230805 Encouragement to a Sick Person WND 1 page 76

[@RaveDaddy]

Excellent, thanks for walking us through all the various references and concepts to better appreciate and understand. Very grateful

[@nichirenbuddhismandsokaphi2977]

Thank you Ari! I hope it wasn't too tedious. I am not sure I was very articulate. I hope everyone could watch and understand!

[@frankrodriguez2061]

Thank you Tom. Well done.

[@nichirenbuddhismandsokaphi2977]

Hey Frank! Happy FIFTY years of Faith BIRTHDAY. Whatever day it was, I celebrated yours with mine on 7-22. I have a feeling we were there together that day. Let's both stay strong to the end! Let's show 'em how it's done! Brothers in Faith!

[@frankrodriguez2061]

@@nichirenbuddhismandsokaphi2977 Thank you; seems like a dream; life changing for me. Yes I have been thinking about that to. I know it was in summer; many new people receiving Gohonzon that day. You have no idea how your lectures have help me deepen my faith in the Gohonzon. Yes Tom lets stay strong. Uncreated and Eternal

[@nichirenbuddhismandsokaphi2977]

@@frankrodriguez2061 "Why? Because what the buddhas have achieved is the rarest and most difficult-to-understand Law. The true aspect of all phenomena can only be understood and shared between buddhas." Lotus Sutra Chapter 2

[@beingfrank40]

Very good, thanks for the clarity!

[@nichirenbuddhismandsokaphi2977]

Anything I can make more clear for you Brother, is a tiny bit of my debt of gratitude being tendered into the drawer of good fortune. You must endeavor to do the same thing some day. I have confidence you will... (You remind me of Ari^^^ long ago)

[@beingfrank40]

@@nichirenbuddhismandsokaphi2977 Forgive my ignorance, who is "Ari^^^"? T "Ari" was a sect of Buddhism that was not orthodox like Theravada, was more "Tantric" in a sense and it's adherents practiced in forests. Thank you.

[@nichirenbuddhismandsokaphi2977]

@@beingfrank40Hi Frank! Ari (^^^) is my shakubuku Ari Emmanuel, who left the first comment above! We have known each other for many lifetimes. Just like me and you Frank! And Frank Rodriguez above this post. (Kenzoku-myo Bro)!

[@beingfrank40]

@@nichirenbuddhismandsokaphi2977 Wow!, Tom, that's deep! That is nothing less than a great honor! 🙏🙏🙏

[@nichirenbuddhismandsokaphi2977]

@@beingfrank40 Frankly, the Honor is all mine! We are a Crew. We are inseparable. None greater, none less... We are all Bodhisattvas of the Earth and we are of the same Mind as Nichiren. Even though we are different individuals with different karmas, we are all Temporary Gatherings of the Five Components dedicated to the Law of the Simultaneity of Cause and Effect-- We are Bodhisattvas of the Earth of the Original State: Nam-myoho-renge-kyo! We're all Nam-myoho-renge-kyo Thus Come Ones! Lifetime after lifetime we gather together and each fight in our own way, to achieve or further, the Pacification of the Land Through the Propagation of the Law. Pretty freaking cool!