November–December 2003, Volume 30
Dividing Good From Evil
Reflections
The Importance of a Bonding Sutra
by Nikkyo Niwano
True Human Warmth
by Nichiko Niwano
The Buddha said, “Put the welfare of others before your own.” Buddhism teaches that your own benefit and that of others are one and the same.
Many Paths, One Mountain
by Richard Boeke
Although there are many paths up the mountain, they all lead to the same goal. Our paths may be different, but we share the mountain as well as the goal.
Dividing Good from Evil: Buddhist Reflections on the New Holy Wars
by David R. Loy
The Stories of the Lotus Sutra
A Great Treasure Is Very Near
by Gene Reeves
Having a good attitude toward life means seeing everything that comes to us as a gift, more especially as an opportunity, as what we call a “learning experience.”
Interviews
Gandhi and Buddhism
An interview with Sanskrit scholar Naresh Mantri
While promoting cultural exchange between India and Japan as president of the Sarvodaya Indo-Japanese Culture Center in Tokyo, Dr. Naresh Mantri has been engaged in the translation of Kumarajiva’s Chinese version of the Lotus Sutra into Hindi. During a recent interview with Dharma World in Tokyo he emphasized the need to understand the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolence as a guiding principle for the twenty-first century.
Look Upon All with a Mother’s Eyes
An interview with Ven. Nyichang Rinpoche
Buddhist Living
Grateful for the Gift of Life
by Yasuyo Iijima
A young woman whose family has long had close ties to Rissho Kosei-kai describes how taking the Buddha’s teaching to heart helped them to overcome difficult times.
Gotama Buddha (63)
Pukkusa’s Acceptance of the Buddha’s Teachings
by Hajime Nakamura
After he heard the Venerable Master describe his own experience in learning tranquillity, the youth of the Mallas rejected his former faith as if a torch had been raised in the darkness, and took refuge in the Dhamma.
