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November 5th, 2025Making Vows and Putting Them into PracticeNikkyo NiwanoI was born the second son of six children to a farming family in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. My older brother remain... -
November 4th, 2025Ready to Be GratefulNichiko NiwanoOne person, when shown a cup that is filled halfway with water, sees the cup as being half-empty. Someone else sees... -
November 3rd, 2025Recognizing That We Are GracedNichiko NiwanoMany people think in the following manner: “If I have faith, the gods and the buddhas will protect me.” When they f... -
November 2nd, 2025What Is the Place of Emptiness in Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhism? Part Two: Emptiness in the Second Half of the Lotus SutraDominick ScarangelloThe vivid descriptions of tangible and concrete phenomena in Chapter Sixteen of the Lotus Sutra may initially seem ... -
November 1st, 2025A Harmony Played by Everyone Part One: Division and HarmonyNichiko Niwano President of Rissho Kosei-kaiWe Human Beings Have No Other Place to Go After the founding of Rissho Kosei-kai, Founder Nikkyo Niwano, whose birt... -
November 1st, 2025What Is the Place of Emptiness (Śūnyatā) in Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhism? Part One: Emptiness and the Lotus SutraDominick ScarangelloThe Lotus Sutra tells us that the emptiness of things is precisely why there is the prospect of universal buddhahoo... -
October 31st, 2025The Power of the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha Has Supported Me Along the Bodhisattva Way―
Reflections on My Dharma Journey as a MinisterRev. Kris Ladusau, Oklahoma Dharma CenterThis Dharma Journey talk was presented at the Horin-kaku Guest Hall on November 18, 2024, to represent retiring min...
