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Zero Emissions Grand Prix
Zero emissions and eco-friendly transportation doesn’t have to boring. Just as the motorsports world has done wonders to improve our current vehicles safety, the same competitive nature will bring us the technology with need produce a viable zero emission vehicle for the real world. … Read entire article »
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Simply the Best Buddhist Podcast
It seems like almost yesterday when I was introduced to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin but in … Read more »
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Evil May Be Winning
Some Background So the story goes on. Several months ago I was quite upset at the lay Buddhist … Read more »
Gods Law vs. Myoho Renge Kyo
In a recent discussion with I had about world events and the future of mankind, the other person said, “The biggest problem in this world is that man.. Doesn’t abide by God’s … Read more »
To Pod or Not?
Heavy rains were predicted for today, so yesterday I made an extra effort to get out and … Read more »
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The Real Environment
Recently I made a Facebook status update (friend me / fan me) mentioning how I’ve been doing much of my work in the living room and things have been getting cluttered. So in order to work more efficiently I decided to clean it up a bit. This reminded me of one of the first principles I’ve learned in Buddhism, the simultaneity of cause and effect in terms of the three thousands realms in a single moment of time. Without getting deep into Buddhist philosophies suffice it to say that I mean how we are immediately effected by our environment and as soon as we make a cause to change the environment our life condition instantly responds. So often we lose scope of what … Read entire article »
Rainscape
Found it very interesting how I’m sitting at home, listening to the rain wash away all the snow while just a few miles to the north my neighbors are blanked in white. … Read entire article »
Simply the Best Buddhist Podcast
It seems like almost yesterday when I was introduced to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin but in fact it’s been well over 3-years now. After losing my wife to illness and wondering lost, I was introduced to the practice by singer/songwriter Vittoria Conn who I met while producing a show for iKiss-FM. I couldn’t get enough of it. I devoured every … Read entire article »
Eco Friendly Lawn Mower
As a new homeowner I’m presented with the task of buying all those things that typical apartment dwellers don’t need. Namely yard-care equipment. The thought of having dozens of small combustion engines to maintain and the task of transporting bottles of gasoline and oil around to keep these things working just had zero appeal to me. So early on, I made the decision to go electric. If the convenience factor weren’t enough, the ecological impact was. Unregulated small engine emissions make up a large part of urban air pollution. Now I’m not going to get into a “climate change” discussion because personally I think that’s a bunch of liberal nonsense. But that aside, few can disagree … Read entire article »
Putting Thought Into Your Altar Layout
Find more videos like this on SGI Buddhism Steve Jones, an LA member of SGI-USA shares the some of the thought that went behind the objects placed on his altar. Up until now (Steve has given me some inspiration) I’ve set up my altar in the traditional way and have done some research as to why objects are typically placed they way they are and what this significance of them is. Of course now I think I’m going to reverse that process a bit a give back a bit. It’s been three years since my conferral so perhaps I’m ready for that now. You can see more of Steve’s works and find links to … Read entire article »
Days and Nights of Terror
Here’s a powerful 911-centric video written by Eddie Moore and produced by Wayne Duncan at Studio-D in SanDiego Californa. We must all continue to focus on peace. Looking back on history, we’ve achieved a great deal towards that goal. This proves it can be done but we must not stop now. It’s the powerful messages in videos like this that keeps peace, and the need for it in the forefront of our minds. … Read entire article »
Earthday!
Got myself a WORKeco mower! 19" 24v cordless electric mower! Woot – Here’s the product link: http://www.sears.com/…uctDisplay Mobile post sent by pfmonaco using Utterli. Replies. … Read entire article »
The Power of the Powerless (Boston)
Time: April 19, 2009 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm Location: AMC Loews Boston Common, at the Boston International Film Festival Organized By: Darin Nellis and Cory Taylor, SGI members Event Description: “The Power of the Powerless” will be screened in Session 10 of the Boston International Film Festival on Sunday April 19th at 3:30 PM (film actually starts at 4pm) at the AMC … Read entire article »
Buddhism, a Practice of Growth
As you can see by many of the comments that have been posted to this blog from its inception in 2007, many believers are rooted firmly to the practice as it was when it was presented to them for the first time. This need not, and should not be the case! As the Lotus Sutra was written, Shakyamuni took it through many incarnations. At times even discarding multiple chapters and openly admitting the he was wrong. The true power of this practice is that it is based on truth. At times, we know things to be true that we cannot explain but when an explanation becomes apparent we adjust our teachings. In the … Read entire article »
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