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....April 28th, 1253 - Of Not Holding Back....

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Lotus flowers, life, death, and all that stuff in between

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Location: nørholm-denmark

About Me:: Nishiren practitioner 4 years
More to come.....
I work as a NLP-personal/life coach. contributing to other the value of learning how they think not what they think. And what their thinking is based on.
Amazing gift to help people when they want to be helped, and how easy it really is to shange course in life, by changing a small bad habit at a time.
My art illustrates sometimes my state of life and represent ways of watching how my mind works. I seldom know what happens next when i paint, it kind of take me by suprise, and in that dialog i evolve in a visual way.

Persona Website:: http://www.2bii.dk

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man`s meeting tonight at Lars Otto`s place was really refreshing for me. It stounded me how deep my faith aleready is. , and how much it meens to me and my life. see you soon gay`s Thanks to Nis for telling about this page and get well suun.

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At 6:20am on May 15th, 2008, jonatan jazz said…: on May 15th, 2008, jonatan jonsson said…
hmmm, vældig godt det med ørne og kalkuner*S* interessant med synspunktet om at vi ikke er ansvarlige for andres handlinger, det er netop et af de store fejltrin som mennesker der lever i en tilstand af selvopofrelse, begår. Det er det negative aspekt ved boddhisatva naturen at vi får tendens til at tage andres liv på vores skuldre. Ikke at vi skal undgå at hjælpe dem af med deres sjælssorger og diverse lidelser, men såfremt vi bærer dem alene, fratager vi ikke kun de mennesker ansvaret for deres liv, men vi tømmer desuden vores eget liv for livskraft. Det kræver en høj livstilstand at kunne se hvornår man begynder at overtage at andet menneskes naturlige og vigtige ansvar for sit liv, og samtidig hvornår vi er i risikoen for selv at brænde ud. Som sokka gakkai buddhister er vores vigtigste opgave at vejlede i tro, det vil sige at få folk til at nærme sig den tilstand hvor Gohonzon bliver sat i centrum af deres liv. Alle andre typer af honzon(hengivlesesobjekter) vil gøre det umuligt at kunne se fænomenets(i dette tilfælde at forstå det korrekte ansvar over for folk som lider) sande natur.

At 11:28pm on May 14th, 2008, Karl-otto Sandvik said…: Nishiren taught that suffering arise from " looking outside of oneself" for the cause or the solution to problems.` The fact that it is you who are suffering means it is your problem to solve, not someone else`s.
If you`re looking for others to change, you may wait a wery long time. Still, people make extraordinary efforts to modify the behavior of others in an effort to make relationships works. But ultimately this is as futile as cleaning the mirror in an attemt to clean your face. The mirror will keep reflecting back the same image.pg:128. The buddha in your mirror.

At 11:18pm on May 14th, 2008, Karl-otto Sandvik said…: It`s all up to you
Whether you experience a relationship in a positive or negative way is determined by you--by your own belivefs and attitudes. This idea may at first seem hard to accept. Nonetheless, developing succssful relationships begins with accepting full responsibility for your life and your role in those relationships.
"It`s hard to soar like an eagle" reads a familiar bumper sticker" When you`re surrounded by turkeys."
Buddhism teaches that one`s enviroment reflects his or her inner state of life. Buddhism suggests that if you are surrounded by turkyes, it`s very likely that instead of the eagle you may think yourself to be, you are, in fact, a turkey yourself. And, by extension, your enviroment is a turkey farm.The problem is not, however, that your fellow turkeys are preventing you from soaring. Rather it is that you must transform yourself into the eagle you desire to be.
As each of us is, at the most essential level, a buddha, there is nothing wrong with us. We are not impure or flawed. It is our unenlightened mind that is flawed.This is not the same as saying that the victim is at fault. Certanly there are people behaving badly, causing others, perhaps you, to suffer. We are not, however, responsible for the behavior of others, only for ourselves. When you understand this , you will realize there is somthing ultimately liberating in this idea: Since we control the choises in our own lives, we have the power to do something about our unsatisfactory relationships. pg:127-128. the buddha in your mirror.

