The Rowdy Buddhist Podcast

This aspect of our nature, born of our instinct to survive and continue our species, has directed our lives in a powerful and even destructive way. As Buddhists we should gain insight into this powerful aspect of our nature and understand how ryu realize true contentment in our lives.

We can trace pretty much any problem that we have during meditation to one or more of these predispositions that we call the 5 Hinderances of Worldly desire, Aversion, Laziness and Lethargy, Agitation due to worry and remorse, and doubt. Let us explore these and the remedy...

Here, we talk about staying motivated and keeping a consistent State of mind during our practice, understanding what the goal of our practice is on continuing towards that goal.

What do we need to succeed in our meditation practice? This is based on the correct attitude in practice...

In order to have a proper practice, we need to establish a correct time and place where we can have the maximum experience in our meditation. In this segment we talk about these aspects and give you recommendations as to how to design yours.

We are just going over the basic challenges to establishing a meditation practice. What we need to be aware of and how to apply the appropriate medicine to our challenges so that we can have a consistent and beneficial practice.

This is a recording of the main points of meditation practice and what we need to focus on...

In this meditation, we focus on impermanence and the factors of it. This is essential as the Buddhist to understand the reality of the world and how attachment to things pause the suffering.

Perhaps we need to rethink the meaning of learning and practicing in Buddhism and what type of learning are we moving towards? Are we moving towards intellectual understanding or Dhyana Concentration?

This is a story about a priest who gives up his body. For the practice. Turn up holding of the Lotus Sutra. This references, of course, the scene from chapter 23 of the Medicine King Bodhisattva burning his body as an offering.

This is a story #8, concerning a priest who met King Yama in the in the Underworld. He is given a charge to spread and teach the Lotus Sutra. His teaching allowed people to follow the correct way. In death, he was rewarded for
his great accomplishment.

This is a story of a monk who upon his death is able to correct his incorrect behavior after death through the power of the Lotus Sutra.

In this concept, we make a deep and sincere apology. Resolve from our past wrongdoings and deeds. I take refuge in the Buddha.

This is a story concerning Chief Executive Priest of Mount Hiei and his passing from a miraculous tails of the Lotus suture from ancient Japan.

This is a story of the ancient priest Soo, who was said to have been a disciple of Master Jikaku, the third head Priest of Mt. Hiei. Finding faith in the Lotus Sutra, his wish could be fulfilled.

This is the story of venerable master of Chicago of Mount explaining study, life, and the miraculous events of his death. He became the Third Abbott of the Tendai sect and is mentioned many times in Nichiren Shonin s teachings.

This is a story from the Miraculous tales of the Lotus Sutra from Ancient Japan focusing specifically on the story of Grandmaster Dengyo and his relationship with the Lotus Sutra.

This is another story from the book miraculous tales of the Lotus Sutra from ancient Japan written by priest chingen. It's important to understand these stories because they provide us context into the education and culture of the great founders of Buddhism especially those pertaining to the Lotus Sutra.

I am sharing with everyone the miraculous tales of the Lotus Sutra from ancient Japan which is actually a commonly reference book in ancient commentary and teachings. I think that it is essential for us to understand these stories that many of our founders of the Buddhist traditions of Japan would have
read to understand better the context of their teachings.

This is a very useful meditation in order to use the experience of pain in a beneficial way towards our goal of enlightenment. Also this allows us to transform that which we may consider negative into a positive awareness in our life.

This is a narrated body scan meditation for you to become aware of the elements connected to your body, moving your awareness to points of tension, and relaxing them. This is a very basic practice that is used for one to become aware of one's body during meditation or chanting. That if we find a troublesome or difficult aspect we are able to change that point from frustration to gratitude.

This a lecture based on the life and teachings of Nisshin Shonin otherwise known as the Pot Wearing Saint.

In this episode we talk about following to the Buddha's feet and its meaning, history, and purpose. Two important concepts being, "holding the Buddha's feet in both of our hands" and making deep and sincere apologetic resolve for our past wrongdoings and misdeeds taking refuge in the Buddha.

This episode is the beginning of information on the lineage of the Enkoji Buddhist Network. We Begin of course with the founder of our tradition and some of the general history associated with him. I hope this allows us to understand the direction and energy of our particular style of Nichiren Buddhism.

In this episode we talk about this Noble truth about the end of suffering and it's meaning. Being that is usually overlooked or not deeply cultivated we realize the importance of this statement by the Buddha.

Here we examine the causes of suffering as the Buddha teaches is about craving and the root of ignorance.

This is a podcast on the 1st of the four noble truths of Buddhism. Many times this teaching is misunderstood in a very simplistic sense. I hope to provide context as well as understanding for the Mahayana practitioner of the Lotus Sutra.

