Minerva Lee's articles Buddhist Dhammapada: The Story of Thera Sariputta While residing at Veluvana, the Bamboo Grove monastery in Rajagaha, the Buddha uttered Verses (11) and (12) of this book, with reference to Sanjaya, a former teacher of the Chief Disciples, the Venerable Sariputta and the Venerable Moggallana (formerly Upatissa and Kolita). Upatissa and Kolita were two youths from Upatissa and Kolita, two villages near […] Written by Minerva Lee May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist Gosho #15: The Pure and Far Reaching Voice Immeasurable Benefit Contained in the Dairnoku This letter was written at Ichinosawa on Sado Island in 1272 and addressed to Shijo Kingo, a samurai and one of Nichiren’s most devoted followers who lived in Kamakura. It was prompted by Nichiren’s gratitude for offerings that Shijo Kingo had sent via messenger as a way to […] Written by Minerva Lee May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist 10 Inspirational Quotes by Trinley Thaye Dorje Trinley Thaye Dorje was born in Tibet in 1983. He was the first son of the 3rd Mipham Rinpoche, a great Nyingma Lama, and Dechen Wangmo, the daughter of a noble family descending from King Gesar of Ling. At the age of one and a half, he started telling people that he was the Karmapa. In […] Written by Minerva Lee April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist Let Me Know When You See The Iguana BY MELISSA MYOZEN BLACKER Melissa Myozen Blacker proposes that awakening isn’t that complicated. It’s when we encounter something just as it is, without preconception. You know the feeling: you’ve lost something and suddenly you realize it’s been there right in front of you the whole time. Those missing keys or that misplaced hat were, as […] Written by Minerva Lee April 18, 2021April 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist Eternity And Liberation: A Commentary On The Anuruddha Sutta by Jim Wilson Eternity and Liberation On a number of occasions when someone asked the Buddha about the nature of the eternal, or the extent of eternity, or whether eternity existed, the Buddha refused to answer, or responded by saying that such questions were not conducive to practice, to liberation. In the sutras, the […] Written by Minerva Lee April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist Deciphering the Lotus Sutra: Commentary by Nikkyo Niwano (Chapter 3) Beginning with this chapter, the Lotus Sutra becomes much easier. The Buddha’s teaching so far has been theoretical and philosophical, but here, with the introduction of a parable, there is an abrupt change to a style readily understood by ordinary people. The second chapter of the sutra closed with Shakyamuni’s statement that all would […] Written by Minerva Lee April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist Personal Experience of Buddhist Practice: How Mindfulness Meditation Changed My Life “It’s a way of improving almost everything, by doing almost nothing.” These words have stuck with me since my fist encounter with Lou Carcasole. This phrase seemed so inspiring, yet so questionable. It almost made everything seem too easy. Now, several months later, I am at a better point in my life. I can appreciate […] Written by Minerva Lee March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist Jataka Tales : The Jackal Saved Lion Once upon a time there was a lion in a jungle. Once when he had gone to drink water in a stream, his feet got stuck into the wet slushy mud of the stream and he could not get out. He had to lie without food for days like that as he saw no help […] Written by Minerva Lee March 14, 2021March 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist Gosho #14: On Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins It All Begins with Prayers Infused with Absolute Conviction This letter can be said to be a crystallization of the mentor-disciple spirit as it was written when both Nichiren Daishonin and his disciples were in the midst of a tumultuous period when harsh persecutions befell both mentor and disciples. Nichiren Daishonin wrote this letter […] Written by Minerva Lee March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist The Five Aggregates The teaching of The Five Aggregates or The Five Skandhas, is an analysis of personal experiences and a view on cognition from a Buddhist perspective. The teaching also provides a logical and thorough approach to understand the Universal Truth of Not-self. In the last issue’s “Buddhism in a Nutshell”, we conclude that self is just a convenient […] Written by Minerva Lee February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist Dhammapada: The Story of Kosambi Bhikkhus While residing at the Jetavana monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha uttered Verse (6) of this book, with reference to the bhikkhus of Kosambi. The bhikkhus of Kosambi had formed into two groups. One group followed the master of Vinaya and the other followed the teacher of the Dhamma and they were often quarrelling among themselves. […] Written by Minerva Lee February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Buddhist Deciphering the Lotus Sutra: Commentary by Master Hsuan Hua (Chapter 3) Sutra: “Shariputra, in a future age, after limitless and boundless, inconceivable eons…” Outline: F4. Shariputra is given a prediction. G1. Prose. H1. Time. Commentary: Shariputra, in a future age, after limitless and boundless, inconceivable eons. I am now conferring a prediction upon you to the effect that, after a number of eons which is […] Written by Minerva Lee