The Lotus Sutra: The Lord’s Profound Meditation

  

  Main Themes: The Power of Enlightenment: The text emphasizes the awe-inspiring and transformative power of the Buddha’s enlightenment. This power manifests physically in the shaking of the earth and the rain of divine flowers. It also manifests spiritually in the revelation of truth and the inspiration of those attending. Universality of the Dharma: Beings from…

  William Altig

  October 2, 2024

  Chapter 1, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  Buddha, Buddha’s Meditation, Buddhism, Celestial Rain of Flowers, Cosmic Response to Enlightenment, Diverse Assembly of Beings, Meditation, path to liberation, Philosophy, profound teachings, Radiant Light and Revelation, travel