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The Buddha's Early Followers - MAHA-KASSAPA: Formost in Ascetic Practices
One day, observing workers in his family's fields, he saw how the spade turned up earth teeming with white insects, which were crushed to death in the next instant by blows of the hoe. He observed the farmers whipping groaning oxen forced to pull heavy loads. Through these images, Maha-Kassapa came to understand the transience of life and the great suffering required to support his life of luxury.
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FLOWCHART-MARCH 2026: Reflecting on the Meaning of Oneness
“Everything is one.” This idea is, of course, based on the One Vehicle teaching of the Lotus Sutra. Leaving out the complicated details, this simply means that “the universe is one, the Earth is one, and the world is one.”
The Earth was born in a universe that continues to evolve as one entity, like a single life form, and everything existing on this Earth exists in a mutual state of interdependence.
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LIVING THE LOTUS-MARCH 2026: Reflecting on the Meaning of Oneness
“Everything is one.” This idea is, of course, based on the One Vehicle teaching of the Lotus Sutra. Leaving out the complicated details, this simply means that “the universe is one, the Earth is one, and the world is one.”
The Earth was born in a universe that continues to evolve as one entity, like a single life form, and everything existing on this Earth exists in a mutual state of interdependence.
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The Buddha's Early Followers - MOGGALLANA: Formost in ascetic Practices
Grieved by her plight, Moggallana asked Shakyamuni to save his mother. Shakyamuni replied, "Your power alone cannot atone for her sins. You must make offerings to all the monks and ask them to pray for her. Then their prayers will free your mother from the hell of hungry demons." Moggallana did as instructed, and the merit he obtained by making offerings to all the monks delivered his mother from hell.
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The Buddha's Early Followers - SARIPUTTA: Formost in Wisdom
Although Sariputta was among the Buddha’s foremost disciples and often taught in his place, he remained humble—tidying the monks’ quarters after they left and quietly working to keep the Sangha free from criticism.
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