Be a Lamp (Nirvana Sutra)
World Honored One Flicks Dirt with His Toe (Vimalakirti Sutra)
Order of Enlightenment (Maka Shikan)
Calming and Contemplation of Anger (Maka Shikan)
Effect of Thunderbolts on Ivory (Maka Shikan)
Blind Heir of a Wealthy Merchant (Maka Shikan)
Mongolian Wisdom (ancient sayings)
Mighty Bodhisattva Warriors (13th Dalai Lama)
Seeing Ourselves as Suchness (Shinnyo kan)
Wu-lung and I-lung (Writings of Nichiren Daishonin)
Parables:
The
Spider Thread
Mr.
Makiguchi and Fudo Myo-o
Taishaku
and the Fine Feathered Bird
A
Little Priest Fable
Shakyamuni
and the Lovers
The
Parable of the Zither
SuShi
and the Buddhist Monk
Wo
and Jah
Stonecutter
(Tao of Pooh)
The
Dancing Monk and the Self-Denying Monk
24
Hours To Die
Essays:
The
Jewel and the Genome
The
Mantras of Other Beings
The
Wave Theory of Karma
Water
Karma
Gandhi
on Anger
Buddhas'
Footprints
Connections
The
Great Wish, the DaiGohonzon, and the SGI
The
Gakkai Spirit
Humor:
The
Daimoku Parrot
The
Excommunicated Newlyweds
The Mantras of Kitties
If kitty is near a door and he invokes
the Kitty Mantra, the door opens. When near his kitty dish, this chant
brings milk or food.
Sometimes, kitties are so amazed
at the power of this mantra that they stare cross-eyed at the open door
or full food dish. On other occasions, they see beyond the delusion of
samsara and look in the wrong direction.
Those who are unfamiliar with the kitty culture may think tomcats fight over the favors of the female kitty. Not true.
Close observation proves that the real fights break out because all male cats (when intoxicated by love) think they can sing.
None of them can.
All male cats, sensibly, can't stand the singing of other cats. Also, they can never agree on a song.
If a tomcat lives in your house, now
you know why he returns from an ill-fated songfest reciting the Mantra
of a 100-Dollar Vet Bill.