February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Buddhist Dhammapada: The Story of Thera Sariputta While residing at Veluvana, the Bamboo Grove monastery in Rajagaha, the Buddha uttered Verses (11) and (12) of this book, with reference to Sanjaya, a former teacher of the Chief Disciples, the Venerable Sariputta and the Venerable Moggallana (formerly Upatissa and Kolita). Upatissa and Kolita were two youths from Upatissa and Kolita, two villages near […] Written by Minerva Lee May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Gosho #15: The Pure and Far Reaching Voice Immeasurable Benefit Contained in the Dairnoku This letter was written at Ichinosawa on Sado Island in 1272 and addressed to Shijo Kingo, a samurai and one of Nichiren’s most devoted followers who lived in Kamakura. It was prompted by Nichiren’s gratitude for offerings that Shijo Kingo had sent via messenger as a way to […] Written by Minerva Lee May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist 10 Inspirational Quotes by Trinley Thaye Dorje Trinley Thaye Dorje was born in Tibet in 1983. He was the first son of the 3rd Mipham Rinpoche, a great Nyingma Lama, and Dechen Wangmo, the daughter of a noble family descending from King Gesar of Ling. At the age of one and a half, he started telling people that he was the Karmapa. In […] Written by Minerva Lee April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Let Me Know When You See The Iguana BY MELISSA MYOZEN BLACKER Melissa Myozen Blacker proposes that awakening isn’t that complicated. It’s when we encounter something just as it is, without preconception. You know the feeling: you’ve lost something and suddenly you realize it’s been there right in front of you the whole time. Those missing keys or that misplaced hat were, as […] Written by Minerva Lee April 18, 2021April 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Eternity And Liberation: A Commentary On The Anuruddha Sutta by Jim Wilson Eternity and Liberation On a number of occasions when someone asked the Buddha about the nature of the eternal, or the extent of eternity, or whether eternity existed, the Buddha refused to answer, or responded by saying that such questions were not conducive to practice, to liberation. In the sutras, the […] Written by Minerva Lee April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Deciphering the Lotus Sutra: Commentary by Nikkyo Niwano (Chapter 3) Beginning with this chapter, the Lotus Sutra becomes much easier. The Buddha’s teaching so far has been theoretical and philosophical, but here, with the introduction of a parable, there is an abrupt change to a style readily understood by ordinary people. The second chapter of the sutra closed with Shakyamuni’s statement that all would […] Written by Minerva Lee April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Personal Experience of Buddhist Practice: How Mindfulness Meditation Changed My Life “It’s a way of improving almost everything, by doing almost nothing.” These words have stuck with me since my fist encounter with Lou Carcasole. This phrase seemed so inspiring, yet so questionable. It almost made everything seem too easy. Now, several months later, I am at a better point in my life. I can appreciate […] Written by Minerva Lee March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Jataka Tales : The Jackal Saved Lion Once upon a time there was a lion in a jungle. Once when he had gone to drink water in a stream, his feet got stuck into the wet slushy mud of the stream and he could not get out. He had to lie without food for days like that as he saw no help […] Written by Minerva Lee March 14, 2021March 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Gosho #14: On Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins It All Begins with Prayers Infused with Absolute Conviction This letter can be said to be a crystallization of the mentor-disciple spirit as it was written when both Nichiren Daishonin and his disciples were in the midst of a tumultuous period when harsh persecutions befell both mentor and disciples. Nichiren Daishonin wrote this letter […] Written by Minerva Lee March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist The Five Aggregates The teaching of The Five Aggregates or The Five Skandhas, is an analysis of personal experiences and a view on cognition from a Buddhist perspective. The teaching also provides a logical and thorough approach to understand the Universal Truth of Not-self. In the last issue’s “Buddhism in a Nutshell”, we conclude that self is just a convenient […] Written by Minerva Lee February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Dhammapada: The Story of Kosambi Bhikkhus While residing at the Jetavana monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha uttered Verse (6) of this book, with reference to the bhikkhus of Kosambi. The bhikkhus of Kosambi had formed into two groups. One group followed the master of Vinaya and the other followed the teacher of the Dhamma and they were often quarrelling among themselves. […] Written by Minerva Lee February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Buddhist Deciphering the Lotus Sutra: Commentary by Master Hsuan Hua (Chapter 3) Sutra: “Shariputra, in a future age, after limitless and boundless, inconceivable eons…” Outline: F4. Shariputra is given a prediction. G1. Prose. H1. Time. Commentary: Shariputra, in a future age, after limitless and boundless, inconceivable eons. I am now conferring a prediction upon you to the effect that, after a number of eons which is […] Written by Minerva Lee February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
