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Pack of 4 didactical CDs.

Description

This pack offers the possibility to learn the practices of various traditions of Buddhism.

Inside of DIDACTICS PACK you find the following publications:


THE PRACTICE OF GONGYO

The liturgical practice performed by followers Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism is generally carried out twice a day (morning and evening) in front of the altar, which can be that of a temple or one at home (butsudan) – this is in fact a practice that it is carried out both by  laics and by monks.

Performing Gongyo means to chant the Hoben and Juryo chapters of the Lotus Sutra (which are respectively the second and sixteenth chapters). Along with this invocation, the Daimoku, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo is also chanted, considered the main and most important practice.


NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO

The Buddhist practice of Daimoku invocation is well known and practiced throughout the world, by the followers of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism. This practice consists in chanting the words Nam Myoho Renge Kyo like a mantra.

The practice of Daimoku is in Nichiren Daishonin’s words, the beautiful mean to cut physical and spiritual hindrances of all human beings. Literally it is the title of the Lotus Sutra, but actually it stands for the whole contents of that Sutra and for the great teachings of Buddhism.
Was Nichiren Daishonin the first one to chant Daimoku?


THE ZEN MEDITATION

This type of meditation originates in the East, in India: it was the Buddha Shakyamuni himself who indicated the bases for this practice. In the 5th century AD this practice reached China thanks to Bodhidharma, with the term Ch’an (which in the Japanese pronunciation becomes Zen). In the 13th century it arrived in Japan thanks to the work of the master Dogen and this is the Zen meditation that most people know.

This meditation can be practiced by everyone and, thanks to the technique of letting the thoughts flow that allows us to see ourselves in our true nature, it helps to fight stress and anxiety.