January–February 2004, Volume 31
Resolving Conflict
Conference Report
Religious Figures Play Vital Roles in Resolving Conflict Situations
by Jiho Sargent
Essays
Ending Religious Violence
by Robert Traer
There are many throughout the world who look to the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures for justification for their own violence, which they wage in the name of God. But what they fail to recognize is that it is their own thirst for justice that guarantees God’s e violence, and that the responsibility to put an end to religious violence is our own.
The Updating of the Vinaya
by George A. Sioris
A conclusion is growing in some circles that the time has come to adapt the traditional rules of Buddhist discipline to the needs of the modern world. This article examines the concept of “rules” both Eastern and Western in order to help Buddhism renew itself yet keep its traditions.
Reflections
Making Our Deeds Agree with Our Words
by Nikkyo Niwano
The Joy of Faith
by Nichiko Niwano
Meeting the Buddha through the medium of his teaching and emulating him is essential for cultivating the field of the heart and mind.
Interview
Theology and Dialogue in the Arena of History
An interview with Roman Catholic theologian Rosino Gibellini
Buddhist Sculpture
A Wish-Fulfilling Kannon Beloved by Local Villagers
by Takeshi Kuno
In the mountains of Niigata is a wonderful statue depicting the Wish-Fulfilling Kannon that was carved by the eighteenth-century itinerant priest and master sculptor Mokujiki Myoman.
The Stories of the Lotus Sutra
Ananda and Rahula
by Gene Reeves
All of the Buddha’s closest disciples were the first, or greatest, at doing something. Ananda was first in “listening,” and it is due to his memory that we have the sutras. Rahula was first in “quietly doing good.” If we follow their example and be the best we can be, we can help to bring about world peace and human happiness.
Buddhist Living
Meeting the Buddha through Experience
by Yasuhiro Inoue
A man who took inordinate pride in himself for starting a successful advertising agency learned humility in a painful way when business began to fail. This article is based on the speech he made in the Great Sacred Hall in September 2000.
Gotama Buddha (64)
All Things Are Impermanent
by Hajime Nakamura
In this world, everything that has a beginning, even the life of the Buddha, must also have an end. No sooner did the dying Buddha lie down then the sala trees burst into blossoms that then fell upon his body. The devas gathered around him then realized that “All things that have been made are impermanent.”
