Mr. Hand Shakabuku

Film: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Bart Simpson's Blackboard Lesson

Thank you Blogisattva!

I just wanted to send out a personal thank you to the Blogisattva Blog for choosing my post as a Honorable Mention for Best Achievement with Humor in a Blog or Blog Post for their 2010 Blogisattva Awards!

I thank you and Lionel Richie does too! :D

Loflo

Be in the Moment

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Daimoku Bird

Yes you have to see and hear it to believe it. LOL!

This is a full-length, unedited video of a  parrot doing Daimoku. His name is Congo and he speaks at the times, 00:36; 00:42; 05:42; 07:49. 

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Meetings

Every meeting should be lively and cheerful, the type of gathering where everyone leaves feeling: "That was fun, I'm glad I went."

(Faith In Action)

KC & the Sunshine Band sings.....

Passion

Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace. A lot of people are frightened because, when it appears, it demolishes all the old things it finds in its path.
No one wants their life thrown into chaos. That is why a lot of people keep that threat under control, and are somehow capable of sustaining a house or a structure that is already rotten. They are the engineers of the superseded.


Other people think exactly the opposite: they surrender themselves without a second thought, hoping to find in passion the solutions to all their problems. They make the other person responsible for their happiness and blame them for their possible unhappiness. They are either euphoric because something marvelous has happened or depressed because something unexpected has just ruined everything.

Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it - which of these two attitudes is the least destructive?

I don’t know.

— Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

Danny Rose's Philosophy on Life

Danny Rose: You know what my philosophy of life is? 

That it's important to have some laughs, but you gotta suffer a little too, because otherwise you miss the whole point to life.

Acceptance, Forgiveness and Love 

From Woody Allen's Film Broadway Danny Rose

The World of Anger

BY Geoff Rodhe 
Sacramento Region Men's Leader

“Don’t get mad—get even!” This might be typical advice from dysfunctional soap
opera characters, but it’s not Buddhism. Lose the “get even,” and you are making some
progress. Lose the anger, and you are really getting it!

Anger is one of the three poisons, so we try to minimize, not feed it! Consider, for
instance, Nichiren Daishonin’s advice to Shijo Kingo, one of his most dedicated (and
sometimes angriest) disciples: The Daishonin tells him that the gods will not protect a
short-tempered person, that it is vital to master his emotions, that he should be considerate of those who believe in the Lotus Sutra, no matter what they may have done in the past.

As we practice this Buddhism and try to better our organization, we have to remember
to model the behavior we wish to see from others. Getting mad at leaders, fellow members or the SGI itself is counterproductive.

How best to avoid this trap? We can try practicing as the Daishonin did—that is, not

getting mad even at the fools and bozos who seem to want to mess up our lives. We can

try also to cultivate the habit of forbearance. The “Record of the Orally Transmitted

Teachings” says: “Forbearance means the Land of Eternally Tranquil Light. This mind of

forbearance is called Shakyamuni Buddha” (Gosho Zenshu, p. 771).

Lastly, before we proceed to blast someone for errors real or imagined, we can reflect
on these quotes: “If anyone sees a person who accepts and upholds this sutra and tries to
expose the faults or evils of that person, whether what he speaks is true or not, he will in
his present existence be afflicted with…severe and malignant illnesses” (The Lotus Sutra,
p. 324). “Believers in the Lotus Sutra should absolutely be the last to abuse one another.
All those who keep faith in the Lotus Sutra are most certainly Buddhas, and one who
slanders a Buddha commits a grave offense” (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p. 756). 

 

(Thanks to Milind Shirke)

Arthur laughs & asks.....

I'm A Freaking Buddhist

The Simpsons
LOL!

 

The Bodhisattva Way

(Comicallyvintage) 

"People who love with the the most all-consuming fervour are those who live life to the fullest, regardless on how long their physical existence lasts. To invest one's heart and soul in caring for others, to burn with passionate love for humanity, is what Buddhists call "the Bodhisattva way". I believe this kind of perfect life constitutes the way to optimum health and longevity."
~Ikeda

Happy Kosen Rufu Day

The Japanese phrase kosen-rufu expresses a centrally important concept for members of the SGI. It is often used synonymously with world peace, and has been informally defined as "world peace through individual happiness." More broadly, it could be understood as a vision of social peace brought about by the widespread acceptance of core values such as unfailing respect for the dignity of human life.

The phrase itself is of ancient origin and appears in the 23rd chapter of the Lotus Sutra, which states, "In the fifth five hundred years after my death, accomplish worldwide kosen-rufu and never allow its flow to cease." Here, the phrase kosen-rufu is written with four Chinese characters that could be rendered, respectively, as "widely," "declare," "flow" and "promulgate," and in its most literal sense it means the widespread flow and spreading--and application--of the teachings contained in the Lotus Sutra. Kosen-rufu implies an approach to Buddhist practice that is deeply engaged with the affairs of society and the world.

The stress placed by Nichiren on kosen-rufu typifies his approach to Buddhist practice; that our personal happiness--enlightenment--is inextricably linked with the peace and happiness of our fellow humans and of society as a whole. He rejected the idea that enlightenment is something to be cultivated as a private, inner virtue. He also rejected the idea that the proper goal of Buddhism is to garner reward in the afterlife. What these two ideas have in common is resignation regarding our ability to overcome suffering and positively transform society. For Nichiren, this represented an unacceptable turning away from the core Buddhist tenet that people are capable of realizing genuine happiness in this world. Both approaches were the target of his critique.

In Nichiren's view, enlightenment is not so much a goal or end in itself, as a basis for altruistic action. The life-state of Buddhahood--a condition of limitless vitality, wisdom and compassion--is one which is expressed, maintained and strengthened through committed action to contribute to the well-being and happiness of other people.

For more about Kosen Rufu

Fonzie says.....

Chanting for Love

I am sure many members have already seen this video from 2007, but I just wanted to share it again. Its a humorous skit made by the Knoxville, Tennessee Youth Division. It was the first time that I saw that we can also infuse our practice with a sense of humor.

Chanting for Love is about a young man Brock, who is introduced to the practice and his journey to chant, understand and take action to find love- with mini commercials like Kosen-rufu Door to Door Service and Shakabuku'd! (hey check out the guy talking about being shakabuku'd in front of a Wonder Woman wall picture...nice).

Herman's Hermits sings.....

MC Hammer says......

Chanting Queen

(Source: Loflo)

Jack Nicholson says.....