Reading, commenting on Lotus Sutra

"I see thousands of kotis of stupas, numerous as the sand of the Ganges, which have been raised by these sons of the Jina and now adorn kotis of grounds."

Worshiping

"Further, I see," "I" means Maitreya Bodhisattva "O Manjughosha, many Bodhisattvas who have displayed steadiness under the rule of the departed Sugatas, and now are worshiping the relics of the Jinas."

We have already seen many things. First of all, we saw many Buddhas entering meditation, and we saw this earth was shaking in six ways, and a ray issued from the Buddha's forehead, and we saw people incarnated in the six states of living beings, heavenly, human, animal, asura, hungry ghost, hell. And we also saw buddhas in each world, and heard the Law preached by them. We saw Buddha's four congregations: monks, nuns, male and female devotees, and we saw bodhisattvas who are helping others, and Buddha finally entering Nirvana. And the last vision will be building stupas and mounds for Buddha, and worshiping Buddha's tomb. This is the whole story of this sutra. [DC comment - we worship the relics of the Jinas by practicing sincerely and diligently.]  -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-02-00-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC 

Reading n Commenting on Lotus Sutra

"(There are) sons of the Sugata who try to reach enlightenment by wisdom; they understand the law of indifference and avoid acting at the antinomy (of things), unattached like birds in the sky."

Reading and commenting on Lotus Sutra

"Others set forth the law of quietness, by many myriads of illustrations and proofs; they preach it to thousands of kotis of living beings; these are tending to supreme enlightenment by science."

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Reading from, commenting on the Lotus Sutra

"When they have, with joyful feelings, made such various and splendid donations, they rouse their energy in order to obtain enlightenment; these are those who try to reach supreme enlightenment by means of charitableness."

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The prestigious Book Club of California (BCC) is hosting an event for this book.
Lee Doyle, daughter of author Marilyn McDonald and Tassajara historian David Rogers will make presentation
on Monday, June 10th, 5 to 7pm
Here's a link to the BCC page for upcoming programs

BCC requests that those attending make a reservation online at <programs@bccbooks.org> or by calling 415 781-7532, ext. 3. 

The club is conveniently located near the entrance to Chinatown, in the heart of San Francisco’s chic shopping and museum district, at:
312 Sutter Street, Suite 500 (cross street Grant)
San Francisco, CA 94108

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Nearest Parking Garage: The Stockton Street Garage

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Reading from Lotus Sutra and commenting

"Some present the leaders of men and their disciples with neat and lovely gardens abounding with fruits and beautiful flowers, to serve as places of daily recreation." 

Meditation

Does someone know what "meditation" means? "To meditate" looks like "contemplate on something," but I don't know what "meditate" means. But someone said it can be translated as "to be attentive to something." So if we understand meditation, and if we use the word "meditate" in that sense, I think it is a good translation, but usually by "meditate" we mean to "dwell on something," or to "concentrate on" something. "Contemplation" is also meditation, but the more fundamental attitude or practice, is attentiveness. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-02-00-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC