I am much distressed to hear that your illness has become so serious. Swords exist to cut down enemies, however, and medicine exists to cure sickness. King Ajatashatru murdered his father and made himself an enemy of Buddha. But after foul sores broke out on his body, he converted to the Buddha's teachings and embraced the Lotus Sutra, whereupon his sores healed and he prolonged his life by forty years. (WND, 610)
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Cancer Update, and the Otsukimi or Harvest Moon Festival tonight.
My cancer saga continues. As soon as I had ended my last post and pushed "Publish," I got the call to schedule my biopsy procedur...
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During (Sudatta's) last period of poverty, when all the people had fled or perished and only he and his wife remained, they had five me...
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Shakyamuni Buddha who attained enlightenment countless kalpas ago, the Lotus Sutra that leads all people to Buddhahood, and we ordinary h...
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