At 4:32am on May 13th, 2008, Sarita said…: Hi.. I am from India!! U have written very nice message on ur profile!!! when u have time do tell me more about urself..

At 6:04am on May 5th, 2008, jonatan jazz said…: Ja bestemt er det muligt at blive tiltrukket af lavere livstilstande, som det er muligt at tlitrækkes ædle livstilstande. Livstilstande virker som en magnet på omgivelserne, så meget desto vigtigere at vi bliver bevidst om hvad vi sender ud. Vi kan ikke på forhånd vide hvordan vores tilstand bliver modtaget, men vi kan tage fuldt ansvar for det vi sender ud*S* Og ja, det kollektivt ubevidste manifesterer sig i de ti livstilstande, idet alle fænomener eksisterer i de ti livstilstande. Tænk på anima/animus, den kvindelige kraft i et liv bliver så langt mere ædel når den er udsmykket med buddhanaturens tilsynekomst i vores liv. Eller den universelle moder, omsorg for alt liv og bevidstheden om livets ukrænkelighed. Dette universelle aspekt ved liv vil transformeres radikalt, når det er gennemsyret af buddhatilstand*S*

At 9:45am on May 4th, 2008, jonatan jazz said…: hej Karl-Otto*S* tak for din kommentar, genkendelighed er godt. Det er jo den universelle og kollektive ubevidsthed som skinner igennem hos et menneske for så at reflekteres i et andet. Det er det er gør det så fascinerende at føre dialog, det er i sandhed muligt at påvirke et liv til at transformeres, når indstillingen er som en løvekonges: ukrænkelig, stolt, tillidsfuld, taknemmelig, ukuelig. Dette er en livstilstand som kun kan udvikles gennem fortsat og stabil praktisering. Og jeg er heller ikke i tvivl om at når Lotus sutraens tilhænger er tilstede og udøver stabil praktisering, vil selv de mest hårnakkede og arrogante mennesker opleve at deres liv kommer til at blive påvirket i positiv retning. Daishonin siger der er 2 slags tro på Lotus Sutraen: den som er som en hæftig ild der blusser op når den hører læren, men med tiden har tendens til at afvise sin tro. Og den som er som vand. At have tro som vand betyder at tro kontinuerligt uden nogen sinde at opgive på grund af forhindringer.
Vi kommer og besøger dig d 13 maj til mændsmøde, det ser jeg meget frem til - håber I kan samle alle mænd i nordjylland
venligst jonatan

At 1:47pm on April 28th, 2008, Karl-otto Sandvik said…: Thanks for good mentor/dicipel meeting the other evning.
24-04-08
Since i decided that practising Nishirens Buddhism together with Ikeda Sensei for kosen-rufu, all the hard decisions is easy to carry out and it make my selvconfidence grow at the speed of light.
It ain´t no sin to take of your skin and dance around your bones.ErB.
In the light of my inner gohonzon, everything come to glow in a fantastic new way, and hope...for the first time i feel real hope.
If the effect in my daily life have root´s in causes,hundred, tousand years back in time, i understand how important it is for me to break the carmick circle an develop as i should, together whit my inner child.....all of them..
totally NICE Nam nam

At 9:25pm on April 23rd, 2008, Timothy Harada said…: You will get through your sansho shima!! Ganbatte (Japanese for "never give up" or "you can do it")!

President Ikeda wrote to our youth meeting in Los Angeles in 1999, "Your way forward can not and will not be blocked... Where there is no hope, create hope..."

I always try to follow this guidance in everything I do.

Sending you daimoku!

Peace, Timothy

At 11:27am on April 21st, 2008, Linda said…: Thanks for the add....!!!!

At 9:36am on April 20th, 2008, Heleen Hulshof said…: Hi Karl, Here Heleen from the Netherlands, good questions down here....

Have a great time in your life, Heleen :)

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