This is a lecture about how we as Buddhists use the teachings and formula of the sutras to shape our path in life. It seems as if many modern people shape the path to their desires rather than towards the path of liberation.

You're probably heard this term many times and simply overlooked at us as a title of the Buddha. In this podcast I share with you how we as Buddhist should understand and study more deeply each of the meaning of these words in their original form. This will allow us to better define and follow the path of the Buddha in our daily lives.

Haven't you ever wondered why, since you practice the Lotus Sutra that you might encounter both outside and inside of your Sangha, those who wish to destroy both you and your practice. How does this make sense in reality, that we uphold the teachings of the Buddha to save others, but are in turn hated and persecuted? This is a lesson as to why and what it means...

In this episode we talk about the four foundations of mindfulness and I give a very brief explanation of working through each of them as we move forward towards our goal of Awakening proper insight into the reality of things "as it is"!

This section is a response to a typical question received by those who begin practicing Nichiren Buddhism. I wanted to just share some insight as to my own experience and what I have shared with others.

This lecture is based on information from the Nirvana Sutra. We talk about the classification of the aspects of a good character. They are based on the five moral precepts of not taking life, not taking what is not given, engaging in improper sexual activity, using false speech, and ingesting intoxicants. Then the additional aspects are refraining from slandering, using harsh speech, using intentionally affected speech, greed, anger, and holding right views.

This is a wonderful teaching that was shared to me from one of my Buddhist Brothers in understanding the difference between a practitioner of Buddhism and someone who uses Buddhism for their own means. This is demonstrated by what they accept in their life and what they challenge.

As we can see compassion is one of the major virtues of Buddhist practice. It is important to understand how we receive situations from others and what we give to others in each moment. This teaching allows us to understand the give and take of our lives and what is our ultimate goal of practice and study.

This episode is a discussion on some history and background of these two vehicles of Buddhism. Also we prepared to see how the Lotus Sutra and other sutures relate to each other, as a precedent for the five periods categorization of Grand Master Tien Tai.

In this segment we talk about the three poisons of Buddhism and their antidotes. We talk in depth as to the small and big concepts in our life that we can apply this teaching to and how I can lead us to deeper faith.

In this podcast we discussed the concept of filial piety of respecting one's parents and ancestors. It is my hope that we are able to delve into its origins both within Confucianism and Buddhism. This is an essential concept to change our karma and to influence positive change throughout the world by ending samsara.

In this podcast, I will share the concept of defending the Dharma, from the Nirvana Sutra. Also we discuss the context of the modern phenomenon of the independent Buddhist movement and what the Buddha directs us to understand. These are two very important aspects, that I believe this podcast will give us some clarity on.

In this episode, I would like to share with you some Buddhist traditions and practices that we can incorporate into our daily life that will be able to support our practice and life in a more healthy direction. As one of the important aspects, that we must regulate in our lives, I would like to share with you some information concerning the basics of sleep practices that you can implement immediately.

This is a lecture concerning that in modern times, too much information can be just as bad as not enough information. I make this podcast to help my fellow practitioners on the path to realize this admonition. You may be accumulating too much information about Buddhism and missing the path completely as if you didn't have any direction.

This is simply an explanation about understanding the concept of how the "way of the correct law" is interacting with that of nature and as we see in many of Nichiren Shonin writings the cause of natural disasters. Here, I share the basic concept that was part of his culture, to help us better understand this.

In this podcast we go into the concept of this holiday, it's history, and how to observe it. In the practice of Buddhism we unite ourselves with the great nature. We become aware of how nature can also allow us to attain our goal of enlightenment. This holiday allows us to appreciate the light that we have received and how it is able to amplify that light in our lives.

During this segment we are talking about the concept of practicing Buddhism through thinking and emotional maturity. Many modern Buddhist practitioners simply get information and consider it Buddhist practice, but this is a great misunderstanding.

I made this segment because there is a large pitfall in modern interpretations of Buddhism. Actually, Buddhism in the west has been very heavily influenced by these Neo or Modern Buddhist teachings. It may be easy for modern people to believe, but it does not mean that it is providing us with the correct guidance of the Buddha. In this discussion, I share some examples and cautionary points to keep in mind, for our practice.

This episode is an explanation of the three stages of life. In this we can understand how we can be able to integrate our Buddha's practice and to be able to understand to accumulate the correct balance and equilibrium necessary for a study and practice. Through understanding these elements we can better understand our body and also be able to see what we need to accumulate and release at each aspect of our life so that we can have a correct meditation and practice. This is the way of ancient Buddhist culture.

In the section discuss the concept of 験 "gen" from shugen. Specifically this is the trial, verification, or testing of Buddhist practice through training and experimentation. This is the practical way for us, who have bought into the ideology of modern society as pain free, comfortable, and convenience civilization. Through this concept we can cultivate the teachings and generate the testimony of the ancestors.